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<v Speaker 1>Hello, and welcome to the Stupid Distrium Minute. I'm your

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<v Speaker 1>host Kep Pound. Today we're talking about the shopping mall.

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<v Speaker 1>See before online shopping, the mall was where America went

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<v Speaker 1>to shop, eat, and hang out. The world's first fully

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<v Speaker 1>enclosed shopping mall, Southdale Center, opened in Indina, Minnesota, on

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<v Speaker 1>October eighth, nineteen fifty six. It was designed by Austrian

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<v Speaker 1>born architect Victor Grun, who envisioned malls as community gathering

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<v Speaker 1>places with shops, restaurants, and even public spaces, not just

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<v Speaker 1>places to spend money. By the nineteen eighties and nineties,

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<v Speaker 1>malls had become the social headquarters for teenagers and weekend

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<v Speaker 1>shoppers alike. Then online shopping changed everything. Turns out Amazon

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<v Speaker 1>became the mall's biggest anchor store without ever opening one.

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<v Speaker 1>This has been the Stupid Distrium Minute and I'm Kep Pound.

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