Nostalgia-flavored Shopping Centers
28 March 2002 - 7:00am
A new "Main street" retail center in suburban Houston is part of a trend toward "nostalgia-flavored" centers.
"Developers are creating the Main Street-style centers in suburban areas that have never really had much of a downtown or urban core, such as The Woodlands. 'You are talking about going back in time to a simpler way of life,' Hernandez said. 'It's taking the old Main Street and making it better.'"
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New 'Main Street' coming to Woodlands
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The Houston Chronicle, March 27, 2002
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