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Originally Posted by StatenIslander237
This reminds me so much of the current movement in Great Britain away from suburban shopping malls, and towards dynamic indoor/outdoor retail/commercial and living complexes in renovated or closed-to-vehicular-traffic streets in the centers of cities. City Creek Center, to me, is such a cutting-edge, modern development and will be a boon to downtown Salt Lake City. In addition, it will really put this city on the map as a model for future urban developments in cities elsewhere in the nation and the world.
Two thumbs up SLC!
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I hope you're right! And I agree for the most part. It still has a bit of that 'mall' feel, especially by having 2 floors of retail and all, but of course it's open and centered right in the middle of downtown, and works well with its surroundings. It's a huge step up from suburban malls, and especially suburban indoor malls that are built downtown.
The developers spent a lot of time working with the city, urban developers, and the public to put this together. It originally was going to be much different. I'm glad they took the advice into consideration.