The new Oldsmobiles are in early this year

[essentialsaltes]

Illinois officials announced plans to demolish a suburban Chicago mall that served as a set for a famous scene in the 1980 film "The Blues Brothers."

The mall, which has been vacant for more than 30 years...

Ow.

Comments

[freudinshade.livejournal.com]

My recollection is that it was the very fact that it was already vacant which let them do their mayhem with it. I'm surprised it's still there, actually.

[essentialsaltes.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I knew it was vacant at the time. The making-of material on the DVD has a nice section on that, and how they got the retailers to basically donate product to stock the shelves and let them smash into it. But for it to still be a horrible ghost mall 30 years later?

[ajax.livejournal.com]

Clearly the properly respectful way to execute the demolition of this civic landmark is to turn loose a bunch of stunt drivers behind the wheels of vehicles purchased by the government under the Cash For Clunkers program inside the mall.

--- Ajax.

[essentialsaltes.livejournal.com]

Respectful and sensible. I approve.