Today I took a walk around the The Bon Ton parking lot after dropping off the kids. Capital City Mall is on the other side of the highway, as you can tell from this photo. I originally wanted to get a photo of the old smokestack in the background along with the Capital City Mall name, but I liked how this car interrupted the idea.
The Bon Ton mall stroll - it's not large and I really shouldn't consider it a walk since I was only there about 15 minutes at most - did make obvious one of those things that most mall workers could probably attest to, which is how much sound reduction the building actually provides from highway noise. It's VERY loud on the highway side of the parking lot, but when you get to the front, the noise has been muted to a low background level which, to the casual ear, doesn't garner attention.