Monday, November 29, 2004

"There's no such thing as a mall anymore"

The boxy, 1980s Sherman Oaks Galleria captured in "Fast Times at Ridgemont High" is as fossilized these days as the stone-washed jeans Spicoli wore in the classic teenage flick.

The walls and roof of the landmark birthplace of the so-called Valley girl have since been torn down to create a vibrant open-air promenade, one of the first of a new breed of shopping centers that has designers and operators rethinking the whole concept of shopping.

Read more at Meet you at the mall

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