I Left My Heart in an 'A' Mall

摘要

Last month, and not for the first time, I took my very energetic daughter on a rainy evening to the nearby mall to run up and down the escalators. This mall was not particularly inviting or well trafficked when I moved to South Carolina more than two decades ago, even though at the time it was fully occupied by retailers. Today it's virtually empty of both stores and people — so much so that not a single shopper came by during the 30 minutes that we were enjoying our own private Stairmaster.