Police have launched a probe after a man plunged from the third floor of a Glasgow flat on Sunday morning.
26.10.2022 - 23:31 / dailyrecord.co.uk
A man lived in a secret apartment in the middle of a shopping centre for four years until he was eventually busted by security. Michael Townsend was left with nowhere to go after he was evicted from his old flat by his landlord, who wanted to develop the property.
While trying to figure out his options, he heard a radio advert for the mall and remembered that he had once discovered an empty room in the building, the Mirror reports. After going on a search for the hidden space and finding it still unused, Townsend moved in along with one of his pals. They soon turned the 750-square-foot flat into a home, adding a sofa, dining table and even a PlayStation.
The local artist first came across an unusual doorway beneath Providence Place Mall in Rhode Island, USA, while out on his daily run in 1999. Upon further inspection, he discovered a completely abandoned space, which looked like it had been built almost by accident because of the formation of the purposely designed areas around it.
On his website, he said: "During the Christmas season of 2003 and 2004, radio ads for the Providence Place Mall featured an enthusiastic female voice talking about how great it would be if you (we) could live at the mall. The central theme of the ads was that the mall not only provided a rich shopping experience but also had all the things that one would need to survive and lead a healthy life."
Townsend revisited the room he had spotted back in 1999 and discovered that it remained unused so he decided to see if he and his friends could in fact live at the mall. He said: "The new plan wasn't just to live in the mall for just a week, it was now simply to live in the mall."
Townsend and his pals also built a breeze block wall and utility door to
Police have launched a probe after a man plunged from the third floor of a Glasgow flat on Sunday morning.
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