Virginia Center Commons Mall Oral History Student Project
Interview with Kristin Liles,
on YouTube as UniComm Productions
from West Virginia
By Joa Kearney / March 28, 2025 [Pre-Interview] / March 30, 2025 [Interview]
Tags: Abandoned malls, Cherished memories, Childhood memories, Cincinnati, Community responses, Dead malls, Family, Fun, Friends, Generation Y, Ghost shopping centers, History, Hobbies, Local business impact, Local history, Mall closures, Mall decline, Millennials generation, Nostalgia, Ohio, Oral history, Overmalled, Redevelopment, Shopping mall shutdown, UniComm Productions, Urban development, Vintage vibes, Virginia, Virginia Center Commons, West Virginia, YouTube Channel
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Appropriate citation to use
Liles, Kristin. “VCC Pre-Interview Kristin Liles.” Interview by Joa Kearney. March 28, 2025. Virginia Center Commons Oral History Student Project Archive. https://www.vccoralhistorystudentproject.com/interview-with-kristin-liles. Accessed March 28, 2025.
Liles, Kristin. “VCC Interview Kristin Liles.” Interview by Joa Kearney. March 30, 2025. Virginia Center Commons Oral History Student Project Archive. https://www.vccoralhistorystudentproject.com/interview-with-kristin-liles. Accessed March 30, 2025.
Suggested for further reading and watching
Darwish, Mona. "Man Shot in Parking Lot at Northridge Fashion Center." Orange County Register. August 25, 2024. https://www.ocregister.com/2024/08/25/man-shot-in-parking-lot-at-northridge-fashion-center/.
Jannene, Jeramey. "Fires Badly Damage Northridge Mall." Urban Milwaukee. July 24, 2022. https://urbanmilwaukee.com/2022/07/24/plats-and-parcels-fires-badly-damage-northridge-mall/.
Meier, Karen. "The Growth, Decline, and Rebirth of the American Shopping Mall: Part 3." Camoin Associates. December 2023. https://camoinassociates.com/resources/the-american-shopping-mall-part-3/.
UniComm Productions. "DEAD MALL: Virginia Center Commons – Glen Allen, Virginia. (Permanently Closed 10/31)." YouTube. November 6, 2022. https://youtu.be/zKiV8-Va4hI?si=dOGS5kywQ8ZT0EmJ.
UniComm Productions. "OVERMALLED: CINCINNATI. Episode 1: 1956-1970." YouTube. May 15, 2020. https://youtu.be/Ky1mDVJoZgY.
UniComm Productions. "OVERMALLED: CINCINNATI. Episode 2: 1971-1980." YouTube. May 29, 2020. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXZOef_XeC8.
UniComm Productions. "OVERMALLED: CINCINNATI. Episode 3: 1981-Now." YouTube. June 21, 2020. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VklIMMlgXvA