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Feb 2023
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259: The Future of the Shopping Mall fea...

EntreArchitect // Gābl Media
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What’s the future of the shopping mall?

In this podcast episode, join Jeff and co-host Katharine MacPhail backstage to reflect on a conversation that we had on Context & Clarity LIVE, Alexandra Lange - The Future of the Shopping Mall. Alexandra Lange is an architecture and design critic and author of "Meet Me By The Fountain: An Inside History Of The Mall".

In the original conversation, we discuss the history and future of the American shopping mall.

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