Big changes could be coming to the Lloyd Center now that Mayor Wheeler is backing a proposal to turn it into a Major League Baseball stadium. But Portland’s beloved shopping mall still has plenty of life left in it: Sometime last year, a new buzz began growing around the space, and people started affectionately referring to it as the “Punk Rock Mall.” Local vendors started opening smaller, more eclectic pop-up shops, from homemade clothing stores to record shops and communal gaming spaces.
Today on the show, host Claudia Meza and audio producer Giulia Fiaoni journey to the mall to find out who’s behind these changes at the Lloyd Center and what shopping there is like today.
This episode originally aired on April 5th, 2023.
Guests:
Salvador Ybarra from Euphoria
James Lucas Jones, owner of Brickdiculous
Eric Mast, co-owner of Dreem Street
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