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Shopping Center "Am Brand" (1972-74) in Mainz, Germany, by Heinz Laubach

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Shopping Center “De Lijnbaan” (1948-53) in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, by Van den Broek & Bakema

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July 1995 - "Premiere"

God Bless the Mall of America

Shannen Doherty! Pickle-On-A-Stick! Hooters!

"Clerks" director Kevin Smith takes his "Mallrats" star to the world's biggest shopping center. Photographed by Sylvia Plachy.

So very very: Doherty: "Kevin made me audition. Twice!"

Smith: "I didn't know what to do. You're Shannen Doherty, for God's sake."

I don't want a pickle: Doherty, above: "Will people think we really eat pickle-on-a-stick?"

Shannen with Smith and the waitresses at Hooters: "I was going to read for Showgirls but Joe Eszterhas said you couldn't even try unless you were ready to bare all."

The long arm of the mall: Doherty poses with mall security. "I wish people would just look at my work before the TV show. I'd like to put it behind me, sort of delete it from the résumé."

Drowned rats: Getting soaked on the Camp Snoopy flume ride.

I just wanna ride on my motorsickle: Smith challenges Doherty to a motorcycle game in the arcade.

At the Rainforest Cafe, Doherty tells how her dad killed her parrott, Buddy: "He accidentally slam-dunked him against the bottom of the cage."

The two collapse on the escalator. Smith: "You can't be in Minneapolis and not come to the Mall of America."

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Valencia Town Center - Valencia, CA (1992)

Designed by RTKL Associates

"This charming retail shopping center draws its inspiration from the rich agricultural history of the surrounding Santa Clarita Valley. The project integrates references of early ranching with the Mission and Victorian influences indigenous to central California coastal communities.

The center's Mediterranean exterior is a collection of towers and sloped terra cotta tile roofs. Inside, a planned "urban main street" takes customers past a series of handsome murals depicting "The Orange Grove", "Our Valley", "Ranch Life" and "The People of the Valley" - each a proud representation of the lifestyles of the people who founded the territory.

A wonderful graphic that takes its cue from the flourishing orange groves is the orange crate label. It pops up, deliciously, every-where: on shiny shopping bags, stationery and all promotion pieces. In addition, the orange crate label is interpreted on the exterior signage, food court signage and most dramatically on a huge, circular mosaic imbedded in the sidewalk at the main entryway to the mall.

One of the most entertaining and popular sites in the mall is the floor clock/time capsule. Patterned after early 20th century clocks, this timepiece's face is (of course) a great big Valencia orange. Encapsulated underneath it are a collection of historical objects which were contributed by area residents.

Towering palms and planters of abundant foliage, along with Spanish tile marble continue the staging of this lush, valley environment which successfully represents its historical past and unique identity."

Scanned from the books, American Shopping Centers 2 by I.M. Tao (1996), and Retail Image & Graphic Identity by Joan Salb (1995)

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Coal Drops Yard / Heatherwick Studio

ph: Luke Hayes, Hufton+Crow

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The prettiest shopping centre ceiling I ever did see!

Amazing architecture and neon lights in Chadstone Shopping Centre, Melbourne 💜

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I’m very taken by this excellent Paul Catherall print of the soon to be demolished Elephant & Castle Shopping Centre. It’s in the (online) London Original Print Fair, and titled Elephant Shop.