NO! This is not possible. Why?

That intersection is pretty busy, and someone will likely want to fill the void. What happens if a Walgreens or CVS seeks to open in the place of Globe Drugs? Wouldn’t that guarantee the building gets torn down?

What ever happen to Bernard that used to work there?

Evolution, baby.

I know I felt a visceral tug of loss, sadder than I could explain why, when I saw the hand-scripted signs with their backs to the street and people walk up to try the locked door.

I tucked around back to talk to Sandy and see the shelves being emptied…. I guess that’s primary, a sense of respect for him – he said this is the only job he’s had!??? talk about Dedication…loyalty….. and the entire crew that upheld that place and gave a feel of hodgepodge crazy family for better or worse. I will miss Ms. Judy’s wisdom, Andrea’s matter of fact kindness, Willy’s strong song… When I moved to the neighborhood in 04 and even prior when I’d visit, the camaraderie and playfulness of the employees to shoppers was largely what cast the vision for me personally of Cherokee’s interconnection, a street where everybody knows your name…

That’s the light side . . . and the flip, we’ve all experienced the discomfort and darkness too, the intensity of people getting their fix and at times violentally taking it … being hit up for cash, and the crime that flocked along with the crowd . . .

I know when the Hub lot came up and dissolved last year one prime question mark was how a public plaza would interface with a store that sold single-serve alcohol.

Now that there is a chance to speak up for, envision, create what best serves…. What comes to mind? What do we want to attract?

Globe’s the most iconic/beloved/egalitarian gathering point we’ve enjoyed… our bridge to the past reincarnation of Cherokee commerce&community . . .

What could fill its shoes, maintain wide appeal and accessibility, diverse draw…. harbinger of new direction while honoring old?

yesterday I heard a Benton park neighbor wonder outloud about the Juice Box, with their mission “to revitalize inner cities and combat disease mortality by re-imagining the corner store as a one-stop shop for nutritious yet affordable foodstuffs, free exercise training and activities, and media-health literacy education and art programs.”
http://www.juiceproject.org/

?? Re-imagining ,. . . .

meanwhile. Thanks to Sandy and everyone who poured their energy into making a quirky anchor.

Serve yourself and save/
save yourself and serve

We want a store that sells affordable whirligigs and red worms and walking sticks made of bamboo and bald cypress seedlings and bird calls and good sleeping bags and shoes made of hemp and socks too. We want to be able to buy some of those 2 way mirrors and cold Popsicles and telescopes that make the moon really big and kites, lots of kites. We want a place to get out of the rain, out of the sun and a place that lights up the dark. We want some of those glasses w/fake noses but not just the dark glasses-we want colors, lots of colors. We want to be able to buy old trucks and old radios with tubes that glow in the dark.We want to be able to buy tickets to the Land of Oz-tickets everyone can afford.