Every morning at 8, dozens of walkers, mostly senior citizens, walk the one-mile circuit inside the closed Southcenter Mall for exercise.

In addition to Southcenter, which dominates the neighborhood's retail sector, a variety of stores are in strip malls, including John's Furniture Warehouse.

The Oscar Mayer Wienermobile pays a visit to one of Southcenter's many acres of parking lots. Aaron Mask, 12, was visiting the area with his family from Little Rock, Ak.

A worker prepares the scaffolding for a huge facelift of the Parkway Plaza area near Southcenter Mall. The Pavilion Mall has already been torn down in preparation for new development.

Herman and Ruth Schoenbachler ran a dairy farm on 200 acres near Southcenter Mall. Now they share 10 acres and a view of warehouses with their 23 llama. See this week's Album for historical photos from the Schoenbachler farm.

A lunch hour jogger on the 2.6-mile-long Christensen Greenbelt Park crosses a bridge over the Green River, which winds through the commercial areas near the mall.

Travis Pursell and Heather Trimm, seniors at Lindbergh High School admire their drives at Southcenter Golf.

The expansive parking lots of Southcenter are clean because retired mailman Harris Riach drives a sweeper truck from 4 a.m. until 8 a.m.