Room for Debate bats around the relevance of Xanadu, an unfinished mega-mall. Judith Martin wants to pull the plug:
[W]hat can justify such giant retail/entertainment venues now? The U.S. has thousands of abandoned malls, even some quite large ones, like one Twin Cities’ regional mall, which has been empty for some years, looking for new life. We all can and do shop from our computers, which is far more convenient than driving miles to get to, and parking far away from, the things we want to buy. The “public” space argument about big malls was lost long ago.
(Photo by Brian Williams, who asks, "Good fortune for Meadowlands Xanadu?")
The Dish 