By 
Ellen Dunham-Jones
 | 
TEDx Talk

Retrofitting suburbia

Can we rebuild our broken suburbs? Ellen Dunham-Jones shares a vision of dying malls rehabilitated, dead "big box" stores re-inhabited, and endless parking lots transformed into thriving wetlands.

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