Serious question, is it okay to take a piece of a dead mall?

I was at the old Sunrise Mall in Citrus Heights last weekend... it's basically just a big empty shell now. In a closed-off wing, a ceiling tile had fallen and broken on the floor. I saw a small, loose piece of the old terrazzo flooring just sitting there, maybe 2 inches across. Part of me wanted to pick it up as a weird souvenir, but it felt wrong. On one side, the place is abandoned and that piece is just trash now. On the other, it's still technically part of the building, even if it's falling apart. Where do you draw the line between taking a memento and just taking stuff that isn't yours?

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hollym123d ago

That broken piece is basically urban archaeology now, so go for it lol.

amy_bailey863d ago

Honestly, where's the actual harm? That piece is already on the floor in a dead building. The real question is if you'd feel guilty looking at it later.