Meet Me by the Fountain: An Inside History of the Mall

Title: Meet Me by the Fountain: An Inside History of the Mall Author: Alexandra Lange ISBN: 9781639732050 Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Published: 2023 Binding: Paperback Language: English Condition: New New from the publisher History 1559511 Publisher Description: Longlisted for the Porchlight Business Book Awards "A smart and accessible cultural history."-Los Angeles Times A portrait--by turns celebratory, skeptical, and surprisingly moving--of one of America's most iconic institutions, from an author who "might be the most influential design critic writing now" (LARB). Few places have been as nostalgized, or as maligned, as malls. Since their birth in the 1950s, they have loomed large as temples of commerce, the agora of the suburbs. In their prime, they proved a powerful draw for creative thinkers such as Joan Didion, Ray Bradbury, and George Romero, who understood the mall's