has been for sale for some time, as you have seen. The maintenance and ongoing development to keep our non-profit and idealistic platform for contemporary art running and safe from hackers etc. costs money that is no longer there. Because of small investments that are necessary now and the running costs, we will have to shut down with a heavy heart at the beginning of summer on June 21.
"Currently in the US there are 26 699 678 square feet of empty walmarts. Enough room to build 29 666 classrooms and educate 593 326 kids."
WalMart - The High Cost of Low Prices.
i personally boycott this company because i do not agree with its operation standards. Using sweatshops and exploiting workers is only the tip of the iceberg.
This empty walmart is in my city. it is vacant because a walmart supercentre was built 2 driving minutes away from this site. The supercentre opened November 7th 2007. It is MENTAL in size as its everything in one. Groceries, home decor, gift and garden, fabric...anything you would ever need is there which disturbs me greatly.
Wikipedia claims that this building is now a T&T supermarket. Obviously it isn't as i took these photos on September 21st 2008.
UPDATE: As of summer 2009 this location has FINALLY started to become something else. I believe it is two stores as it looks like there are two entrances. What the two stores are I don't know yet. I will update again once construction makes things more clear.
For fellow Canadians i saw another documentary in store called "Wal-Town" I'm assuming its the same type of thing that "High Cost of Low Prices" talks about but in Canada instead of America. For those who have not seen this film, i recommend it. It's on the internet, google it, watch it and think about it.
