Nowadays , shopping malls are rarely considered masterpieces . But that was all different at the bout of the 19th 100 — a clock time when the department computer memory was a pinnacle of high style and technology .
The postdate image will show you the dawn of consumer society , when shopping mall were more like palace and temple than mere stores .
The Galeries Royales Saint-Hubert, a shopping arcade in Brussels, circa 1890.
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Circa 1900: A shopping arcade in Birmingham.
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Le Bon Marché, Paris, France, c1900.
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B. Altman Department Store, New York City, c1906
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The provision department of Harrods store, circa 1910.
Párizsi Nagyáruház (Paris Department Store), Budapest, Hungary, c1911.
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Galeries Lafayette, Paris, France, circa 1912.
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The French Bazaar, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1913.
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The State Department Store (GUM), Moscow, Soviet Union, c1920.
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1925: The meat and poultry department of Harrod’s department store in London.
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Circa 1925: Shoppers in London’s Burlington Arcade.
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Galleria Umberto, Naples, one of Europe’s most famous shopping arcades, circa 1930.
The Selfridges flagship store on London’s Oxford Street, 1934.
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Marshall Field & Company, Chicago, Illinois.
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