The Kansas City Star
...You know that shopping center at Interstate 35 and Johnson Drive in beautiful downtown Merriam where no stores have ever opened?
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You mean tear down the Circuit City-that-never-was and start over?
No, he said. Keep the shopping center. But have an architect add to the design, something to make it iconic...
The decision was to operate a facility focused on a national rather than just a local audience, the way the World War I Museum has.
“I think we can tell the national story of suburbia here,” consultant Guy Hermann said...
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'There will be trouble in River City....'
I think its brilliant. It initially seemed bizarre, but suburbs aren't going away. There should be a forum for all of the theoretical and practical developments that led to the suburbs.
A critical look at Ebenezer Howard's Garden Cities, Frank Loyd Wright's Broadacre should be welcome. It might even generate some exhibits on how to deal with suburbs as they continue to decline.
JFV
At least someone is coming up with a use of the abandoned big box stores.
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