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Halle Tecco: From Lemons to Lemonade: Clevelanders Find New Ways to Use Abandoned Spaces

The Galleria Erieview in Cleveland is only a shell of the once vibrant downtown shopping destination. The mall, which used to host 48 retail shops, is now mostly empty with a handful of food court restaurants. While the Galleria has lost nearly all the retail shops, two fruitful things remain: the barrel-shaped glass ceiling and resourceful, dedicated employees. Vicky Poole, the Galleria's marketing and events director, was flipping through Urban Land magazine when she got the idea for Gardens Under Glass, an organic indoor greenhouse: "I thought it would be perfect to do something with hydroponic gardens here in our building, given that it is an atrium." In addition to providing fresh produce to locals and visitors, the greenhouse is expected to create a few new jobs.

 

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