Comments on: Clean up on aisle 7

Clean up on aisle 7

shoepal — Wed, 23 Mar 2005 21:41:08 -0800

Big Box Reuse: How Communities are Re-Using the Big Box. (via, via Planetizen)

By: stbalbach

stbalbach — Thu, 24 Mar 2005 08:13:31 -0800

That's cool, just as we re-use old factory buildings from the 19th century, the 21st century will see these buildings repurposed in interesting and creative ways.

By: fshgrl

fshgrl — Thu, 24 Mar 2005 08:42:11 -0800

I honestly had no idea there were that many empty K-marts and Walmarts in the US. Why do they keep building new ones so?

By: mzurer

mzurer — Thu, 24 Mar 2005 11:33:33 -0800

To extract money from communities, fshgrl. Then they leave when the local economy has been bludgeoned to death. Oversimplifiied, but accurate. See any of other Walmart thread explosions for further details.