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The word mall used to mean street. The original malls were streets with stores, not a single structure. The old scheme was a natural evolution of the local mar
by sandworm101 3y ago
The word mall used to mean street. The original malls were streets with stores, not a single structure. The old scheme was a natural evolution of the local market and grew or shrunk with demand. Todays malls are large rental properties populated by shops, with little ability to adapt as markets change.
- drewcoo 3y agoClearly here what's meant by mall is "shopping center," modeled on the first one in the 1950s in the twin cities, not places like the National Mall in D.C.