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America is full of abandoned malls. What if we turned them into housing? (www.vox.com)

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[–] Kit@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Your idea is so good that it was actually done 8 years ago and turned out beautifully. https://www.businessinsider.com/americas-first-shopping-mall-is-now-micro-apartments-2016-10

[–] pbjamm@beehaw.org 1 points 6 months ago

That place has the advantage of having rear windows since it was built before electric lighting. Most modern malls have windows only on the store front open to the interior.