Monday, January 17, 2011

Re-Purposing a Mall

Photo by Gordon Bombay

The Fishwrap reports that the Cincinnati Mall, Cincinnati Mills, Forest Fair Mall in Fairfield is planning a redevelopment that will include a hotel, ice rink, restaurants & amusements. While only the third name, I believe this is about the fifth incarnation of the place.
I think it might be time to think outside the box on this one.
Early on my nephew suggested it be used as a jail. This is something residents say we need but residents don't want to pay to build a brand new one, maybe this place could be retrofitted. Given it's various wings, it could house a juvenile detention center, too.
We need a bigger better place for our homeless. Crossroads Church likes the idea of malls or the homeless. Seems like a perfect match.
It has enough room, it could be used as a funeral home / crematory with a mausoleum & columbarium.
Perhaps an indoor golf course. Flood the lower level & make a year round fishing & swimming facility?
We could also hawk it to Hollywood for the set of some kind of disaster film, maybe Resident Evil 37, Incontinent, and they could burn the place down or blow it up in the end.

2 comments:

geebee said...

Maybe this and other malls across the midwest will return to farm land, supplying all those packed organic produce isles at the grocery store?

Quimbob said...

hm
Greenhouse?