As of today, the much appreciated Malls of America blog has been removed from Blogger. Keith Milford's work over the past several years chronicling the history of retail was legendary and remarkably thorough. The commentary was always informative and fun, and the photo quality was consistently good.Malls of America was around for a couple of years before new posts came to an abrupt, unexplained end about a year and a half ago, but it served as the inspiration for at least a half-dozen blogs and websites. I was a supporter to the end, and I kept going back to the site for a while hoping to see new posts. Alas, it was not to be.
If you've never seen the site, check out the archived version before it's too late.
Wow, that's too bad. I really enjoyed that blog. I wonder why it went away.
ReplyDeleteI figure Keith pulled the plug on it. Blogger usually won't cancel a blog unless you ask them to.
ReplyDeleteThis is sad. I loved it.
ReplyDeleteMe too.
ReplyDeleteIs he even still alive? I'm just wondering why he was posting like crazy...stopped dead and seemed to vanish without a trace. It was ironic that his last post featured a picture of a kiosk reading "Ah! Nuts!"
ReplyDeleteI don't think he's dead. I figure he's just burnt out with malls. We all get that way sometimes.
ReplyDeleteWhat a shame! I haunted it for awhile, hoping for more, but alas. great resource while it lasted.
ReplyDeleteThe site's back up, but there haven't been any updates in years.
ReplyDeleteI never really liked that site anyway. I just felt like it was a bunch of postcards someone bought off of eBay.
ReplyDeleteIn a sense, it was kind of like that, but it started to get better over time.
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