New Life For Vacant Big Box Sites

How communities across the nation fill in the void left behind when large retail stores leave.

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March 23, 2005, 2:00 PM PST

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

Art student documents how communities across the country are handling the spaces left when big box stores pack up...As stores get bigger, the holes they leave in the landscape once they disappear get bigger, too. Often, sites sit vacant for years because retailers are loathe to let competitors move in."

Thanks to Kevin A, Kain

FULL STORY: Finding life in void big box stores leave behind

Wednesday, March 23, 2005 in Times Union

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