Finally recived permission to photograph

                I finally got permission form he most important mall that was holding out on me, so I spent the last few days photographing it. Nick Hajeck had some time off his project, and he used to go to Euclid Square Mall when it was still operational, so he got the chance to explain a bit of history and tell me what some of the abandoned buildings used to be. Apparently, one of the restaurant-like buildings used to be a Chinese buffet until it became a red lobster. Some people apparently loved that Red lobster, so they drew "Bring Back Red Lobster!!" repeatedly in the dust on the windows. We also found an abandoned ATM that had "OutlawD" spray-painted over a window. I was definitely glad that he was not there to greet us.

                Unlike the last time that I went to Euclid, the parking lots were close to empty. Dillards had a few customers, but the biggest difference was that there was no one walking around the mall. The solitude gave me more flexibility to work with the exterior. The biggest problem I was having was photographing a large panoramic of the parking lot without having too many cars obscuring the building. Euclid Square mall is primarily a one-story structure, so cars tend to block important details.