Monroeville, Pennsylvania - late '77 early '78
The Monroeville Mall TV spot I just posted inspired me to throw up a nice shot of the center court fountain in the mall. This is actually a video grab from DAWN OF THE DEAD (1979). The interior mall scenes for the film were shot from November 1977, through February 1978, so that's our timeframe for this photo here. No zombies in this shot, just a beautiful fountain.
Much, MUCH more to come on this, my favorite mall, soon!
Mall history: 1969 - present
Current website: here
Current aerial view
Oh, that's a nice shot. You never see colored lights in fountains anymore.
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There is a "games" tab. Scroll down and you can find the Dawn Of The Dead Boardgame which was made around the time the film came out. The map is based on the mall in the film. You can download the game and the pieces!
And if you're a DOTD fan, it's just a great site.
pJ
I gotta admit my first thought was, "WOW!" (said with awe-like reverence, of course) That's a pretty retro-licious fountain there and the palms dangling over it just give it a dreamy look.
ReplyDeleteYou never see colored lights in fountains anymore? How about you hardly ever see fountains anymore?!?!
ReplyDeleteThis is amazing, I just saw the original version of "Dawn of the Dead" (from 1978) last week. Had seen the remake a year ago, but didn't think it was anything special. But this version was way better! Awesome shopping center, better story, swank library music!
ReplyDeleteI was seriously considering gathering some information about the mall and posting some photos on my blog sometime soon, but you beat me to it, Keith! Looking forward seeing more posts about it here soon!
For more information about the mall check out www.mallofthedead.net
Seeing that fountain reminded me of a mall in Edmonton that I grew up going to. They had several fountains and they'd go really high at times and they were many different colored lights. It was cool.
ReplyDeletei realy adore that cute little fountain i am just in love with those adorible lights well ta ta
ReplyDeletePJ: That is a great site (though I've never cared for the overall design and navigation scheme)! Been going to it since it first launched several years ago. Tons of info there. As the Monroeville posts here at MOA are more about the mall itself, necessarily, I can't list [in the entries] all the cool DAWN/Romero sites I frequent regularly, but there certainly are many great ones out there I love!
ReplyDeleteChris: I've just been re-watching the materials from my "Ultimate Edition" DVD set last week so it's been on my brain even more than usual of late (the remake absolutely stunk to me. Lame and pointless).
Yes, there's definitely more Monroeville Mall stuff coming soon. I've mentioned elsewhere over the past year here that I've been just holding off opening the floodgates on this mall, cuz if I let it, it could easily overtake this blog! I love DAWN and this mall that much. So I've sort of avoided doing much with it yet. But I have lots of cool material just waiting... and I'm readying to start doling out some of it now finally. Stay tuned! (btw, in the post I actually linked to the mall site you mentioned. Great site!)
Cora: In my opinion, zombies only make a mall better! :)
Ninja Murasaki: Definitely! Heck, watch it just before you go, too! that might even be better.
I've been looking for this mall through your history. I knew it had to be here somewhere since you are DOTD fan.
ReplyDeleteWhen my family took a trip to Washington DC two years ago, I INSISTED that we take a detour to Monroeville on our way back to Michigan. For me, it was the best part of the whole trip.
What a thrill to actually walk through this mall and identify various important spots. Even though it is much changed, it is also very much the same.
For folks interested in this mall, check out my site www.mallofthedead.net
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