Repurposing Closing Dept. Stores And Malls

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This Macy’s In Vermont Was Turned Into A High School, With Toilets In Fitting Rooms And Kids Riding Escalators To Class

"WCAX reported that the conversion took 10 weeks and had a $10 million budget. The old school closed in September, and they’re planning on using the converted Macy’s store as a temporary location for up to 3 years, depending on how long it takes to clean-up and renovate BHS."

Rather then building new schools this would be a perfect use for future store and mall closings. These certainly have room for safe distancing. All too often we tear down buildings without thinking how they could be repurposed. This seems like a good solution to both problems of stores closing and schools needing to update to a post covid era.