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When urban renewal goes wrong: Inside a dead mall frozen in 1990.

Very interesting short film by Bright Sun Films. Along with the usual urban exploration bits, he gives a good history of how and why it failed.

The shopping centre was supposed to revitalise downtown Hamilton, Ontario.

But within six years, it had just a 40% occupancy rate.

A decade after opening, it sold for only CAN$3.6 million — just 5% of what it originally cost to build.

https://youtu.be/NV_c_c_RZdE?si=4fNO5BJAoWzcx_bw

#urbanism #UrbanPlanning #Canada #Ontario @urbanism #UrbanRenewal #malls #DeadMalls #UrbEx #UrbanExplaration

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[–] OldWoodFrame@lemm.ee 19 points 8 months ago

Buffalo NY did this too. Paved over Shelton Square, "the Times Square of Buffalo" to build a mall that basically immediately emptied out and became a dead mall and then for like the last 20 years it has been a data center with a food court. The Main Place "Mall"