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FaceTime with the Content Guy:  Scene from a Mall

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What do you do with a mall that resembles a mausoleum?  I found one answer to that question at the Stamford Town Center in Connecticut – a facility that used to be vibrant, but now seems populated more by ghosts of retailers past than customers and open stores.

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