Davis Square 1997 vs. Davis Square 2007

[cvs-is-king.livejournal.com]

which do you prefer?

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[cvs-is-king.livejournal.com]

I am not only talking about business changes.(although they certainly influence things) I'm talking general feel, vibe, direction, diversity, and so on.

[heliograph.livejournal.com]

Well, I prefer the mayor we had then. To be perfectly honest I don't think the general feel or vibe has changed that much. Trendy coffee place spawned other trendy coffee places. Various chains have come and gone... Brooks was here in '97, though I'm not sure it was a Brooks then.

Is this a fear of Big Box, re: CVS and the Bally's?

Since '87 Davis Square has changed dramatically, but no so much since '97.

I don't remember the year, but before '97 some national magazine listed Davis Square as a hip, happenin' place to live, and either through coincidence or because of it, Davis really began to feel the change of the T-stop and felt more development. I remember they specifically mentioned Someday as a sign Davis was cool.

[ron_newman]

the magazine was Utne Reader.

Brooks Pharmacy was Osco Drug then, and will soon be Rite-Aid.

[turil.livejournal.com]

I believe it was Rolling Stone, and then re-reported in UTNE (back when their tagline was "the best of the alternative press").

[turil.livejournal.com]

I stand corrected. Though maybe Rolling Stone did a similar thing?

[syntheticnature.livejournal.com]

I was under the impression that it was an Utne original - it came out just as I was moving here in early '96, so it stuck with me. The article praised the cafes and bookstores of Davis Square, at a time when the only actual bookstore was Buck-a-book...