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Which specialty open-air shopping destination do you believe is best?
Rank them from the below criteria:
- Offers the best overall shopping experience (your opinion)
- Has the best architecture
- Is most historically significant
- Has the best location
Also, if you have been to any, please share your experience.
* Only designer clothing and footwear boutiques are listed.
* Lingerie, jewelry, resale shops, gift shops, restaurant, services, and office are not listed.
History Location Photos
Notable Fact: First planned shopping center in the United States with a unified architectural style and stores facing in toward an interior parking area. Also, a National Historic Landmark.
Size: 200,000 ft2
Does it have to be one of the above? I'd have to imagine that 5th Avenue in NYC and Worth Avenue in Palm Beach, plus Rodeo Drive would be in the discussion, possibly even Yorkville in Toronto... In fact I'd say that at least to me Worth Avenue and Rodeo Drive felt prettier and more iconic/historic than Bal Harbour and some others listed. Though I'm not certain if your list was even intended to be comprehensive
Isn't this a lop-sided poll though? Atlanta , Dallas , Houston & Long Island are shopping districts and Bal Harbour Shops is a mall.
Miami metro has comparable shopping districts.
What about The Grove at Farmers Market in LA. It's 2-3 times the square footage of some of these places. Not that outdoor malls are my thing, but if they were, that's my vote.
OP is really describing a retail showdown. "Fashion showdown" would kind of imply the places where fashionable apparel is actually designed and created-- so called Fashion Capitals. In the US, that's just New York, Los Angeles, and Miami in that order.
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