AJ Sadauskas<p>When urban renewal goes wrong: Inside a dead mall frozen in 1990.</p><p>Very interesting short film by Bright Sun Films. Along with the usual urban exploration bits, he gives a good history of how and why it failed.</p><p>The shopping centre was supposed to revitalise downtown Hamilton, Ontario. </p><p>But within six years, it had just a 40% occupancy rate. </p><p>A decade after opening, it sold for only CAN$3.6 million — just 5% of what it originally cost to build.</p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/NV_c_c_RZdE?si=4fNO5BJAoWzcx_bw" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">youtu.be/NV_c_c_RZdE?si=4fNO5B</span><span class="invisible">JAoWzcx_bw</span></a></p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/urbanism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>urbanism</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/UrbanPlanning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UrbanPlanning</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Ontario" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ontario</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://slrpnk.net/c/urbanism" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>urbanism</span></a></span> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/UrbanRenewal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UrbanRenewal</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/malls" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>malls</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/DeadMalls" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DeadMalls</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/UrbEx" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UrbEx</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/UrbanExplaration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UrbanExplaration</span></a></p>