New Life For Vacant Big Box Sites
23 March 2005 - 2:00pm
How communities across the nation fill in the void left behind when large retail stores leave.
Art student documents how communities across the country are handling the spaces left when big box stores pack up...As stores get bigger, the holes they leave in the landscape once they disappear get bigger, too. Often, sites sit vacant for years because retailers are loathe to let competitors move in."
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Finding life in void big box stores leave behind
Source:
Times Union, March 23, 2005
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