43 Ideas to Reuse Dead Malls- Part 3

Here's Dan Bell's video of the Sunrise Mall in Corpus Christi, Texas.  I've never been there, but I did explore a dead motel on the waterfront, and ride an amazing pool there in 1990.  I was the manager of a skateboard tour with Buck Smith, Mike Crum, Chris Gentry, and Mark Oblow at the time.  We had a fun day in C.C.

OK, back to my list of 43 ideas to reuse dead malls.

#14 Hamster Wheel Playland for little kids.  Kids burn off all that energy running in big hamster-type wheels.  Every kilowatt of energy the wheels generate comes off your electric bill.

#15 BMX Bike Park.  Street, jumps, park bowls, and no skaters.

#16 Ned Talks lecture hall.  Like TED Talks, but for real people.  Named after my friend Ned, the wandering minstrel of Iroquois Street BITD.

#17 Indoor skydiving spot.  This looks like a blast.  Here's You Tube star EvantubeHD and his family trying it out.

#18 Miniature Golf Course designed by up and coming artists and sculptors.  Date night, fun, and a little culture (but not too much) all in one spot.

#19 Kids Tattoosday.  Kids from schools that don't have art programs anymore get to tattoo their teachers, principals, and school board once a week.  When the school finds a way to fund art classes again, they're off the hook, and the next school is up.

#20 Inline and scooter park for kids/paintball for adults.  Hone your shooting skills as the little brats roll around.  If you want to ride a skatepark kids, get a fucking skateboard or bike!

#21 Porcupine Petting Zoo.  I don't really need to explain this, do I?

#22 Evangelical Church of Zoomba.  Today's mega churches seem to play that incredibly bad pop music known as Comtemporary Christian and then everyone dances.  Make it official, put on your Fitbit and do Zoomba.  Praise God and get some cardio all at once.

#23 Scientific Research lab.  The job of this lab it to figure out how high school band geeks somehow morph into cool musicians in their 20's.  It just doesn't make sense.

#24 Paratrooper School for Senior Citizens.  Why is it that old people, in their waning years of life, get to decide to have wars, and young people in their prime have to go fight them?  This has always seemed backwards to me.  I say we let the young people decide if we really need to have a war, and let the old people go fight it.  After all, what would scare our enemies more than elderly people, with limited bowel control, falling from the sky with parachutes?

#25 Indie Art Galleries.  These are good things.  I used to live in one (along with 7 cats).  We need more of them.

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