CHATTER AWAY: Overnight Open Thread

Variety reports:

When the Providence Place Mall was constructed in the late ’90s, it was touted by Rhode Island leaders as a sign of urban renewal for its struggling capital city. For eight artists, it became something else — home.

These friends constructed a makeshift apartment — complete with a sofa, a TV and video game system, a microwave and a cinderblock wall — in a hidden alcove of the shopping complex’s garage. To run the appliances, they tapped into the mall’s electricity.

It’s also the subject of “Secret Mall Apartment,” a fascinating new documentary from Jeremy Workman (“Lily Topples the World”), that will premiere on March 8 at this year’s SXSW.

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Eight Friends Built a Secret Apartment in a Mall and Hid There Undetected for Years; A New SXSW Documentary Explains How and Why https://t.co/hnWApR6y4e

— Variety (@Variety) March 7, 2024