Northern Lights is also the name of a shopping strip center in Columbus! It’s been on a decline for several decades but is doing a bit better now that it has embraced some of the international culture of the neighborhood that surrounds it.
I view the malls of yesteryear like I view the monoculture of a soybean farm. Without diversity of usage and product, a mall doesn’t survive, much like a soybean crop will drain the soil of its nutrients over time.
Nature has taught us the diversity gives resilience. A lesson to be applied to so many situations.
Thanks for the trip down memory lane with the topic of malls!
Northern Lights is also the name of a shopping strip center in Columbus! It’s been on a decline for several decades but is doing a bit better now that it has embraced some of the international culture of the neighborhood that surrounds it.
I view the malls of yesteryear like I view the monoculture of a soybean farm. Without diversity of usage and product, a mall doesn’t survive, much like a soybean crop will drain the soil of its nutrients over time.
Nature has taught us the diversity gives resilience. A lesson to be applied to so many situations.
Thanks for the trip down memory lane with the topic of malls!
I love this perspective, Lisa - thanks for sharing!