The one piece of advice that I would give anybody wanting to get into this industry is, if you're doing it for the glamor or the fame or the blah blah blah, it's not for you.
The sheriff shot and Marsh fell and it was the end of glamor at Cross Creek. If the tale be true, I am the only person who knows that when Marsh spoke, it was without menace.
So, the Gruen idea of the indoor shopping mall allowed them to keep some of that glamor from downtown and also feed off other shopping, but move out to the suburbs.
Far from the glamor of California's more celebrated destinations, this is a place where nature remains beautifully indifferent to your presence—and frankly, so will you after about an hour.