Yet the more durable legacy of the 1930s encompasses some of the most stunning examples of British public architecture, as well as the advent of high-street shopping as a leisure activity.
Bad weather last month led to a sharp drop in shopping on the high street, with covered shopping centres showing a much smaller decline, new figures suggest.
Michael, his girlfriend and about 350 others waited on the high-end shopping street in Frankfurt where the Apple store is located, although bystanders said the line was shorter than when the previous iPad version was released.
He ended up doing his present shopping on the high street instead.
High street retailers can benefit from new shopping trends according to Ms Parrott as "the internet can be a real opportunity for smaller businesses who do not have a large catchment area".
UK-wide footfall fell for both out-of-town destinations and shopping centres, but the high street experienced the first annual increase for three months, reaching 2.7%.
Threadneedle Property Investments, owners of the Foundry shopping centre in Scunthorpe's High Street, was asking for the right to appeal against a High Court judgement that ruled the plan could go ahead.
Have our shopping habits changed so dramatically that the high street is now obsolete?
The busiest shopping day of the year on the High Street tends to be on or around 18 December.
In many cases, REIT earnings exceeded Wall Street's expectations, with owners of high-end shopping malls and self-storage space posting the largest gains.
He said the High Street must work hard to compete with out-of-town shopping centres and the internet.
Meanwhile the rise of internet shopping has lured potential magazine-buyers away from the high street.
Shopping is also a key attraction in Hudson, and Warren Street is lined with high end but cheaper-than-the-city antique shops, boutiques and art galleries.
She cited Cowbridge as an example of a thriving high street which had survived against the challenges presented by out-of-town centre and on-line shopping.
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