John Lehr trains his lens on the shabby facades lining Main Street USA, from payday loan outfits to hair salons and pawn shops. Devoid of people, these images advertise a bleak outlook for small bricks-and-mortar businesses.
It's not the malls, it's greedy landlords! Commercial bldgs bought by investors asking high rents and getting tax write offs. City halls need to start fining them - $1000 per week for downtown stores. Amazon will kill malls, greed will kill small stores
This pictorial essay is both excellent and sad, it reflects not just America, but many small towns and high streets dying by mall. Some did not succumb but they are rare.
But same cat walks ...
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