The Monroeville Mall in Monroeville, Pennsylvania – just outside Pittsburgh – has long been a beacon of dreadful history, which has served as a film -making location for George A. Romero1978 Zombie classic Dawn of the dead. The mall has served a dual goal for the film, providing not only a reasonable safe place to hide human survivors, but also the collapse of the rosemary society's commentary on the dangers of consumerism dead in the brain. Now, the mall has a new -owned, and it's kind of perfect: Walmart.
The largest private employer in the American — not to mention the smallest business that destroys the store Comics beat Romero's birthday points (he died in 2017 at the age of 77). The outlet pointed to Pittsburgh 4's action news For the news item, recording that the equities of Cypress will manage Walmart's ownership today, by a statement right from Walmart: “Walmart bought the Monroeville Mall and interested to be a part of any future redevelopment of this site.
No details were provided about what the site's future could handle (Cypress told the station that the mall was “well suited for a basic redevelopment and reposed to a mix of tools including retail and entertainment, restaurants, habitat, hospitality, office and public spaces, “which could mean just anything), but WTAE makes fans a sarcast Dawn of the dead Connection – as well as the home of the Living Dead Museum & Gift Shop, a Romero Bust, and the annual Living Dead Weekend Horror Convention (with proudly charged Pittsburgh as “the capital of the world's zombie”).
Famous, Romero and his staff filmed the film overnight hours in late 1977 and early 1978 -with a short hiatus taken to avoid continuing disruption caused by a jowl Christmas decoration – when the mall is closed for shopping.
Romero's widow SuzanneThe station said he expects “redevelopment” means “change.” However, he hopes Dawn of the dead will continue to be an integral part of the proportion of progress: “Cities have to keep history, and this is part of their history.”
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