A London Shopping Mall Was Dying. Then Taylor Swift Put It in a Music Video.

A shot of the pop star on an escalator holding a pretzel injected life into a decrepit shopping center in Croydon.
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A London shopping mall was dying. Then Taylor Swift put it in a music video.

Screen grab from Taylor Swift’s music video for ‘Opalite,’ which was filmed in Croydon’s Whitgift Centre. SOUTH LONDON—This mall has seen better days. The once-bustling complex with all the ...