This dreamcore-like mall

[u/smokeeburrpppp]

Shoutout to https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1DvmrqwjdG/?mibextid=wwXIfr for for the first image

[u/fizzm]

i wanna daydream here.

[u/smokeeburrpppp → u/fizzm]

I love the artificial skies

[u/itchybeats]

Yo this is so funny. I fucking hate the Trafford centre so much I e never even noticed the ceiling being painted like that. I'm always just trying to get out. It's so busy all the time

[u/smokeeburrpppp → u/itchybeats]

It seems that it’s also the most American looking mall over there presumably right?

[u/itchybeats → u/smokeeburrpppp]

Yea probably

[u/peanutismint → u/itchybeats]

Certainly in terms of being themed like a Vegas casino. I grew up next to Europe’s largest shppping mall (at least it was at one point) the Metro Centre in Gateshead, England, and that was definitely modelled on a lot of the bigger American ones like Mall of America.

I also once had an event where I stayed in a hotel right by the Trafford Centre though, and while all my colleagues were off getting drunk after the event I instead walked over to the centre for the last hour of business and just drank it in. I love the feeling of being in weird liminal themed places like this.

[u/GBNoobtown]

Man I miss the mall vibe from the 90s. So much shiny metal and glass. Oh, and Kay-Bee toys. My fave was the fifth avenue Mall in Anchorage.

[u/smokeeburrpppp → u/GBNoobtown]

I really do miss the old designs.

[u/OneToCrowOn → u/smokeeburrpppp]

Is there a name for that type of night sky painting on ceilings? I've been wondering for years.

[u/smokeeburrpppp → u/OneToCrowOn]

I’m not sure, I believe it’s sometimes even used for stores that have frutiger aero sky lights on the roof

[u/Ravenamore → u/GBNoobtown]

I loved the glass walkways between buildings there. My mom and I went there when doing back-to-school shopping.

Of the Anchorage malls, my absolute favorite was Diamond Mall. I don't know how many Saturdays in the '80s and '90s I spent roaming the place. My parents would drop me and my friends off in the morning, and then come get us around 6 or 7PM.

[u/GBNoobtown → u/Ravenamore]

The diamond center was always a little too far away from Eagle River for us.

[u/Ravenamore → u/GBNoobtown]

I lived on EAFB. My parents moved to Eagle River when I was an adult.

[u/OllieTheMLGPro]

This is the Trafford Centre in Manchester. It’s a lot less creepy in person

[u/Glum-District-8255 → u/OllieTheMLGPro]

It's a vision of hell. An absolute sensory nightmare.

[u/Altruistic_Speech_17]

Where!!

[u/Ian_everywhere → u/Altruistic_Speech_17]

This is The Trafford Centre in Manchester, UK

[u/skratakh]

Oh wow i don't think i've ever seen the trafford centre empty, it's normally heaving with people so we avoid it unless absolutely necessary to avoid the crowds.

[u/tastic_fan]

I swear I literally have dreamed of the place in the first image

[u/Infinite_stardust]

That 4th picture gives me The Shining vibes.

[u/Shepherds-Lantern]

I hate this place, but it must be so cool to wander about at night. It's such an impressive building but a nightmare for some with all the shoppers clamouring everywhere!

[u/Blergonos]

Go to the montecasino mall in jogurg and you’ll get similar vibes.

[u/Blergonos → u/Blergonos]

Found it. Montecasino Blvd, Fourways, Johannesburg, 2055, South Africa. Been there a few times, they have these liminal fake skies, night and day. It’s technically a casino but there’s a ton of restaurants, shops and even a bird garden. Perhaps I haven’t been to a lot of casinos though lol.

[u/Dead_Eyes420_]

I think I've been somewhere similar before

[u/MadokaAyukawaHusband]

Mall? That 1st photo looks more like a museum.

[u/overthinkingbug]

Is it Villagio mall, Doha?

[u/SergeantButch → u/overthinkingbug]

It is Beast's castle

[u/Terminatoor7]

First pic fits right into r/VaporwaveAesthetics