West Edmonton Mall

Have you ever compared your hometown with any of the other cities that you may have ever been to? If not, than what things can you think about that are similar and different in your hometown and other city you are comparing with? In the same way I am going to compare my hometown with the city where I am living currently. These cities are different and similar form each other in various ways but there are three main factors that distinguish Houston from my hometown (Lahore) such as, costs of…

There was a time when my mother used to go to the grocery for her regular household items and I used to go to tailor for my best Christmas attire or carpenter for my cabinet. But since last few years, things have changed drastically for the retail outlets around us. Tons and tons of retail outlets are mushrooming generating hundreds of choice even for a 10-year-old. You will now be surprised to find your kid using your handheld device to track his favorite toy car in the retail. And this credit…

The Martin Luther Memorial is also known as the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial. This memorial is located on four acres of land near the National Mall. This monument is to remember the 1964 Civil Rights Act that Martin Luther had a big role in. He was one of the most well-known leaders of the Civil Rights Movement. He was a Baptist Minister and social activist who fought for equal rights and influenced the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The same year, he also received the Noble Peace Prize. In…

Jacobs mentions that long distances affect the urban vitality. The effect of self-isolating streets about the economy has an impact equally inhibitory. Once one offers long distances to the resident and this one has no choice, usually, it performs its activities in the surroundings once a day, at the most, twice, due to the absence of physical comfort in its displacement. On this case, mainly for senior and disabled people. Likewise, retailers and service providers usually settle in busy streets…

As the clock ticks, I wait anxiously for it to hit 3:23 P.M. All I could think about was football practice. My first game is tomorrow and I am overwhelmed with excitement. Forgetting to pay attention in class the teacher calls on me saying “Sabin, what does the m stand for in y=mx+b?”, me being clueless I look at my notes. Being lucky, another student answers saying “m is slope”. As the bell rings, the teacher comes up to me saying “Next time pay attention instead of looking at the clock, time…

the retail chain Target is opening small stores in urban city in order to attract younger people, this move can be a great way to send these people to a larger Target place in suburban malls for larger shipping strips. For the residential, it can be diversified into two categorizes, which are single family and multifamily. Single family home can be detached or cluster development, detached home in real estate refers to a home has their own unit without sharing any walls with another space,…

Everyone knows you’re not supposed to judge a book by its cover, but for many businesses, that’s often just what customers do. Luckily for Cincinnati area shops, there’s FASTSIGNS® of Colerain—the one stop shop for long-lasting banners, office signs, and window decals to help keep storefronts looking sharp and attention grabbing. Adding visual elements to your business is a great way to show off or refresh your brand. From large banners and vinyl signs to hang outside during a grand opening, to…

of a plot of land, but also encourages shoppers themselves to walk around more, see more and shop more. Suddenly, the 1st floor isn’t anymore special than the 4th floor, they’re all easily accessible (Figure 29,30). “The challenge of this type of mall is to overcome the natural tendency of shoppers to move horizontally and encourage shoppers to move upwards and downwards” .” In fact, Escalators are an upgrade of The Long Stairs ! Remember that long flight of stairs; that…

In the article, Can Money Buy You Happiness?, written by Amie M. Gordon, she explains whether or not money can really buy you happiness. She starts out the article by bringing us into her mind as she goes to buy some new shoes at the mall. As she is pulling into the parking lot she notices that the parking lot is overcrowded, and she wonders to herself if people had read an article going over the benefits of spending money on experiences rather than material goods. She believes that the spending…

consumed with pondering whether Sky would live up to her promises, and be as interesting in bed as she'd made herself out to be, before concluding the answer was yes, Ben missed the glimmer of sunlight reflecting off a rifle barrel as they exited the Mall. "If a woman is to lead her Country, and be respected by her subjects, Ms Lassiter, then she does need to live up to her word." Winking, the man was amazed that, with what had occurred in the past twenty-four hours, and their lives on the line…