Whats Wrong With Making Use Of Unused Space....?

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Just an example of how much good space is wasted.

http://www.projo.com/news/content/Mall_Dwe...KA.34baf91.html

http://www.projo.com/news/content/Mall_Dwe...KA.3792743.html

http://laughingsquid.com/artists-build-a-s...rovidence-mall/

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Something I Have to Share:

The Apartment in the Mall was never intended to be specifically an ‘art’ piece, it was a home, an escape and an oasis away from a significant task that was consuming my life at the time. During the four years that we were building and living in the mall, my days were consumed by the creation of a memorial for all those who lost their lives at the World Trade Center. Starting the week after September 11th, we began drawing the portraits of every single firemen and airline passenger on the buildings of Manhattan, life-size with tape. The 500 portraits, and their corresponding web pages took over five years to finish. It involved over 30,000 hours of computer time making the website and was completely unfunded.

Upon its completion for the fifth anniversary we did everything we could to try to let the families know we had spent so much time with their loved ones and to share The Hope Project with them. Sadly, our efforts to let people know failed. The whole endeavor was too complicated, had taken too long and, since the drawings were temporary, there remained no physical evidence of our work.

I only mention this because we have been receiving phone calls from relatives, spouses and friends of the people from the World Trade Center disaster who we had spent the time to remember. These calls have been emotional, enthusiastic and moving. They are discovering The Hope Project through this site, and all the attention paid to our home in the mall. I find it wonderfully odd that the very thing we used to find solace, excitement and a place to rest away from that project is the very thing that is leading them to it.

If you know a loved one, friend or acquaintance who was deeply moved or affected by a loss at the World Trade Center, please tell them about The Hope Project. It was created as an act of remembrance and a celebration of their lives. We are very sorry it took us so long to finish it and that we failed to share it successfully earlier. But, from the phone calls, I have learned that the efforts are appreciated and that it still has some resonance.

http://www.trummerkind.com/mall/Living_in_the_Mall.html