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July 5, 2012 12:41 pm PDT
Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/3BnmXlJbS88/walmart-closes-community-buil.html
Walmart closes, Community builds a giant library
It appears where retail giants fail, public libraries succeed. McAllen, Texas converted a 124,500 sqft "big box" into the largest single floor library in the US. The LA Times reports: McAllen is near the southernmost tip of Texas, on the Mexico border. "In a city like McAllen, with cartel violence across the river (less than [...]Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/3BnmXlJbS88/walmart-closes-community-buil.html
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