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<\/a><\/p>\nYes, that is the sky, visible through the empty window frames of this proposed shopping mall located on the far northern edge of town. \u00a0They got as far as building this gigantic space, complete with plenty of parking. \u00a0 Then they ran out of other people’s money, so it sits half finished and empty, waiting for a need or a reason to complete it.<\/p>\n
Located quite near is this unfinished dream, just down the road. \u00a0 I think it was supposed to be a hotel, or water park, or some sort of destination recreational\/shopping place. \u00a0 They did get further along in construction before it was abandoned, it has windows. \u00a0 \u00a0Now it is being finished by another group, perhaps they will succeed in drawing crowds.<\/p>\n Fifty years ago this was the newest and best. And it was opened with a proper amount of hoopla as report in the local paper.<\/p>\n “Speeches were as scarce as the expected snowflakes at the ribbon-cutting ceremonies of the Rustic Hill Plaza Shopping Center on Wednesday. \u00a0 Binky the Clown and his Binky-Go-Round captured the children’s attention while shoppers were busy receiving gifts of ice cream cones, shower caps, ballpoint pens, Coke, notebooks, stationery and hot pad holders from the plaza shops.”<\/p>\n Now it sits empty, waiting .<\/p>\n The grocery store, drug store, Chinese restaurant and small shops that once filled it have all disappeared. \u00a0 Leaving only a shell that is occasionally rented out for gun shows.<\/p>\n These bench seats sit lonely and abandoned in a parking lot. \u00a0 This large, beautiful, specially built restaurant was going to be a landmark in the city. \u00a0 It was quite popular when it opened, but the building cost too much and the owners did not make money. \u00a0 And various new people came along to try and make a go of it, but didn’t. \u00a0 The latest attempt led to a new sign, and that is all. \u00a0 Big dreams, pipe dreams, all that is left are the shells. \u00a0 Until some new dreamer comes along.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In cities like London and New York, it is the dream of developers to build towering structures, dedicated to maximizing profits from presumably \u00a0fabulously wealth people. \u00a0 Here, there is plenty of land, but only limited water. \u00a0 And that influences how the course of land development goes, but not the dream of making money. … Continue reading Traces<\/span> <\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n