Destiny USA
What happens when the world’s largest green building will also be the world’s largest shopping mall? You get a building fueled by renewable energy that harbors within its walls unsustainable patterns of consumption. This green mall, Destiny USA, is expected to open in Syracuse, New York. Destiny is a proposed $4.2 billion project that will use green building technology to create a complex that will be home to an amphitheater, an aquarium, 500 retailers, 20,000 hotel rooms, and a 65-acre glass enclosed rooftop park (Destiny USA Website).
Destiny is being touted as the key to the economic comeback and future success of Central New York. Local and regional politicians are vocal supporters of this project, and the local media enthusiastically and positively reports on issues regarding Destiny (Moriarty, 2002). Pyramid, the mall development company behind this project (based in Syracuse), says that they plan to redevelop brownfields, clean up polluted sites, and create tens of thousands of jobs—all which will help to benefit the region’s economy, community, and environment. They expect that Destiny USA will be the spark that creates the ‘Green Silicon Valley’ of the Northeast (Destiny USA Website).”
There are several arguments for and against this project, which were discussed in class. Syracuse is a cold place for half of the year, and the creation of Destiny would provide a place for people to gather, hang out at, and be entertained. However, as Ryan pointed out, this giant mall, a full 6 million square feet of retail space, is private property. Free speech and other rights, which are essential to an open society, are checked at the door. This space is provided as a...
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