Laurel Mall Portrait of a Dying Shopping Mall.mov

On Black Friday, November 25, 2011, I decided to pay a shopping visit to Laurel Mall in Laurel, Maryland. I used to love going shopping there years ago. It once had stores and restaurants like Montgomery Wards, J.C. Penny's, The Disney Store, Victoria's Secret, The Hallmark Store, McDonald's, Subway, Friendly's Restaurant, Auntie Annie's, Foot Locker, Babbage's, The Electronics Boutique, K-B Toys, Spencer's Gift Shop, Suncoast Video Store, Sam Goody's, B. Dalton's Books, Claire's, Rite Aid, Deck the Walls, and the Great Cookie Company. However, time hasn't been very kind on Laurel Mall and, as you can see in the video, the mall is about 90% empty. It's been like this for years. The owners keep on saying that they are going to renovate it or tear it down and replace it with something else but then nothing happens. Personally I feel that the owners should either make an effort to attract new tenants or just shut the whole thing down because, as it stands right now, this mall is creepy and pathetic. The only silver lining about Laurel Mall these days is that you don't have to worry about the crowds during the Christmas holiday shopping season.