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Victor Gruen: Architect of Shopping Malls by anhthuexo0804 is a document available to read on EtoBox.

Victor Gruen was an architect who designed the first enclosed shopping mall, Southdale Center in Edina, Minnesota in 1954. His innovative design placed stores on two levels connected by escalators with parking on two tiers, creating the feel of a downtown shopping district within the suburbs. Though criticized by architect Frank Lloyd Wright, Gruen

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