Let’s go to the mall,’ someone said recently. And for some reason, I felt shivers down my spine. Malls were once the fountainhead of all things fun, but have turned into haunted houses of nightmares.

Overview: The geography of American retail has changed dramatically since the first luxurious department stores sprang up in nineteenth-century cities. Introducing light, color, and music to dry-goods ...

The former Gateway Mall in Springfield, once a community hub, has been redeveloped into an outdoor-facing shopping center called The Shoppes at Gateway. Now for sale, The Shoppes at Gateway is the ...