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The Mystery Behind Strip Mall's Name

By Oliver Oct 07, 2026
an intersection with cars parked and people walking on the sidewalk in front of shops, stores, and businesses
an intersection with cars parked and people walking on the sidewalk in front of shops, stores, and businesses

Week 5: A 90's strip mall is the perfect analogy to technoburg. Suburbs formed and buisness' looked to the neighborhood for employees and tradesmen. If you only had a parking ticket then it was safe to get a lawyer from the strip mall. If you killed someone, strip mall lawyer is not your guy.

Searching for L.A.’s Best Thai Soup in a San Fernando Valley Strip Mall Called Armenia

an intersection with cars parked and people walking on the sidewalk in front of shops, stores, and businesses
an intersection with cars parked and people walking on the sidewalk in front of shops, stores, and businesses

Why Is A Mall Called A Mall

I’m bullish on strip malls, for all their faults, as places that can adapt and endure even as the cities around them decline and falter. Here’s why.

strip mall - use to be a forest along a major road until six years ago - Stephen

an empty store front with the words just designed the perfect strip mall that will get exactly zero visitors each day
an empty store front with the words just designed the perfect strip mall that will get exactly zero visitors each day
Searching for L.A.'s Best Thai Soup in a San Fernando Valley Strip Mall Called Armenia - LAmag
Searching for L.A.'s Best Thai Soup in a San Fernando Valley Strip Mall Called Armenia - LAmag

Difference Between Mall And Strip Mall

There is only one place worth going in this strip mall....

Revenge of the Strip Mall
Revenge of the Strip Mall
several cars parked in front of a krispy kreme store
several cars parked in front of a krispy kreme store

Revitalizing strip malls

Definition Of A Strip Mall

Strip Mall | The Strip Mall vs. the Multi-Way Boulevard: In consideration of subtle ...

Wu's Garden. Littleton, CO. Its strip mall exterior might not look like much, but it's the only Chinese food I've found in Denver that I like.

a parking lot full of cars and trucks in front of a walgreen store
a parking lot full of cars and trucks in front of a walgreen store
a large sign with many different business signs on it
a large sign with many different business signs on it
Can You Park Overnight at a Strip Mall?
Can You Park Overnight at a Strip Mall?
Sunday Video: Why Are There So Many Strip Malls? » The Urbanist
Sunday Video: Why Are There So Many Strip Malls? » The Urbanist
several cars are parked in front of a small retail store on a clear day with no clouds
several cars are parked in front of a small retail store on a clear day with no clouds
an empty parking lot in front of a building with signs on the doors and windows
an empty parking lot in front of a building with signs on the doors and windows
several people are walking out of the front of a building with cars parked outside it
several people are walking out of the front of a building with cars parked outside it
The Strip Mall vs. the Multi-Way Boulevard: In consideration of subtle differences
The Strip Mall vs. the Multi-Way Boulevard: In consideration of subtle differences
an empty parking lot in front of a store
an empty parking lot in front of a store
two cars are parked in front of a goldsmittt store on the street
two cars are parked in front of a goldsmittt store on the street