Really Ron? I mean, compared to the glory days of the 50's and 60's, sure there is less general retail, but compared to 30 years ago? My mom wouldn't even let me ride my bike to 'the Rosebud end of the square' because it was so shady - and I don't mean trees.
I am amazed at the amount of cool local retail compared to my childhood. Just walking from my house to work there are great little places on Holland that were never there - furniture store, Black & Blue, Dave's Market, Boston Shaker, etc. There's still two consignment stores, the Goodwill, a fruit & veggie market, a butcher shop, two fabulous gift shops, the sewing store, a camera shop. The only department store when I was a kid was Almy's, which is the equivalent of a Marshalls - and people would crap their pants if they thought a Marshalls was moving into the square today. The CVS at least is more retail than existed at One Davis Square in over 30 years.
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I am amazed at the amount of cool local retail compared to my childhood. Just walking from my house to work there are great little places on Holland that were never there - furniture store, Black & Blue, Dave's Market, Boston Shaker, etc. There's still two consignment stores, the Goodwill, a fruit & veggie market, a butcher shop, two fabulous gift shops, the sewing store, a camera shop. The only department store when I was a kid was Almy's, which is the equivalent of a Marshalls - and people would crap their pants if they thought a Marshalls was moving into the square today. The CVS at least is more retail than existed at One Davis Square in over 30 years.