Assertion: shopping arcade | /r/HasProperty | the precursor
Facets:
value: to the modern shopping mall
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: Shopping arcades were the precursor to the modern shopping mall, and the word "arcade" is now often used for malls which do not use the architectural form at all.
text: Numerous other covered shopping arcades, such as the 19th-century Al-Hamidiyah Souq in Damascus, Syria, might also be considered as precursors to the present-day shopping mall.