Recycling Wal-Mart for the Public Good

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bayonetbrant

August 01, 2013, 05:36:26 AM
A great use of an abandoned Wal-Mart by McAllen TX - they turned it into a library.  A darned BIG library.

QuoteThere are thousands of abandoned big box stores sitting empty all over America, including hundreds of former Walmart stores. With each store taking up enough space for 2.5 football fields, Walmart's use of more than 698 million square feet of land in the U.S. is one of its biggest environmental impacts. But at least one of those buildings has been transformed into something arguably much more useful: the nation's largest library.





the stat comparison on the library website is crazy
http://www.mcallenlibrary.net/about/newmain.aspx
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Martok

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August 01, 2013, 05:56:47 AM
Very cool!  Nice to see a Wally World turned into something that's actually useful. 

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August 01, 2013, 09:20:44 AM
This is good. Those abandoned sites aren't typically used. I'm pleased someone found something productive to do with one.
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bayonetbrant

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August 01, 2013, 09:21:41 AM
if you look at the map of McAllen, the 'new' Wal-Mart opened right across the street.
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August 01, 2013, 09:35:06 AM
We can't have too many libraries. Kudos to them!
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August 01, 2013, 09:48:22 AM
That is one massive library.  I hope the community can make full use of it.
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August 02, 2013, 12:10:31 PM
Quote from: bayonetbrant on August 01, 2013, 09:21:41 AM
if you look at the map of McAllen, the 'new' Wal-Mart opened right across the street.

wtf?
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