Culture | Walking the floors

Alexandra Lange explores the history of American malls

They need not be doomed, she argues in “Meet Me by the Fountain”

The busiest mall in America, 'The Mall of America' located in Bloomington, Minnesota, USA. It houses more than 400 stores, employing close to 12000 people and has between 35 to 40 million visitors yearly.

Meet Me by the Fountain. By Alexandra Lange. Bloomsbury; 320 pages; $28

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