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January 4, 2022
Can anything replace the mall?
A Requiem for the American mall. The dead mall feels to me like a weirder and sneakier thing—the hollowing out of even these simulacra of town squares by ever more predatory capital. How should we view a business food chain so vicious that it leaves gigantic commercial carcasses in America’s cities like so many washed-up …
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January 3, 2022
New York moves to protect Penn Station and Madison Square Garden, jeopardizing redevelopment | Crain’s New York Business
In a bizarre step, a state agency says the awful train station should join the National Register of Historic Places Source: New York moves to protect Penn Station and Madison Square Garden, jeopardizing redevelopment | Crain’s New York Business
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December 31, 2021
What Airports Were Like in 1987 | Condé Nast Traveler
If you’re in the sky this holiday, let Conde Nast take you back to what an #airport was like in #1987 – the most generic affair in all history. #PIT opened one of the first “shopping mall” airports I remember, years later. Airport interiors, fittingly, seemed more inspired by a highway rest stop than the …
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December 30, 2021
Preacher Claims Alien Disguised As Her Husband Tried To Sleep With Her
During a recent appearance on The Jim Bakker Show (yes, that is still somehow something that exists), Gilbert explained, “After Derek and I got married this other Derek appears in our bed. The real Derek is lying down next to me, other Derek sits right up out of him. It startled me. I knew that …
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December 29, 2021
Vienna Man Allegedly Wears Just a Jacket Over His Birthday Suit
It was alleged that the homeowner, Robert C. Andrews, “was standing out in his front yard wearing nothing but a jacket and was exposing himself while performing a lewd act in view of the public eye.” I wish he were wearing a Donald Duck mask. Source: Vienna Man Allegedly Wears Just a Jacket Over His …
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December 28, 2021
‘We take solace in that’: Woman killed by sheep at Bolton farm found ‘joy’ in volunteering at Cultivate Care Farms, family says – masslive.com
#ComfortAnimals The 73-year-old woman was injured while feeding the animals on Dec. 4 at around 8:30 a.m., the farm said. No witnesses were present. NBC 10 Boston reported that Taylor had been rammed by a sheep and went into cardiac arrest not long after first responders arrived at the farm. The farm is a nonprofit …
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December 27, 2021
Police in Vermont and New Hampshire seek chicken-killing dog
Police in a Vermont town and nearby sections of New Hampshire are searching for a dog believed to be named “Ruby” that is thought to have killed some chickens. Source: Police in Vermont and New Hampshire seek chicken-killing dog
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December 24, 2021
Woman runs onto LAX tarmac, tells officers ‘she was trying to flag down the aircraft,’ police say
The woman, who has not been identified, told officers that “she was trying to flag down the aircraft,” the police statement said. The plane was parked at the gate. If you are #flying someplace this holiday season, please remember: you don’t need to flag down the #aircraft. The gate agent will tell you when the …
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December 23, 2021
Red Oak II – Carthage, Missouri – Atlas Obscura
Lowell Davis grew up in the original Red Oak, Missouri, a town that faded into obscurity. Following World War II, many rural communities ceased to exist amid increased urbanization and more people relocating to cities. After a few years away from his childhood town, Davis returned in the 1980s to find it was nothing more …
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December 22, 2021
Calumet City Police Carjacked While Searching for Carjacking Suspects – NBC Chicago
A Calumet City police SUV was stolen as officers searched for carjacking suspects near a gas station Tuesday morning. Source: Calumet City Police Carjacked While Searching for Carjacking Suspects – NBC Chicago
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