Speaking of Timely

Newsweek on "The Last Shopping Mall" - sounds a bit Mad Max-ish, no?



...and jumpin' jeezus on a dinosaur is it perfectly and as appropriately ugly as the circumstances and motivations to build the thing.

"Xanadu is the epic discretionary story," says Davidowitz. "It's the epicenter of 'not needed.' How can you have this when the consumer is completely decimated? It's already one of the world's biggest nightmares."

Bird's Nest to Hatch Western Consumerist Wonderland

Will anybody ever learn? From the LaTimes.

"They wanted to build 'the world's biggest this' and 'the world's biggest that,' but these buildings have almost zero long-term economic benefit," economist Huang said.

Moreover, the makeover of Beijing for the Olympics led to an estimated 1.5 million residents being evicted from their homes, according to the Geneva-based Center on Housing Rights and Evictions.