The document discusses malls and street safety. It notes that malls emphasize total predictability and prohibit activities that may disturb or offend customers. Mall police enforce the image of security and may patrol parking lots in visible vehicles. The author chose to study the Boulevard Mall, as they have visited it for a long time. They observed many store closures and less social activity at the mall. Security now mainly patrols the parking lot. The mall is scheduled to fully close in the fall.

1. Malls and “Street Safety”
By: Karen Goldstein
Community Studies
Photo Walk Presentation

2. Malls and “Street Safety”
• As explained by Palen, “Malls, by contrast, emphasize total
predictability. No street musicians, no religious speakers, no one
soliciting for charity, and no activities that might in any way disturb or
offend any customers.” He also stated that “malls are rigorously
private.”
• Palen also said, “ The mall police enforce the image of the mall as a
secure place into which outside problems don’t intrude. They may
even patrol parking lots in highly visible vehicles with revolving
flashing lights.”

3. Malls and “Street Safety”
• I chose this topic for this assignment because keeping malls safe
might be something I’m interested in to do as a career.
• I chose this specific place because I have been going to the Boulevard
Mall for a very long time and so I have some history with this mall.

4. The Boulevard Mall
• People still go shopping at the mall because even though it’s closing,
there are still stores to shop at. Some stores might even have some
good deals going on.
• At the Boulevard Mall, people go to not only shop but to walk around
early in the morning. Also, some people will go there to let their kids
play in the play area.

5. The Boulevard Mall
• On my photo walk I have noticed a lot of changes to the mall such as,
many stores are starting to or already closed. The mall is not as social
as it used to be therefore, the mall security only goes on patrol
outside in the parking lot.
• I recently had heard that the mall is going to completely closed in the
fall. One of the biggest stores, Sears, has already closed down
completely.
• If you compare a normal day from a holiday, you can see that there is
more crime happening during the holidays. There were not any major
fights at the boulevard but there were some fights.

6. Outside Information
• According to the channel 7 news, the owner had defaulted on his $92
million loan. They also stated how the loan company might start the
foreclosure process soon.
• Until a decision has been reached, everything is supposed to remain
normal for all of the shoppers. The owner is still trying to discuss a
plan with the lender.
• Following this a bunch of stores have already closed such as, Pacsun,
5.7.9, GameStop, and Sears as well as others.

7. How the Photo Walk Helped
• The photo walk helped me enhance the text because it showed me
how private the mall is.
• The photo walk helped me because it helped me compare the mall to
the reading. It showed me how security patrols the parking lot but
also that they can’t arrest a person and can only detain them.
• The photo walk helps me apply the knowledge to the community
because it puts things in perspective for me.

8. Pictures
These pictures show how busy the
Boulevard Mall is. The pictures also show
the different stores that are still open.

9. These pictures show a couple of the
restaurants that are still open. The picture on
the right shows how busy it is on a week day.
The picture on the left also shows that it
does not get that busy either. Fridays is a
busy restaurant but it’s just an add on to the
mall.

10. The first two pictures show two of
the stores that have already closed
down. The first one is PacSun and
the second picture is Gamestop.
This last picture shows that security is always
around. Security guards often keep their
vehicles in plain view so people know not to
do anything bad.

11. Works Cited
Bretton Keenan, Ed Reily. WKBW Buffalo. 14 February 2017. 1 May
2017.
Reily, Ed. WKBW Buffalo. 24 January 2017. 1 May 2017.
Links:
http://www.wkbw.com/news/boulevard-mall-could-begin-foreclosure-
process-soon
http://www.wkbw.com/news/grave-concern-for-boulevard-malls-
future