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 • • 6m ListenAt 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 😍🥰😻#HuskLovepic.twitter.com/nQKc5PXu6n — Jon Herd (@JonDHerd)
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