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Abandoned and Reclaimed: how an empty shopping center, which stands as a pillar of the failures of capitalism has been transformed through community action.

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Discover how an abandoned retail plaza, which has become a staple of urban decay, has started to be reclaimed by the community. Despite sitting empty and rotting away for close to two decades, the plaza has been given new life as community members have moved in to put the property to use. While the future of Diamond Point is uncertain, for now, it serves as a warning of a post-consumeristic world in which power is taken away from big business and seized back into the hands of the local community.

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