Immediately upon entering the Manhattan Mall, I saw a display of a map of the area. I went to take a picture of it, and a guard in a suit came over and told me that I wasn't permitted to take pictures. He then directed me to a map I could take with me at an information table with no one at it.
So I walked around, looking at the other people at the Mall. I noticed three types of people walking around the mall. Groups of 2-3 people, walking and talking leisurely. Women by themselves, walking with an incredible purpose which I can only imagine was the need to get something very specific, and men being dragged around by women. It all felt very stereotypical. I was the only guy there by himself. I was sitting in the sort of intermediate area pictured below. I noticed that no one seemed to look at the map, they just asked people. After sitting there for a few minutes, this pack of 4 people in suits came walking by with clipboards. Two men, two women. They were pointing to various stores and discussing sales. I realized that they were management. At this point it also occurred to me that they were all wearing non-black suits, and were the only white people I saw in suits. Everyone else in a suit was not white, wearing a black suit and was security.
The other thing I noticed is that there were escalators that seemed to be going the wrong way, and invariably had flow issues. People would walk towards them, and then suddenly realize that they were going the wrong way, then move to the next escalator. It was as if the flow was more important than the fact.
I was also struck by a dentist's office, as well as how all of the mannequins looked either bored or angry.
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