Rebuilding Place in the Urban Space

"A community’s physical form, rather than its land uses, is its most intrinsic and enduring characteristic." [Katz, EPA] This blog focuses on place and placemaking and all that makes it work--historic preservation, urban design, transportation, asset-based community development, arts & cultural development, commercial district revitalization, tourism & destination development, and quality of life advocacy--along with doses of civic engagement and good governance watchdogging.

Saturday, March 29, 2008

Shop while you wait for the doctor

A mall is being redeveloped in Nashville, with the second floor being leased to the Vanderbilt Hospital Medical Group. From "100 Oaks mall redevelopment draws new retail, restaurants," in the Nashville Business Journal:

Vanderbilt offices will be on the second floor. The first floor will be retail. Patients can carry beepers and be paged for their appointment while they shop.

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