Here's an article about a converted mall that was built in 1828.
Well, they can't one-up St. Louis. We converted an old mall also that looks very similar to the other one.
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I like that some at least of yours has been set aside for low income housing.
The problem here in the DC/VA/MD area is less what to do with old malls and more what to do with vast amounts of unused office space. Not far from my home, two very large office buildings less than 10 years old are being torn down after standing empty the entire time.
This is not a thing so far in Canada.
A friend's dad was a jeweler in one of those two buildings, and we shopped for my wedding ring there back in the day.
Things definitely are changing!
Sue - They need to do more. A lot more.
Bill - The 42-story AT&T building that I helped build (installing phones) now sits empty.
Deb - Remember this as an option to tearing down old buildings.
Kathy - I worked on the phones in there as a repairman.
Cloudia - Hopefully for the better.
I think they should do a lot more conversions of existing buildings. It just makes sense!
When I lived in western MA '80s -'90s, there was a local defunct mall called the dead mall. After years and years they asked for proposals. All sorts of ideas were submitted. One college group wanted to bury it and then do a archeological dig there to train students and have a tourist attraction about cultural practices regarding commerce. You can imagine that didn't go far.
Allen - We have several "newer" malls sitting empty around here.
What a great idea! Here we have so many unused old buildings that could easily be converted yet the government seems blind to the opportunities.
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