malls
Enclosed retail centers
Malls are large retail complexes housing multiple stores, restaurants, and services under one roof.
The American shopping mall became a symbol of suburban consumer culture in the late twentieth century: We spent Saturday afternoons wandering the mall.
Many malls have declined as shopping shifted online, leaving dead malls and repurposed spaces.
A mall can also be a shaded public promenade.
Small fashionable stores
- kioskStandalone public booth
- outletPoint of release
- franchiseLicensed business operation
- apparelClothing collectively
electronics · footwear · jewelry · cosmetics · merchandise · storefront · checkout · cashier
Roofed central hall
- skylightWindow in a roof
- mezzanineIntermediate story between floors
- domeRounded vault forming roof
- arcadeArched passageway or gaming hall
escalator · elevator · fountain · corridor · facade · plaza · courtyard · promenade
Frequented gathering place
- meetupInformal planned gathering
- friendsVoluntary close relations
- gatheringCollection of people meeting
- teenagersPeople aged thirteen to nineteen
cinema · arcade · stroll · lounge · community · interaction · families · benches
Outlaying of funds
- brandsCommercial product names
- advertisingPaid promotional communication
- marketingPromoting goods to consumers
- consumptionUsing up of resources
materialism · capitalism · affluence · status · luxury · trends · demand · mass-market
boutiques
Small fashionable stores
apparel · electronics · footwear · jewelry · cosmetics · merchandise · storefront · checkout · cashier · mannequins
atrium
Roofed central hall
arcade · escalator · elevator · fountain · corridor · facade · plaza · courtyard · promenade · terrace
hangout
Frequented gathering place
- meetupInformal planned gathering
- friendsVoluntary close relations
- gatheringCollection of people meeting
teenagers · cinema · arcade · stroll · lounge · community · interaction · families · benches · entertainment
spending
Outlaying of funds
- brandsCommercial product names
- advertisingPaid promotional communication
- marketingPromoting goods to consumers
consumption · materialism · capitalism · affluence · status · luxury · trends · demand · mass-market · buying
- consumerismconsumerism, consumers, consumer, shopping, buying
- urban spacesapartments, pedestrian zone, public spaces, shops, offices
- 1950s AmericaEisenhower, McCarthy, McCarthyism, suburbs, Korean War
- overstimulationsensory overload, overstimulation, cognitive overload, cacophony, overwhelm
- placescity, town, village, hamlet, building
- urbexabandoned building, abandoned buildings, ghost town, ruin, exploration
mallsmain streets
Primary urban thoroughfares
high streets · strip malls · corner shops · open-air markets · street vendors
mallsmain streets
Primary urban thoroughfares
high streets · town squares · village centers · walkable neighborhoods · city centers
mallsmain streets
Primary urban thoroughfares
high streets · bazaars · souks · flea markets · farmers markets
- shopping mallLarge indoor retail center
- strip mallRow of adjacent storefronts
- Mall of AmericaMinnesota's colossal retail complex
- mall copsPrivate retail security personnel
- mall SantaHired holiday stand-in
- outlet mallDiscount retail complex