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The life and death of the Phillipsburg Mall, in photos

by Jaimee Heimer on February 28, 2021 in Mall

EDITOR’S NOTE: A version of this story was originally posted in January 2020, when there were still some stores left and the future of the Phillipsburg Mall was more ambiguous. It has been updated to reflect its imminent demolition, giving a certain end to the mall’s story.

The Phillipsburg Mall opened on a Sunday. Seven thousand people were waiting.

The crowd was almost too much for it to handle on Sept. 24, 1989, the grand opening of the $40 million project. A ribbon was cut on the mall as a whole, but individual stores had to abandon their own

How to get Santa photos in L.A. for Christmas 2020

by Jaimee Heimer on February 19, 2021 in Mall

Of all the Christmas traditions upended by pandemic-era safety protocols, perhaps none has been affected as profoundly as the time-honored ritual of sitting the little ones down for a photo with Santa Claus.

But St. Nick is as ingenious as he is jolly and, with the help of shopping-center trolleys, farmhouse tables and at least one whale-watching boat, there’s no shortage of opportunities across the Southland to snap a photo with — or, at least, in close proximity to — the jolly bearded man in the festive red suit. Here are a few places to find him before he takes

Fashion – News, Articles, Biography, Photos

by Jaimee Heimer on February 17, 2021 in Clothes Shop

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Whether a flip-flop, a mule or a Birkenstock-style sandal, the chunky slide-on sandals of 2021 go from basic to baller

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Photos of empty mall weekend before Christmas shows retail apocalypse

by Jaimee Heimer on December 24, 2020 in Mall

The weekend before Christmas is usually a major shopping event.
Marketplace Mall in Rochester, NY was eerily empty, and many stores were closed.
Thousands of stores have closed this year, and malls were already struggling.
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The weekend before Christmas, particularly “Super Saturday,” is usually a major shopping day, though like other retail trends it was totally different this year. I visited Marketplace Mall in Rochester, NY the weekend before the holiday and found it practically empty.

It was hardly a surprise. Many retailers were forced to shutter this year in what has