Comments on: LYS: Purlesence, Sunnyvale, CA http://www.newyorkminknit.com/2009/02/13/purlescence/ knitting and complaining in New York Wed, 08 Sep 2010 22:35:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Mall Ratt http://www.newyorkminknit.com/2009/02/13/purlescence/comment-page-1/#comment-34996 Mall Ratt Sat, 14 Feb 2009 03:19:05 +0000 http://www.newyorkminknit.com/?p=423#comment-34996 As you point out, malls and shopping centers of various sorts are much more common in SoCal. But as this brief outline reveals: http://history.sandiego.edu/gen/soc/shoppingcenter.html the first "shopping center," in the modern sense of the term, was Country Club Plaza, in the suburbs of Kansas City--then, as now, a progressive area with forward-thinking residents. As you point out, malls and shopping centers of various sorts are much more common in SoCal. But as this brief outline reveals:

http://history.sandiego.edu/gen/soc/shoppingcenter.html

the first “shopping center,” in the modern sense of the term, was Country Club Plaza, in the suburbs of Kansas City–then, as now, a progressive area with forward-thinking residents.

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