From Today’s Backrooms Vibe to Its Former Glory and Its Stuck-in-Time Current Status with No Resolution in Sight, This Mall Is One of Florida’s Most Mysterious Abandoned Malls.
Fla. News Network —Tucked between the bustling Broadwalk and the Atlantic Ocean, the OceanWalk Mall stands as a hollow shell of its former self. With its cracked terrazzo floors, boarded-up storefronts, empty fountains, and eerie silence, the abandoned complex has become an unlikely pilgrimage site for urban explorers drawn to its “Backrooms” aesthetic—a surreal, liminal space frozen in time. …