Building Lifestyle Centers Instead Of Malls

The Shops at Evergreen Walk creates a community gathering place, with fewer scary teenagers, among high-end retail shops.

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September 2, 2006, 9:00 AM PDT

By maryereynolds

"The fast-growing suburb of South Windsor, Conn., has a problem. It has lots of big highways and subdivisions, but 'no town center.' So South Windsor is creating one by building a 'lifestyle center,' a kind of latter-day shopping center that's become very popular with architects and designers. Gone are big anchor stores, enormous parking lots and food courts. In their place are smaller stores, walkable streets, fountains and sidewalks."

FULL STORY: 'Lifestyle Centers' Make Shopping Fashionable

Friday, September 1, 2006 in National Public Radio

Community / Economic Development Urban Development Connecticut

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