The mall isn't dead -- it’s just changing
- Written by Stefan Al, Associate Professor of Urban Design, University of Pennsylvania

Today thousands of empty suburban malls dot the American landscape. Describing decaying buildings and cracked asphalt parking lots, eulogy after eulogy arrives at the same conclusion: The mall is “dead.” (There’s even a website – DeadMalls.com – documenting the decline.)
But 8,000 miles away,...