tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-418200345166548412.post8038026442263456081..comments2024-03-27T13:44:38.472-07:00Comments on Urban Decay: Major decline: Metrocenter Mall and Robinson Road, Jackson, Mississippi (B&W film)Kodachromeguyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09234925040052813302noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-418200345166548412.post-77678541777639201272023-07-16T13:23:42.046-07:002023-07-16T13:23:42.046-07:00Thanks cwo33086. I also remember when Metrocenter ...Thanks cwo33086. I also remember when Metrocenter was the place to shop. The Sears was a classic real Sears with appliances and an automotive center. The entire place deteriorated in the 1990s. It is symptomatic of much of west Jackson. Thanks for commenting.kodachromeguy@bellsouth.nethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06220306502819757568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-418200345166548412.post-51459436443087441752023-07-06T05:56:51.473-07:002023-07-06T05:56:51.473-07:00Love the photos of how it was back then.I’m from J...Love the photos of how it was back then.I’m from Jackson and worked at ToysRus when they had just built the store and I was on the crew assembling all the shelving and storage.1986 and Metrocenter was booming at the time.I moved away in 93 before the store closed and everything seemed to change for the worse whenever I visited home.Life was simpler and everyone greeted you with a smile,whether they knew you or not.When the drugs and gangs entered the city the whole landscape changed ,along with the people.Jackson is a shell of it’s former self.cwo33086https://www.blogger.com/profile/16188588110086816877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-418200345166548412.post-79084689301105561632022-02-28T19:57:44.779-08:002022-02-28T19:57:44.779-08:00Those of us who grew up around the Jackson area, k...Those of us who grew up around the Jackson area, know exactly why everything went to crap, dont we.?Brannonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17108816799998728034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-418200345166548412.post-54936825282967205632022-02-28T19:55:17.702-08:002022-02-28T19:55:17.702-08:00The building with the Mexican style roof on it was...The building with the Mexican style roof on it was not the Picadilly. It was El Chicos. Picadilly was across the hwy behind El Chicos and Shoneys. Brannonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17108816799998728034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-418200345166548412.post-36954440528278964232021-05-08T19:01:19.933-07:002021-05-08T19:01:19.933-07:00Yes, many parts of the USA have become a wasteland...Yes, many parts of the USA have become a wasteland. It is horrifying. I have been trying to document the decay in this blog for the last 10 years. Thank you for commenting.Kodachromeguyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09234925040052813302noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-418200345166548412.post-70598715131754362922021-05-07T17:55:11.834-07:002021-05-07T17:55:11.834-07:00You know why it’s a wasteland 30 years later. Same...You know why it’s a wasteland 30 years later. Same reason the entire US is becoming a wasteland. No need to say anymore. RIP.Europe Boundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01970270127064403989noreply@blogger.com