Jake: Disco pants and haircuts...
Elwood: Yeah, lots of space in this mall.
-The Blues Brothers (1980)
The Dixie Square Mall in Harvey, Illinois was made famous by the classic comedy(and one of my personal all-time favorite movies) the 1980 film The Blues Brothers starring the late Jim Belushi and Dan Ackroyd. This mall was used for the now classic car chase which can be seen here:
Unfortunately this was the last hurrah for the short lived shopping mall(It officially opened in 1965 and the last stores left in 1979). It was used as a temporary school and of course a movie set for The Blues Brothers movie. Many attempts at resurrecting the mall have been unsuccessful and what is left is a slowly rotting structure. Here is an eerie video of what the mall looks like today:
Here are some more interesting links I found about this mall:
- Photos from when it was open from Pleasant Family Shopping.
- History and more photo’s from Deadmall.com.
- Dixie Square Mall on Wikipedia.
