There's a cool article at CNN money here about the changing face of the mall. Many malls are closing. These aren't the mega-malls (Mall of America, Galleria of Dallas). These are the smaller, more suburban malls that serve just there local populace, ones that have little or no regional appeal. Instead of just being demolished, many of them are being revamped as open air joints with lots of things beyond retail in them. The article says that much of this is in deference to the general trend of urban revitalization. People want a more urban, downtown feel to their shopping adventures.
Posted by matt at July 5, 2003 12:25 AM | TrackBackJust a heads up, but your link is missing the end quotes before the >. Plug that in and your entry should display properly.
Posted by: John at July 5, 2003 9:05 AMHey Matty,
Ya, you'll have noticed I'm screwing with your stylesheet, I figured your blog would be a good one to keep practicing some design and some css crrrap. Don't worry...I'll get it all straightened out.
Oh, I also fixed that link problem with one of your earlier posts...mooches smooches.
Posted by: JosiahQ at July 5, 2003 4:39 PMThey're trying to revamp Eastgate Mall here in Chattanooga.
See: http://www.doverkohl.com/project_detail_pages/eastgate.html
From what I can tell it hasn't been hugely successful, thus far, but its a good start.
This project actually recieved national press as one of the first of its kind.
Posted by: Benny at July 7, 2003 10:12 AM