by Fast Company
Photo: Fast CompanyShopping malls, those bastions of American consumerism, have not been immune to the recent economic downturn. In a recent piece by our own Greg Lindsay, we looked at the impending decline of the
mall, which is part of the “single-use environment” category of real
estate development that will slowly disappear over the next thirty
years, according to one developer. But what will replace these
environments, and more importantly, what will happen to the massive
malls of today?
One possible solution can be seen in Cleveland’s Galleria mall. The
mall lost many of its retail shops over the past few years, leaving
gaping holes in the greenhouse-like space. So employees of the Galleria
came up with the idea for the Gardens Under Glass project, a so-called
urban ecovillage inside the mall that features carts of fruits and
vegetables grown on-site. The project was recently given a $30,000
start-up grant from Cleveland’s Civic Innovation Lab.
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