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Old Posted Sep 19, 2019, 4:55 PM
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Originally Posted by SEFTA View Post
This mall has always been to the detriment to 9th and 10th Streets. Filbert Street and Chinatown too for that matter. They should have focused on uncovering these streets, repairing the hole in the city's fabric. Creating that much more street front retail. It has the most basic of middle american shops and that will be a draw to an extent. Fashion? No.
Practically speaking, there's a limit to how much you can turn a mall "inside out" and create a "lifestyle center" without just tearing down and starting over. That was never in the cards.