DEAD MALL: Lafayette Square Mall - Indianapolis, IN. Running on empty or picking up speed?

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[@trebajordan3544]

I used to LOVE THIS MALL in the 80's-90's. The smell of hot caramel popcorn when you came into to the Woolworths side of the mall. It was ALWAYS busy. Wonderful memories of this mall.

[@gmanandhislady]

I love when you post new dead mall content! You're one of my faves!

[@UniCommProductions]

Thank you Kristy. I appreciate so much that you took the time to watch!

[@Dozenspeed]

I wish to congratulate you on acquiring footage of this mall. I tried to film it and was thrown out by security in three minutes flat.

[@UniCommProductions]

Sometimes it’s just luck with these places. We all do our best to avoid trouble and you win some, you lose some

[@Dozenspeed]

@@UniCommProductions I did mange a pretty good video circle around the outside if I recall, it was in pretty sad shape. Haven't ever even reviewed the footage.

[@davis6123]

I was there taking some photos and yes, security is brutal. They definitely do not want photos or videos of the current state of the mall circulating. Luckily I was able to talk with them and explain I had no bad intentions and they were pretty understanding.

[@Dozenspeed]

@@davis6123 Nice. I appreciate coming to diplomatic civil understandings.

[@digitaldiablo1653]

Do you come in with an obvious camera? Maybe you get a secret camera that films through glasses or something.

[@SprightlyValentino]

I just wanna say that your channel is my new favorite thing. It has everything I like all rolled into one: Mall music that sounds distant and echoey, POV footage of empty or sparsely-populated places (liminal spaces, some call it), and history--especially history of middle America. Big kudos to you for what you do, and I can tell you like doing it as well.

[@roostershooter76]

Ah yes ... Teen Mall Culture. As a high school teen in the late 80s and early 90s, teenagers kept the malls' pizza parlors, restaurants, and ice cream shops busy and well funded.

[@UniCommProductions]

I too was one of those kids at the mall in the 90s!

[@CommodoreFan64]

Mid to late 90's teen here, and even with a single story mini mall as my main mall, I was there with my cousin, and friends, or other family like my brothers, mother, step mother, etc.. at least once week, and not once did we ever cause trouble, but we for sure kept the small Chinese place, and local coffee/ice cream shop open, along with the EB Games/Gamestop, and Samy Goody stores lol

[@NightSprinter]

Not just that, but the arcades too. It was common to find far more teens than younger kids at arcades then. Especially once games like Mortal Kombat came out.

[@CommodoreFan64]

@@NightSprinter Yep forgot about the small arcade we would goto as well if we had some spare money, or our parents decided to give us some spare change so they could have some peace for a little while, and for sure MK, along with Street Fighter II really started to bring back an older teenage crowd to the arcades.

[@NightSprinter]

@@CommodoreFan64 yeah, and since games like MK and NARC began to openly show gratuitous violence, that was why teens dominated arcade attendance.

[@Yugga_Bubba]

These videos are incredible, thank you for making these short films.

[@sarcadam88]

This was a great video! You had so much research packed in I felt shades of video essay (that is not a complaint!). Always look forward to new content from you.

[@UniCommProductions]

Thank you! This was one of the ones where I had more to talk about than video to talk over so I really had to pick and choose what to include.

[@kimh659]

Well done as usual. I agree you give us such great history and commentary as you tour. You also give us the vibe with the details and newspaper articles. The world needs more Lonzos! I do like that the mall is surviving with local community stores. The community around the mall keep it going. RIP to sweet Clover ❤️.

[@runner4life551]

The community around the mall is pretty incredible! All the ethnic restaurants and grocery stores you could ever want 😍 the mall itself is unfortunately what people avoid in the area for the most part, it’s sad.

[@heathertea2704]

Orange Julius, G.C. Murphy's, Sears, Walden Book store, MCL restaurant, The Bridge and etc. Memories

[@ddub9696]

I really enjoyed this Kristen! I like these 2 old malls, mostly for the hulking mid-century anchor architecture but also for the fact that they are both still open and people shop and hang out there. I always marvel at how absolutely enormous these malls are. Where I come from (Jersey), the malls all have 2-3 anchors so these 5 and 6 anchor malls are crazy. Both Lafayette and Washington have great old LS Ayres with the large arches (not sure what the proper architectural term is for them) but at one of them, there is a clear labelscar which says "L.S.Ayres" in mid-century script. I also really enjoy the ex-Montgomery Wards with the 70's mansard entrances at Lafayette Square--I think it used to be the Burlington and the brutalist JCPenney buildings. I know Linda may consider these areas "seedy" but then again, she probably only shops at places with "Promenade" in their name. I feel right at home here. Every time I am in Indianapolis, I stop and get a haircut and a shave at a place right outside of Lafayette Square. I also have to tell you that I so appreciate that you give a history of the mall while we are looking at it. I was watching Northridge Mall videos and I kept getting frustrated cuz all anyone was commenting on was how trashed the place was. No history. No nostalgia. No backstory! I was SO grateful to find that you had covered it. I really enjoyed that video too. As I have told you before, it's so nice to have a female voice and perspective on these places. I really appreciate you!

[@JJR93]

Trips to the mall in the early 1990s often meant coming home with a CD album or two, or maybe a new book, at least for me.

[@UniCommProductions]

It was always that or something from Claire’s for me!

[@TheNASCARJeff]

at 11:25 love the "Buckets O' Fun" is a replica of the Indianapolis 500 Borg-Warner Trophy.

[@chipwhitley9407]

Thanks for this video, Kristen! Those of us in nearby Hendricks County used to shop here A LOT back in the day, as there was little to no shopping there then. Our family dropped thousands of $$$ in this mall over the years. Christmas shopping, back to school shopping...so many retail memories took place in this building in the 1980s. I still have many of my music cassette tapes and many of them were purchased at this mall. Last visited here in 1995 and was dying then. Rest well, Clover.

[@mazzycollins9856]

So sorry for the loss of your sweet furbaby. Thanks for another great video.

[@robertsilva8097]

Thank You For Sharing This Beautiful Video Vlog

[@pamelaaverrett5848]

Thanks for the trip to the mall ! I’m sorry about your furry friend 😢

[@davidewald7338]

I remember working in some stores here. Somehow I never got a feeling it was going to last long. I don't why I thought that maybe because there was a shift to open air malls. Anyway great piece of history thank you so much.

[@mst3kanita]

that macys entrance with the pretend storefront cover is so sad.

[@UniCommProductions]

and it's fooling exactly no one

[@davis6123]

It’s been like that for almost fifteen years now. So depressing. Macy’s didn’t even last three years after they acquired L.S. Ayres.

[@jordand.6032]

omg you have the perfect narration voice.

[@cypherinferno5029]

As always great video. Thanks for the reminder of my teenage years of hanging out at the mall. In UNICOMM WE TRUST

[@MrSgm111]

Great video as always … hello from the U.K. ! That mall is on its last legs .. awful ceilings ! A lot of space to fill and as mentioned before, it doesn’t have anything that makes it a destination.

[@runner4life551]

It’s really sad because the area around the mall is such a bustling hotspot for great ethnic grocery stores and food. I just think there’s so much in strip malls around the mall (Best Buy, WalMart, etc) that no one feels the need to go to the mall anymore, especially with its sketchy reputation.

[@devinterry4889]

Big beautiful colorful mall

[@charlestonpinballarcade]

As usual… “Killin It” with the dead malls… wait! Is that a good thing? Ha!

[@wesleymadrid3054]

This was my go to mall growing up! Coming in from the north end I will never forget the aroma of Cinnabon. Thank you for the footage!

[@ItsSoDane]

This like the Washington Square Mall was one of the malls I grew up going to. My malls were Greenwood Park Mall, Washington Square Mall and then Lafayette Square Mall. That quote you read from the old man was taken from one of my teachers in Highschool and he was one of my neighbors. My guess is Circle Center Mall in downtown Indianapolis!

[@UniCommProductions]

You would be correct-and that is interesting. If there’s any 80 year old man who would be completely unfazed by teenagers it would be a veteran teacher!

[@tangyorange6509]

YES. I drove past this a year ago and went, “holy shit, that is a KZbin video”

[@UniCommProductions]

The outside definitely looks much rougher than the inside.

[@aaronvansickle8106]

I drove by this mall early of last year visiting columbus ohio. Very beautiful mall on the outside but even prettier on the inside. Wish i had the time to stop and view the inside. Thanks for making this video!

[@GeekyChickInGlasses]

Thank you for making this video. I was a regular through the 80's and 90's.. It's sad to see it sit rather empty with no big anchor stores. I can remember going to General Cinema 1-2 inside the mall ( and 3-5 in the side parking lot). And of course there was LS Ayres, JC Penney, Waldenbooks, Layne Bryant, Lazarus, Victoria's Secret, Spencers, Suncoast Motion Picture Company, GC Murphy and so many more over the years. Have a lot of good memories of those times.

[@bradklingensmith]

RIP Clover

[@markstrouse3101]

Great great great video Kristen

[@ethancook5705]

Crime was only part of the reason why Lafayette Square went downhill. It was also because of the opening of the Shops at Perry Crossing. Second, it was the loss of manufacturing jobs in the Indianapolis Area.

[@aimxdy8680]

Yeah, crime is the result of the downfall. The mall has been dying since the late 90s and the financial crisis of 2008 really finished it off. Not to mention people have just been moving out of the “west” side for places like Avon, Carmel, Fishers etc.

[@CommodoreFan64]

Being right next to the Indie Speedway, I don't know why this place doesn't have an indoor GO-Kart track with the cars looking like Indie cars, and a small arcade near it with a kids playground, as that food court just screams for it.

[@UniCommProductions]

now THAT is an excellent idea

[@CommodoreFan64]

​@@UniCommProductions I live right across the river from the Augusta National Golf Club aka The Masters(I can be at the gates in less than 30 minutes with light traffic), and most of the area knows it good business sense to play up the whole Golf vibe with golf courses, driving ranges, golf/sports themed bars, shops, etc.. along with the whole southern charm/vibe deal with catchy little nick nack shops, arts and crafts fairs, etc.. rich women with time, and money love. So again It's just common business sense to play up to the strengths to the area you work, and live in, and I don't know why they are not doing more of it here. 🤔

[@runner4life551]

There was actually a huge kid’s play arena in one of the anchors back in 2010 I think, it had go karts and rides and stuff. It was run without a permit though and closed down after a kid got seriously injured on one of the rides :/

[@Therealdrdoof]

There was a go cart track, my dad helped wire the electricity. Went out in less than 10 years due to crime in area

[@scottyj6023]

I remember going to Lafayette square in the mid to late 70's and playing Space Invaders at the indoor Cinema after watching the movie Going to the Arcade Great Times on Saturday afternoon with friends was a great memory

[@joecalhoun5303]

I used to come here growing up as a kid and teenager. Have not been since 2009

[@robertsilva8097]

Keep up The Great Work

[@robertsilva8097]

Hello To Everyone From California

[@davis6123]

Excellent video and great commentary. I remember the L.S. Ayres and later Macy’s at this mall- it was such a lovely store. The massive Macy’s at Castleton is nice, but just not the same.

[@poddi63]

Awsome video as always :)

[@MrButch-ls8vl]

Awww ... rest in purr-fect peace Clover! Forgive me for saying this, but this just looks cheap in my opinion. Cheap ceilings. Cheap skylights. Cheap floor tiles (3:50). Cheap lighting fixtures. Cheap retailers - Shopper's World! Especially: cheap uncomfortable seating! It does not look inviting. 6:08 - OMG - what is that? An empty plot of dirt that once held live plants??? Sheesh.

[@UniCommProductions]

Truthfully you’re not wrong. This whole mall feels like it was remodeled by committee-nothing in it feels very cohesive.

[@craigjensen6853]

I've driven by this place a few times. It's interesting to see the interior. I pictured it busier, but much more run down, if that makes sense. It's nicer than I thought, but emptier. I just pictured a bunch of low-rent wig stores and churches and maybe a DMV office or two. The exterior looked pretty rough the last time. It looked completely abandoned from the freeway with graffiti and stuff and a guy on the roof. Sorry for your loss.

[@stache1954]

At one time this was the best mall in town.

[@MarksKicksOnRoute66]

I watched the premier and it was as always very good! I unfortunately was eating pizza at the same time and didn't want to get my screen greasy haha. Looking forward to your next.

[@nellythedino1301]

They’re closing in august and opens in November maybe you could do before and after once it’s done

[@UniCommProductions]

I would really like to check it out when it’s done!

[@stephenbray410]

Food Court seemed to be really dead.

[@UniCommProductions]

There's only I think two tenants in the food court, and their offerings looked REALLY good (the Mexican place on the right had everything you can imagine, and it was authentic).

[@thagerdorn2009]

I've been a subscriber since the beginning and I just noticed today I haven't got any notifications in like 6 months and it unsubbed me so I re subbed and set all notifications. You are so awesome and I absolutely love the quality and the history and seeing this stuff. Keep up the awesome work Kristen!

[@UniCommProductions]

Welcome back! I’m glad you found us again!

[@craigjensen6853]

I hope it's Circle Centre! If not, please consider doing it.

[@UniCommProductions]

You are very likely right!

[@stphinkle]

There was one more mall in Indianapolis that is now defunct but the building still stands. It was the former Eastgate Shopping Center, now used as a data center campus for Lifeline Data Centers.

[@UniCommProductions]

Yes, I remember driving past it a few times when the signs were still up but it was closed already

[@katiegammon15]

Aw. I’m sorry for your loss of your pet cat.

[@itsblake4569]

Your voice would be perfect for audiobooks

[@jsperb82]

So many memories here. Amazing research, as always. I'll guess the next is Circle Centre, maybe Greenwood. Definitely not Castleton or Fashion Mall.

[@craigjensen6853]

Simon's headquarters _is_ Circle Centre though so at some point they are going to need to make it succeed. It's nearly 30 years old and that's the point where buildings like that get expensive to maintain. I imagine it would cost close to $500M to do a total overhaul of that complex to allow it to continue as a viable concern. I do not think as long as Simon is there that they will let it fail. It's insane to think about everything that went into building it and it took longer to build it than its functional intended life. I think the function will shift more to office and residential but there will always be a retail component.

[@dvferyance]

Greenwood is not going anywhere anytime soon.

[@jsperb82]

If you're talking Central Indiana in a broader sense, I'm going to guess the one in Columbus.

[@UniCommProductions]

The next video will be Circle Centre

[@UniCommProductions]

@j sperb I covered the Fair Oaks Mall in Columbus in late 2020.

[@ryanfrisby7389]

The video was great!

[@UniCommProductions]

Thanks for coming out for the premiere, Ryan!

[@ryanfrisby7389]

@@UniCommProductions of course, and let me guess, the next mall is Circle Center?😸

[@UniCommProductions]

You would be correct

[@ryanfrisby7389]

@@UniCommProductions😸

[@andysorensen1737]

Lonzo seemed like an awesome dude.

[@padmae1971]

I remember when the planters in the middle of the mall where fountains where people would drop coins into (In the 80s) and where it was booming on Saturday nights.

[@UniCommProductions]

I’ve seen photos and I wish I had gotten to see that in person!

[@craiggillett5985]

What a sad old lady. Growing up in the 80’s, my friends and I spent every spare moment in our local mall, it was the only way to catch up with everyone, hang out, we didn’t have phones and internet, the mall was like the village central of 100 years ago… another age. “ What to do about middle aged,empty nester Linda, who saw kids in ripped jeans and was afraid” … best line ever

[@wraithsrequiem9711]

I like the music that was playing in the background, it almost sounded similar to "Everytime You Go Away" by Paul Young

[@1867Phoenix]

10:00 LOL they put up a picture of a department store interior to make it look like it's still occupied. Clever! It's like a cartoon where a kid puts up a fake wall with a picture of a clean bedroom to trick his parents into thinking he cleaned his room.

[@chasedaron]

This is now in the new international marketplace neighborhood and is called Window to the World. It's similar to Epcot in experiences with all new tenants, shops and millions spent to make it feel like a world fare vibe with Faux facades and different tbrmeing in different areas. It's to the nines.

[@bootsdocsandconspiracies6589]

How about Indy Union Station, or is this still going? Would consider it sort of a mall as there was stores and a food court.

[@UniCommProductions]

You know I didn't learn about that one until I came back from this trip and found it when I was researching Circle Centre...it sounds really interesting and I think I should do some more reading about what's going on there these days.

[@charliespurgeon5480]

@@UniCommProductions Union station was such a big deal when it opened. It was really unique in it's layout and had tons of smaller local stores. Uncle Slugs downstairs was an awesome hangout for young adults. You should do a video of it.

[@KetoSimple]

When I was a kid this was the mall to go to, that was the mid to late 80s to early to mid 90s. I've not been inside in a few years.

[@kynlary]

cool vid, you deserve more subs

[@UniCommProductions]

I wish I had more but I appreciate every single one I have earned the click from. Slow and steady!

[@middlefingermotionpictures4772]

Lafayette Square was very popular with my friends and I in the 80s. There were three movie theaters--the General Cinema inside the mall, a General Cinema off to the side, and a Loews theater near the back parking lot. They didn't check ids, so that's where we went to see R-rated movies. The last time I walked through this mall (about five years ago), I was very sad to see what had become of it. Almost no businesses. A ghost town. It looks, from this video, like it might have a rebirth.

[@bradklingensmith]

Ta da....here it is.

[@BrandonClaridge]

I also think of another former DeBartolo mall here in Texas that got bought out by Ashkenazy Acquisition Corporation and was later renovated under the latter: Rivercenter in San Antonio. Around the mid-2010s, some of the more colorful decorative elements that dated from the mall's opening in the late-1980s were toned down to more neutral colors, and this corresponded with an expansion of that mall into the former Dillard's space. Being near the Alamo and on the Riverwalk, Rivercenter seemed to focus more on out-of-town tourists over San Antonio locals, given the expensive parking (because Rivercenter is in downtown San Antonio). I'm not sure if Rivercenter will become a dead mall, but they did lose their Macy's earlier this year, which left them without a traditional department store anchor.

[@UniCommProductions]

It almost sounds to me like they’ve tried to exit the mall business altogether; almost all their former holdings have been sold off

[@BrandonClaridge]

@@UniCommProductions Ashkenazy seems to have a few shopping mall assets in its portfolio, but only a few. Aside from Rivercenter, these are The Shops at the Bravern in Bellevue, WA (a luxury shopping center) and Union Station in Washington, DC. Faneuil Hall Marketplace in Boston and Bayside Marketplace in Miami also have mall-like elements. There are some other properties described as "malls" in their portfolio, but they seem to be (or act more like) strip shopping centers rather than a traditional mall. They also currently own the Plaza Hotel in New York now, although that has cycled through many owners over the last several decades. During the late-1980s to mid-1990s, Trump owned the Plaza Hotel and famously used his position to leverage a cameo appearance in Home Alone 2 in exchange for allowing the crew to film in the hotel. Also, while the Edward J. DeBartolo Corporation got purchased by Simon, the family seems to also have their own real estate company called DeBartolo Development that is not really in the mall business.

[@WhittyPics]

What is inside that former Sears? Are they putting pictures over the entrances to make these abandoned stores look occupied from a distance?

[@UniCommProductions]

🤣 There's nothing in either of them and that is in fact exactly what they're doing, fooling no one!

[@andthe2become1flesh93]

Lafayette Square was way cooler looking when it still had 70s designs such as fountains leftover. The remodels make it look so boring. Miss Luca Pizza and Hot Sam's...

[@QuietJ0Y]

💟 Clover

[@guyevans9763]

I think you are mistaken. Montgomery Ward was behind the food court and Lazarus occupied the center court.

[@markjamesmeli2520]

Did you shoot this when the mall was closed?

[@UniCommProductions]

No. You can see other customers inside. This was in the middle of the afternoon on a Friday

[@katiegammon15]

I also heard about there’s right now a development going on there which will soon become some sort of bazaar called, window of the world on the news. Even though I live in a different city of Indiana now, which that’s all I want to let you and all the other users know about because I want to keep my personal info like where I live at private

[@UniCommProductions]

I wish them the best of luck. I think it’s a neat idea that fits the neighborhood. I’d love to go see it when it’s done

[@scottyj6023]

I happened to go by Lafayette Square Mall today and I can say it is truly dead now You cannot even get inside the mall now The only store is still Shoppers World and you have to get there from the parking lot. So sad.

[@adamland7672]

RIP Clover 🖤🖤

[@gswaggy2191]

Bro pulled up my smoke spot the first second of the vid Lmao

[@UniCommProductions]

I mean if you’re gonna have a spot that’s a good spot to have!

[@justin5743]

such an odd mall… not even the layout necessarily, but the yellow lighting, exposed ceilings, and inconsistency in design. the empty planters only add to the blank atmosphere. fantastic video though, and great narrating!

[@UniCommProductions]

It’s not consistent in its design or color scheme at all. It’s like they just sort of used whatever decorations were in the back storage that were in the best shape

[@andrewdiaz3529]

You can still see the abandoned incredible pizza

[@katiegammon15]

Can you do a video of Lafayette square mall when the remodeling and construction is over. It’s also getting renamed window to the world and getting turned into a international community

[@UniCommProductions]

I’m really curious about it, and I’d absolutely love to. I’m trying to keep an eye on when it reopens.

[@katiegammon15]

@@UniCommProductions I’m glad to hear that. The sad part about Lafayette square, I never went there before in my life because people didn’t say good things about the place

[@UniCommProductions]

Earned or not, I agree it doesn’t have a great reputation. It would be nice to see something come in that could change perceptions and bring in fresh faces and ideas.

[@wesleydraves1281]

I’ve been to Washington square and it’s creepy now in person

[@UniCommProductions]

It’s dark in there, for sure, probably because they’re trying to save electricity. Everything I’ve heard about the current owner is pretty positive, I don’t think they quite have the capital they wish they had to work with but they have a lot of enthusiasm for it having a future.

[@davidgriffin4401]

Eastgate was the first enclosed mall

[@Itsasecret04]

Man I feel old lol 😂

[@HowToADU]

Has anybody seen my sweet gypsy mall? -tony and dawn

[@UniCommProductions]

Tie a yellow ribbon round the old food court...

[@HowToADU]

@@UniCommProductions ​ You are even cooler than I imagined. :D Hey there's a housing law being considered in California to allow more residential development in empty commercial areas. I wonder if that's a good excuse for us to collaborate? I help people build houses in their yards as a form of residential infill to help revitalize cities and reduce the housing shortage. If that's up your alley at all or you have any ideas of cool CA spots to check out, I'd love to work together.

[@UniCommProductions]

I live in West Virginia so it would take some planning but I think I could come up with a few various malls to use as case studies

[@HowToADU]

@@UniCommProductions Epic.

[@daveybelladonna9295]

This place news a few more cell phone stores.

[@UniCommProductions]

Right?

[@bunbun8001]

I say it becomes a Latin market or bust. The area is gaining populations, surprisingly, so.... who knows.

[@UniCommProductions]

It’s worked other places. I think people would go to it.

[@runner4life551]

True! It’s just so huge. And what do you do with the giant anchor spaces?

[@UniCommProductions]

@@runner4life551 That’s always the hardest part-even most modern anchor stores will fill less than half of those enormous 60s style ones. Self-storage would be a viable option, or some kind of office/server facility. Low overhead, not likely to go out of business.

[@timothywalker4563]

Kirstin on this mall’s reporting not only do you get into the details, you seem to have this reporter like quality slash “girl Friday” guy Newar has nothing on you! Sorry to hear about clover, must have been quite the cat 🐈

[@UniCommProductions]

He was a very good boy! The most interesting articles I found about Lafayette Square delved into malls in general quite a bit so I decided to run with it. I often don’t know what I’m going to find until I start getting my hands dirty in the research

[@craigwillowood5605]

What's your sign? Virgo. What are you into? Dead mall vids. Oh.

[@UniCommProductions]

Same!!!

[@kylealbrecht1399]

I used to go there when I was a kid/teenager. The ara has gotten bad. I wouldn't go there without my ak

[@Itsasecret04]

Wow I heard they built a couple of churches. Now it’s going to become strip mall with high rise apartments and condos.

[@larryborn1082]

Even in the 90s Lafayette Square was baaaad.....of all the malls in Indy it is in by far the worst neighborhood. I used to deliver pizzas in the neighborhood south of there when I was in grad school. I GREAT place to get robbed and shot. In THAT mall it was NOT grunge.....it was gangs and crack.

[@67Lucky67]

A spanish man is currently trying to rehab the mall.

[@UniCommProductions]

I’ve seen that! I’d love to go see it when it’s finished.

[@andthe2become1flesh93]

Loff-ee-ette 😉

[@UniCommProductions]

The Layette I’ve said more often in my life is the one in Louisiana which is pronounced differently. Sorry about that!

[@andthe2become1flesh93]

My God! Looks far worse than when I last saw it! I used to work here in the late 90s.

[@TodoDekuOTP]

I used to go to Lafayette Square as a child, but the exponentially accelerated crime in the surrounding area and the mall itself in the early 2000s set the mall on its rapid decline and we stopped going around the turn of the century for our safety. And when we had Greenwood Park Mall, Circle Centre and Metropolis Mall around us it stopped being an appealing thought to go to a high crime mall when we had better localized options. Now you’d be hard pressed to find these big malls in the greater Indy area with sufficient occupancy or meaningful foot traffic. That article you read was very poorly written. It wasn’t the teens that caused the downfall, it was the surrounding crime and it was blamed on the teens. Crime has become a major issue in the past 25 years especially.

[@snakeboren4814]

YO... KRISTIN!!!! U ROCK LADY!!!!

[@RangerRickTV]

Im 100% positive that this will be abandoned before next year.

[@UniCommProductions]

It’s being remodeled; it’s currently closed and will reopen later this year

[@daveb8449]

Lafayette Scare. Just a reflection of the horrible dangerous culture that exists in America today.

[@UniCommProductions]

Judging people based on what they look like and how they’re dressed? Absolutely

[@chasedaron]

This isn't true because it was totally redeveloped into International Marketplace and is a beaken of what can happen when folks give redevelopment and developers a chance to make serious neighborhood change. Definitely encourage you to look it up. It's called Window to the World.

[@daveb8449]

@@chasedaron I'll take the old mall in its hey day anytime. Window to the World is embarrassing.

[@appalachianwoman561]

RIP Clover