tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5453792360015486892.post6757090945507302565..comments2024-03-28T21:11:46.849-07:00Comments on Perfume Project NW: ARE DEPARTMENT STORES (AND THEIR PERFUME COUNTERS) DEAD DINOSAURS?Doc Ellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08376377441504529063noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5453792360015486892.post-81276394277200218022015-10-30T14:44:55.207-07:002015-10-30T14:44:55.207-07:00Frederic, you're entered in the drawing. I als...Frederic, you're entered in the drawing. I also love the old department stores from the 19th and early 20th centuries. I suppose the suburban shopping mall is a poorly conceived substitute for a city or town center, but I still dislike them. Anything unfamiliar seems exotic and interesting - where I live flat land seems exotic because so much of the land is hilly or mountainous. If you live in a flat place, mountains seem exotic. Ellenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17617147322518152988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5453792360015486892.post-74771492777241067352015-10-28T09:03:02.169-07:002015-10-28T09:03:02.169-07:00fortunately there is almost no shopping mall (the ...fortunately there is almost no shopping mall (the american kind of) where I live and very few in Belgium in general. I admit that always when i visit a place in USA i like to take a look at these giant "things" especially in California, where they seem to compensate for the absence of central (historic)cities in these huge residential suburbs. The only place where people walk in California. Department store is an other story, I love these giant structures from the 19th(early 20th) century. It's also the only place where you can find all the perfumes at hand. Frédéric Chevalierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04466400997687561611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5453792360015486892.post-66429737844804866342015-10-24T09:52:10.651-07:002015-10-24T09:52:10.651-07:00Gail, I think the fish have a better chance of fin...Gail, I think the fish have a better chance of finding what they're looking for in the abandoned mall than I do in an active mall!Ellenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17617147322518152988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5453792360015486892.post-60178567525550565092015-10-24T09:50:53.542-07:002015-10-24T09:50:53.542-07:00Marla, you're entered in the drawing. Yes, gho...Marla, you're entered in the drawing. Yes, ghost malls are kind of cool in the way any ruins of a defunct human civilization are cool. Ellenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17617147322518152988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5453792360015486892.post-69027682133459686142015-10-23T16:29:39.704-07:002015-10-23T16:29:39.704-07:00I'm so glad to find kindred souls when it come...I'm so glad to find kindred souls when it comes to shopping! I get so glummed-out-gloomy in shopping malls. The only reason I go is to pick up my kids, who love them because they sell apps and games and whatnot. Ghost malls are kinda cool, though, in a Jerry Uelsmann sort of way.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12888328097434089820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5453792360015486892.post-40414399162481227182015-10-22T09:26:16.595-07:002015-10-22T09:26:16.595-07:00Hi Ellen,
No need to enter me. I just wanted to ...Hi Ellen,<br /><br />No need to enter me. I just wanted to comment.<br /> <br />We avoid "the mall" at all costs. Like you we had to go once, about a year ago, to deal with apple computer issues. I also remember being dragged to a mall by my grand daughter in 2013. Speaking of Halloween - that mall visit was a truly frightening experience. We ended up at Sephora, yet another purveyor of insipid, over-priced fragrances.<br /><br />I'm old enough to remember when department stores were almost magical places, especially during the holidays. The downtown Seattle Frederick and Nelson store was really a treat. In Seattle that whole experience is long gone and I doubt it will ever be revived.<br /><br />I loved your photos of ghosts malls - especially the one of mall turned fish pond! Makes me wonder if any of the fish found what they were looking for at that mall!<br /><br />Azar xx Azarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08011756547431804355noreply@blogger.com