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City Beautiful

City Beautiful

Why did cities build downtown malls?

City Beautiful · Nov 13, 2026 · 14:59

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The first 1,000 people to use this link will get a 1 month free trial of Skillshare: https://skl.sh/citybeautiful08211I’m on Patreon! Consider supporting this channel: https://www.patreon.com/citybeautifulThis video on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/videos/city-beautiful-why-did-cities-build-downtown-mallsResources:“The Downtown Mall Experiment” https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/01944366408978093“When Planning Fails: Downtown Malls in Mid-Size Cities” https://www.proquest.com/openview/805846bc05d6dd71d806f6ee66b99ab6/1.pdf?cbl=27359&pq-origsite=gscholar“Modelling pedestrian behaviour in downtown shopping areas”https://www.researchgate.net/publication/229057270_Modelling_pedestrian_behaviour_in_downtown_shopping_areas“Pedestrian Movement and the Downtown Enclosed Shopping Center” https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/01944369308975846“Downtown retail revitalization: a review of American development strategies”https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/026654397364591?casa_token=W4YtfA_h0JAAAAAA:gSI_9kYvOsO922jCyqZFAq5sljThq5bucbsflqb_0fcvmdNoKcvFJyVIHmvtNSSUj9hgHAtg8G2yjwProduced by Dave Amos in sunny San Luis Obispo, California.Edited by Ryan Alva in Los Angeles, California.Audio by Eric Schneider in cloudy Cleveland, Ohio.Select images and video from Getty Images.Black Lives Matter.About the host: Dave is an assistant professor in the Department of City and Regional Planning at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo.
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