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Posted by Howard Fein on Fri Jan 11 09:09:42 2008, in response to Re: How the LIRR and Nassau PD Conspire Against Commuters, posted by AEM-7AC #901 on Thu Jan 10 21:28:36 2008. Maybe off-topic, but why IS it that every shopping center is referred to as a MALL, even when it isn't?! A mall has enclosed passageways onto which the stores open, and it's possible to go from store to store without going outside.A shopping center is a group of stores linked together by a sidewalk abutting a parking lot. It can be one strip of stores, or two or three strips at perpendicular angles. The shopping center on Mott Avenue in Far Rock fits this description. Yonkers' Cross County Shopping Center is a group of detached buildings, each of which contains one or more stores. The parking lot surrounds the entire complex. All connections between stores and buildings must be made via outside sidewalks and passageways. Yet, it's constantly referred to as a MALL. The New Atlas Park 'Lifestyle Center' also seems to fit this description. (If I ever go there, it would be by bus. Bad enough the genuine malls in Queens, Brooklyn, Jersey City and White Plains force you to pay to park for the purpose of spending money there; so does Atlas, which is served by two bus lines and no subway or railroad!) Obviously, 'mall' is a more desirable marketing term than 'shopping center'. |
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