News Summary

• The sprawling Monroeville Mall outside of Pittsburgh is most famous as the setting for George A.
• Romero's 1978 horror film Dawn of the Dead.
• The mall itself, distressed but not dead, was bought by Walmart last year and is soon to be redeveloped.
• "Some traveled from across the country and abroad to pay tribute to the film and the director's legacy," writes Jason Alpert-Wisnia with Pittsburgh's Public Source.
• In the meantime, the mall, built in 1969, is still open; the bulldozers haven't yet been scheduled.