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The abandoned Rolling Acres Mall in in Akron, Ohio during winter. (Seph Lawless)

Built in the 1970s and abandoned in 2008, the Rolling Acres Mall in Akron, Ohio has stood neglected and decaying for years now, its escalators, elevators and vacant shops overgrown, its floors littered with broken glass and debris from its crumbling walls. Views from both the outside and inside of the mall show a building overtaken by nature as weather slowly does unrepaired damage. "In places where temperatures can go below freezing during the winter months, the ," said weather.com senior meteorologist Nick Wiltgen.

Photographer Seph Lawless at the abandoned Rolling Acres Mall in Akron, Ohio in winter.

(Courtesy of Seph Lawless)

Photographer has documented the sprawling Rolling Acres Mall for his book, , but he has returned to abandoned space to capture images of the mall during the changing seasons.

"There's then being inside an abandoned mall," Lawless told weather.com in 2014. "It's a powerful symbol of America's economic decline. I used to visit these malls often growing up."

Once bustling with shoppers and families, the mall is now ghostly it is left abandoned to the elements. Earlier this year, when swept through the Midwest, Northeast and New England and left big snowfall accumulations in several states, it also caused more damage to Rolling Acres Mall. The storm caused a skylight at the mall to break, . In the spring, summer and fall, the mall is transformed again.

Lawless is known for exploring abandoned spaces and documenting their imminent collapse. He has photographed the , and his latest project was a series of photos of . He has also photographed New Orleans for the .

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