Baby boomer elude bad '80s designs...

Baby boomer elude bad '80s designs
The unmistakable demise of the boxy enclos malls that now litter American suburb has as a great deal to do with the succes of fresh retail concepts as it does with the dearth of originality, amenity and life in the traditional center Dozens of 1980 designs have been flushed or adapted for other uses in the last brace years, say building teams specializing in the retail sector. What remains are big-box "power centers" dominating the low-cost convenience portion and a proliferation of quirky "lifestyle-oriented shopping