America's oldest mall is being turned into low-cost mini-apartments and it's so amazing

''The oldest mall in America has been turned into apartments, and we’re *so* fascinated. Located in Rhode Island, The Providence Arcade was built nearly 2 centuries ago in 1828 as the first major shopping mall in the country. Now, it houses loads of low-cost mini-apartments, and the transformation is so ridiculously cool.

Now, though, it’s been transformed into micro-lofts that house students, young people on fellowships, and the type of super busy person who doesn’t need much space at home since they’re, well, never home. The article by Kirsten Dirksen in Fair Companies explained how everything went down, and it sounds totally amazing...''

by Rachel Charlene Lewis

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