"Dancing at Target"

[Veloise]

From a FB share:

http://shareable.net/blog/the-declin...-and-big-boxes

Downtowns and neighborhood commercial streets can weather the changes better than the malls, strip malls and big boxes that have proliferated across suburbs over the past 40 years. That's because older business districts have already been forced to diversify. They are no longer where we go only to buy shoes and housewares—they’ve become the place to do yoga, eat tacos, drink IPA, go to the office, hear a singer-songwriter, henna your hair, work out, browse a vintage store, wander through a gallery, and indulge in the pleasure of streetlife. They function like a commons—giving us a place to experience public life.

And dance to live sousaphone music! (I'm sure all parties rode their bikes to this event.)

[daftduck]

This is really cool. I used to see parking lots as a boon . But now I see that they've just been saving a seat for "play" installments.

[Howl]

Whenever I see a plaza, mall or parking lot I see a future mixed-use redevelopment site. Plazas, malls and surface parking lots are just land banks - something to keep the site in use until the conditions are right for redevelopment.