Monday, 30 March 2015

The complex role of malls: private but sort-of-public spaces

The complex role of malls: private but sort-of-public spaces


Victor Gruen, inventor of Edina’s Southdale Mall, had dreams of saving ruined cities. As he saw it, postwar America had fallen on hard times, ruined by planners and their monolithic neighborhoods. Gruen wanted nothing more than to resurrect the vibrant street life of his native Vienna.

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