Seattle's Experiment With Retail Design

Seattle Times columnist Mark Hinshaw reports on Seattle's experimental designs for retail buildings.

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December 29, 2000, 11:00 AM PST

"New types of housing have appeared as expansion into the "exurbs" has been limited, as property values have increased, and as the cultural and social aspects of city centers and town centers have become richer. We've seen row houses, cottage houses and mid-rise and high-rise condominiums developed in numbers and locations previously considered unthinkable. We now are seeing these changes ripple into the retail sector."

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FULL STORY: Recent retail buildings try new designs, with varied success

Sunday, December 24, 2000 in The Seattle Times

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