Researching Shopping Venues and Pictures

Some Photos from the Mill...

Pictures of the textile factory Revolution Mills when it was still in use. Our current project is turning this space into retail space. Part of making that design decision takes researching the different kinds of retail spaces. Below are definitions and pictures of different retail spaces.

Mall- Also called shopping mall. a large retail complex containing a variety of stores and often restaurants and other business establishments housed in a series of connected or adjacent buildings or in a single large building.





Bazaar-
1.a marketplace or shopping quarter, esp. one in the Middle East.
2.a sale of miscellaneous contributed articles to benefit some charity, cause, organization, etc.
3.a store in which many kinds of goods are offered for sale; department store.






Market-1.an open place or a covered building where buyers and sellers convene for the sale of goods; a marketplace: a farmers' market.
2.a store for the sale of food: a meat market.
3.a meeting of people for selling and buying.
4.the assemblage of people at such a meeting.
5.trade or traffic, esp. as regards a particular commodity: the market in cotton.
6.a body of persons carrying on extensive transactions in a specified commodity: the cotton market.
7.the field of trade or business: the best shoes in the market.
8.demand for a commodity: an unprecedented market for leather.
9.a body of existing or potential buyers for specific goods or services: the health-food market.
10.a region in which goods and services are bought, sold, or used: the foreign market; the New England market.








Main Street –
1.the principal thoroughfare, esp. through the business district, in a small town.
2.(initial capital letters) the outlook, environment, or life of a small town.




Plaza-
1.a public square or open space in a city or town.
2.shopping plaza.



Arcade-
an arched or covered passageway, usually with shops on each side.






Information Sources:
http://dictionary.reference.com/
http://www.revolutionmillstudios.com/history.html
www.travelblog.org/Europe/Poland/blog-271286.html
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/stuartpearson62/salou/photos/Salou%20044%20barcelona%20market.jpg
www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/36783
http://www.daleyblog.com/weblog/mall-1.jpg
http://gracemagazine.files.wordpress.com/2007/04/mall480.jpg
http://www.5cense.com/Africa/pics/05_kigali_mall.jpg
http://www.aegeanselectproperties.co.uk/img/about_destinations/10/big/egyptian_bazaar2.jpg
http://www.istanbulside.net/images/historical_places/Grand_Bazaar2.jpg
http://www.psrs-csa.com/bazaar%201865%20Chcago1.jpg
www.dcdesignsarch.com/images/commercial/ames.jpg
http://www.tiburonchamber.org/_borders/Shopping_Main_St.jpg
http://photos.igougo.com/images/p106243-Kristiansand_Norway-Shopping_Downtown.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shopping_mall