In another consumer paradise, Japan, there is a big shopping mall culture as well. In Tokyo you have SUNSHINE CITY, a 60 stores high buiding (it has one of the fastest elevators in the world).
What is interesting is that it is built on the same ground where a prison once stood. In the past the 6 biggest warcriminals were trialed here. General Tojo, de man die Japan min of meer in de oorlog dreef, is hier opgehangen.
Japan is known for its facelifting abilities regarding history. It doesn't make a big thing in tearing old buildings down for the sake of the new. But the idea of a mall on historical loaded ground makes me curious to the history of american malls.
And what is the history of the Overvecht shopping mall groud?

Ruud