reveries Magazine - Wal-Mart Village:
"'It humanizes big-box retail,' says Ben Pentreath, an architectural designer, commenting on the potential of a new kind of Wal-Mart store that's designed to help re-build towns devastated by Hurricane Katrina, reports Haya El Nasser in USA Today. The proposed design has 'apartments, condominiums and town houses' surrounding 'the giant store. Streets and sidewalks would allow easy access on foot. Parking would be hidden behind the building rather than forming a sea of concrete in front.' Says Mr. Pentreath, who is with the Prince of Wales Foundation for the Built Environment: 'If it's really successful, it cuts down on car traffic.' For the moment, however, that's a big 'if.'"
