The retrofitting of suburbia

So maybe the idea of the mall in America wasn't so good, after all. Maybe all the acres of asphalt, the proliferation of big-box stores and the subverting. ... In Mashpee, Mass., on Cape Cod, planners have partially demolished a shopping center and are working to incorporate a “walkable village.” In Boca Raton, Fla., a mall was razed to make way for a multiuse area featuring both retail and housing. The challenge for architects and city planners is to do it right, ...