That new mall

Stacie sounds off on the new Bayshore over at the Vast Dairy State Conspiracy (click on the bypass this message link to read the post).

I stopped at the Bayshore Town Center a few weeks back. It's an improvement over its predecessor and other shopping malls we've come to know over the previous decades. While you're walking around outside, there is a sense of place that kicks in.

Considering Glendale didn't really have a downtown before, I can see why they moved in this direction. In the end though, it's still an imitation of an authentic city shopping district which is what the modern shopping mall has always been.