Press Play with Madeleine Brand

The Target in Hollywood is now built. But for years, it was a husk with a social media account

At the corner of Sunset and Western in East Hollywood, an unfinished big box store, so-called “Target Husk,” has long stood as a monument to unchecked consumerism, bureaucratic red tape, zoning laws and overzealous developers.

By Madeleine Brand • Oct 19, 2020 • 6m Listen

At the corner of Sunset and Western in East Hollywood, an unfinished big box store, so-called “Target Husk,” has long stood as a monument to unchecked consumerism, bureaucratic red tape, zoning laws and overzealous developers. For more than five years, Target Husk has taken to Twitter and Facebook to chronicle its on-again, off-again existence. Now a Target store will officially open on October 25.

@TargetHusk you’ve come a long way baby 😍🥰😻#HuskLove pic.twitter.com/nQKc5PXu6n — Jon Herd (@JonDHerd)
October 14, 2020

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Press Play with Madeleine Brand

The Target in Hollywood is now built. But for years, it was a husk with a social media account

At the corner of Sunset and Western in East Hollywood, an unfinished big box store, so-called “Target Husk,” has long stood as a monument to unchecked consumerism, bureaucratic red tape, zoning laws and overzealous developers.

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Press Play with Madeleine Brand

The Target in Hollywood is now built. But for years, it was a husk with a social media account

At the corner of Sunset and Western in East Hollywood, an unfinished big box store, so-called “Target Husk,” has long stood as a monument to unchecked consumerism, bureaucratic red tape, zoning laws and overzealous developers.

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