Alexandra Rosas

Professor Koning
English 113B
26 February 2014
Infinie !"a#e$ %he &eaning behind he s"a#e
!"a#e &eans so &any differen hings' hey re"resen so&ehing (heher i)s a
"la#e o #all ho&e or a "la#e o buy food for dinner* Eiher (ay i)s sill s"a#e and i sill
exiss* In he siuaion (ih he +orhridge fashion #ener and he ,esfield %o"anga &all
hey boh ha-e (o hings in #o&&on and ha is sho""ing and &oney* Alhough he
%o"anga &all is a lo bigger and has a lo &ore in i as o""osed o he +orhridge &all a
he end of he day hey boh &a.e a subsanial "rofi*
Boh he %o"anga &all and he +orhridge fashion #ener hold a bigger "ur"ose
hen o /us &a.e &oney* %hese &alls are designed o ser-e he #o&&uniies around he&
by #reaing a "erfe# "la#e o sho"* +orhridge fashion #ener has a ho&e feeling o i
(here as he %o"anga has &ore of a #old ge in and ge ou feeling o i* %he "eo"le ha
his &all ser-e are &osly young aduls ages 10122* %hey arge a young "o"ulaion
be#ause hey feel ha young aduls are he ones ha s"end &ore &oney on he hings
hey (an in order o .ee" u" (ih (ha)s ne(* Also (e did a re#en sur-ey and found
ha &os of he #onsu&ers aending hese &alls are (o&en* Being ha &os of he
"o"ulaions in hese &alls are (o&en here is al&os al(ays a guaranee ha (hen hey
#o&e in hey (ill no lea-e e&"y handed*
%he %o"anga &all (as bough By he ,esfield 3rou" in 1444 hey lef ha here
(ere so&e #hanges ha had been &ade* %o"anga &all (en fro& 1 &illion s5uare fee o
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1*6 &illion s5uare fee6 i also inrodu#e 63 ne( sores* %o"anga added a ou#h of higher
#lass by in#or"oraing luxury sore ha (ould all be lo#aed in he sa&e area and (ould
be na&ed 7he #anyon8* %he ,esfield 3rou" sen abou 330 &illion dollars in
reno-aions ha uli&aely &ade a big "rofi and he &all (as due o o"en in he fall of
2000* Before he %o"anga &all be#a&e (ha i is no( i (as /us a &all he sa&e (ay
%he +orhridge fashion #ener is i (as nohing ou of he ordinary* Afer so&e #hanges
(ere &ade o i6 i be#a&e his "la#e of luxury insead of /us anoher &all* ,ha "eo"le
(ould li.e o #all 7high #lass8 #a&e o he &all6 ne( sores su#h as 9ouie :ion6 %iffany
; <o*6 and =i&&y <hoo* Peo"le fro& he surrounding area no longer had o go o Rodeo
o ge (ha hey (an6 all hey had o do (as a.e a shor di-e o he lo#al &all* >n he
oher hand he +orhridge fashion #ener6 afer i suffered hrough he ragi# earh5ua.e in
=anuary of 1444 i (as rebuild and sha"ed ino his6 (ha I (ould li.e o #all 7refuge for
he #o&&uniy86 he &all added abou ?0 o 00 sores &a.ing a oal of 100 sores* Afer
he earh5ua.e he #o&&uniy needed a "la#e o hel" hings ge ba#. o nor&al and (ha
beer "la#e hen he +orhridge &all* >n#e he +orhridge &all (as re#onsru#ed and
ne( sore (ere "u in he &all be#a&e a hi (ih he #ollege #o&&uniy and he
#o&&uniies around i* +orhridge &all only had one hing o say6 7(e don) (an o
disa""oin anyone8 @ho&e ediionA* Peo"le no( had a "la#e o go on he (ee.ends and
a.e heir fa&ilies o en/oy so&e 5ualiy i&e* Alhough %he +orhridge &all &igh no
offer so&e of he hings ha %o"anga does6 i has i)s o(n lile so&ehing ha #an) be
#o&"are o anyhing else in any oher &all i)s uni5ue in i)s o(n (ay*
%he ar#hie#ure in boh hese areas are -ery ineresing6 In he +orhridge &all
he layou of he &all is 5uie easy o follo( and you ge around easy in he &all as (ell*
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%he &all iself is al&os in he sha"e one and BE)6 here is an exi i a e-ery #orner*
!ores are arranged sraegi#ally o a##o&&odae sho""ers6 &iddle #lass &er#handise on
he lo(er le-el and high &ore ex"ensi-e ase on he u""er* %he ar#hie#ure in he
%o"anga &all is a lo &ore #o&"lex hen ha of he +orhridge fashion #ener* %he
%o"anga &all)s layou is in he sha"e of an Bx) ,hi#h #an &a.e i a lile #onfusing in he
dire#ion you are rying o go*
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In #losing6 boh hese &alls ha-e -ery differen "ersonaliies bu hey all ser-e he
sa&e "ur"ose6 (hi#h is o &a.e &oney* If I had o #hoose be(een he (o based on a
#o&for le-el i (ould ha-e o be +orhridge bu on a -eriy i (ould ha-e o be
,esfield %o"anga* !"a#e is (ha (e &a.e of i (heher i be a ho&e or a "la#e o go
sho""ing6 i)s all u" o us*
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