The mayor, his mall and their legacy
In the last decade, the siren song of the downtown regional shopping mall has twice ensnared the administration of Mayor John DeStefano Jr. Burned by a combination of lackluster state financing and opposition from a coalition of local groups -- once in 1992 when the Taubman company's plans for a mall stalled and again this year when a deal with New England Development Corp. unraveled -- the mayor finds himself at a crossroads.
Though he has frequently ignored it, DeStefano's own advice through the last decade is the most sound counsel of all: The age of the downtown mall is over....
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