FLASHBACK PHOTOS: Metro Atlanta malls through the years
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Metro Atlanta's malls are a significant part of its hospitality industry, which racks up billions of dollars in business. But the health of those malls has been in flux for years, and experts said in 2014 that a third were thriving and a third were struggling. Here's a look back at many of those malls through the years: their construction, grand openings and more. Pictured here: A shopper outside Lenox Square mall, in Buckhead, on Aug. 4, 1959.