Fake shopfronts
Posted: March 11, 2010 Filed under: Activity centres | Tags: activity centre, high street, revitalise, strip shopping centre 2 CommentsAt last somebody’s found a way to revitalise ailing strip shopping centres – fake shops! My local high street is all restaurants, boutiques and real estate agents – this could be a way to bring back the hardware store we lost ten years ago.
Hat tip: NYT
The Melbourne Urbanist 
Don’t say ‘hat tip’ please Alan, it’s an appalling bloggers cliche. I like Jackson Street Caringbush just the way it is. I’ve narrowed down the tote (the real one) to about 3 shop fronts.
Hmmm…..yes it is a cliche, so I shall be really inventive and coin a new one. I’m going to call it “a dip of the lid to…