Word: mall
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There have been other initiatives as well. A parents' group called the Committee to Stop Children's Murders (Stop) set up shop in June at a local mall, established a 24-hour hotline, and began undertaking some detective work on its own. It receives 20 to 50 calls a day, but not one tip has panned out. Schools are scheduling lessons on street safety taught by visiting police; television coverage has included a film re-enacting some of the crimes; and police fraternal organizations are distributing 100,000 bumper stickers reading: KIDS, DON'T GO WITH STRANGERS...
...Mall builders recite a litany of woes. Choice locations are now hard to find, construction costs are rising rapidly, and fluctuating interest rates make financing both expensive and difficult to obtain. Because of local opposition, zoning regulations and environmental restrictions, the development of a new suburban mall now can take up to ten years, twice as long as in the 1960s. Says Mathias DeVito, president of the Rouse Co., one of the country's largest developers: "I doubt we will ever again see the kind of shopping center development that we saw after World...
...Hall Marketplace has be come a premier tourist attraction, and Baltimore's Harborplace had an estimated 10 million visitors during the first five weeks it was open. In Asheville, N.C., 100 old buildings in the downtown area will be demolished to make room for a new enclosed shopping mall...
Unlike some of their suburban counterparts, urban malls are often welcomed by public officials. In some cities, the centers can be built on cheap, underused land and will revitalize moribund downtown areas. Such services as sewer and water are already in place, and federal money is available for development. Boston last week won a $19 million urban-development package to help build the $373 million Copley Place. This new city mall will include two hotels, apartments, office space, specialty shops and ethnic restaurants in addition to the predictable shoe stores and record outlets...
...Americans who think they will never see anything as lovely as a suburban shopping center, there is still California. Gigantic malls continue to go up there as fast as retailers can say, "Stop and shop." Many of the centers are miniature cities, complete with libraries, museums and day care centers. For now, West Coast entrepreneurs hope that they can keep developing in the suburbs, while mall builders in many other parts of the country must focus more on downtown...