What Happened to the American Shopping Mall?

Despite being a huge and unique part of American culture, shopping malls just aren't what they once were during their height in the 1980s.

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0:00 Intro
1:01 The First Mall
2:21 Malls in the 80s
4:48 Malls in Movies and Media
6:22 Gradual Downfall of Malls
7:41 Death of Department Stores
9:53 Retail Apocalypse of 2017
11:57 Online Shopping
12:48 Dead and Abandoned Malls
14:07 Current State of Malls