What to do with an empty mall?

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  Hi there.

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  I'm Mayra Anubi and this week on People Fixing the World.

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  I'm taking you back to the archives to hear a program that we did last year and it's all about innovative things people are doing with empty shopping malls.

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  People Fixing.

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  People Fixing the World.

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  Welcome to People Fixing the World from the BBC World Service.

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  I'm Mayra Anubi, and on this program I get to tell you about projects that are working to make our world a better place.

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  Today we're looking at the US Where I'll be asking a question that you've probably never considered before.

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  What do you do with an empty shopping mall?

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  Growing up, I would watch many American movies where teenagers would hang out in malls with their friends, grab a milkshake and then maybe go buy these trendy clothes.

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  There was something really cool about being in those massive malls with fancy shops, restaurants and other fun activities.

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  I'd like to see you have a little bit of direction.

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  I have direction, yeah, towards the mall.

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  In the 1995 film Clueless, when the privileged airhead Cher is feeling sad about her poor grades, she opts for a little retail therapy.

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  I felt impotent and out of control.

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  Which I really hate.

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  I needed to find sanctuary in a.

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  Place where I could gather my thoughts.

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  And regain my strength.

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  At this point, the film cuts to an exterior shot of the Westside Pavilion Mall in Los Angeles.

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