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44. It saved my beautiful school and gave affordable housing

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Fri Mar 29, 2019, 02:06 AM

Mar 2019

to old people/a win-win

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Micro lofts in a VERY old mall...great idea [View all] SoCalDem Mar 2019 OP

I love this! And nowadays you don't need a cooking range or full size oven to make anything you UniteFightBack Mar 2019 #1

InstantPot with 2-3 liners is all you need OhNo-Really Mar 2019 #33

800 sq. feet--My $600/month 1-bedroom apartment is just 700 sq. feet, in the midwest, not on the tblue37 Mar 2019 #2

I need to move! More_Cowbell Mar 2019 #8

I don't have a dishwasher, either. But you'd need to move to Kansas. nt tblue37 Mar 2019 #11

You can get a counter top dishwasher for only about 200 buck or so! nt UniteFightBack Mar 2019 #15

I have never heard of a countertop dishwasher! nt tblue37 Mar 2019 #19

I have one. It comes in three parts: JustABozoOnThisBus Mar 2019 #22

I looked at videos--I don't have sufficient counter space for one. nt tblue37 Mar 2019 #23

Me too! It can be a 'get centered' meditative excercise. ✨🙏✨ OhNo-Really Mar 2019 #34

Where are you in the midwest? dflprincess Mar 2019 #14

Kansas. nt tblue37 Mar 2019 #20

I paid 24k for my 900 square foot home back in 2000 Kaleva Mar 2019 #30

What a terrific idea Raine Mar 2019 #3

Beautiful building. Glad they found a way to make it work. Squinch Mar 2019 #4

I hear a lot of malls are struggling... Wounded Bear Mar 2019 #13

The Mall Nearest To Us... ProfessorGAC Mar 2019 #24

I first saw this on tv in Japan. It was a wonderful use of space. Honeycombe8 Mar 2019 #5

It is so lovely. madaboutharry Mar 2019 #6

This message was self-deleted by its author Mosby Mar 2019 #7

We are in a housing crisis across the nation. We have to do something. YOHABLO Mar 2019 #9

I went to junior high school here...It's now a senior residence SoCalDem Mar 2019 #29

This is a great idea ZeroSomeBrains Mar 2019 #10

Sorry, but it looks like a college dorm...or a prison cell block. People here seem to FailureToCommunicate Mar 2019 #12

Who argued it's a new idea? LanternWaste Mar 2019 #28

"Everthing that's old is new again" which is a good thing Raine Mar 2019 #45

The Arcade is a fabulous building! Totally Tunsie Mar 2019 #16

This message was self-deleted by its author Demovictory9 Mar 2019 #17

K&R eom Control-Z Mar 2019 #18

I've seen this before. It needs to happen everywhere. So many dead malls. lindysalsagal Mar 2019 #21

In our former hometown SoCalDem Mar 2019 #25

The towns get bought off....that's corruption lindysalsagal Mar 2019 #43

It saved my beautiful school and gave affordable housing SoCalDem Mar 2019 #44

I have been in that very building when gldstwmn Mar 2019 #26

There still ARE stores there SoCalDem Mar 2019 #32

They look a bit like cells in a cell-block tiers. MineralMan Mar 2019 #27

Similar to the Woodruff Arcade in Chicago. Gidney N Cloyd Mar 2019 #31

They could have saved the demolition/construction steps lagomorph777 Mar 2019 #36

I'm sure someone proposed that but the new bldg is about 7 stories the economics just didn't work. Gidney N Cloyd Mar 2019 #41

I've been talking about this exact thing for a while. lagomorph777 Mar 2019 #35

People forget..that's how retail started SoCalDem Mar 2019 #37

Yup, at least as far back as the Roman Empire. lagomorph777 Mar 2019 #39

This message was self-deleted by its author Mosby Mar 2019 #38

Builders are not altruistic SoCalDem Mar 2019 #40

What a wonderful use of a beautiful building UpInArms Mar 2019 #42