That’s Not What I Call Progress
The space on the corner of N. Highland and Ponce formerly occupied by Market One is finally seeing activity again after being vacant for what my non-linear mind thinks is about a year. Yesterday temporary plywood walls were put up to block the upcoming construction from the street, covering my favorite mural and marking, yet again, how easily we can lose the Mom & Pop shops we love and take for granted if we don’t make intelligent buying decisions to protect them (and ourselves).
I wish I could welcome Storehouse to the neighborhood, but I just can’t bring myself to do it.
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i totally wanted to open a sports bar there.
there are no fucking sports bars in the highlands!
and i would have cleared the roof and had a bar up there too
I don’t know… Taco Mac-VaHi can be a good Sports Bar on gamedays…
Is it just me, or does that seem like the worst possible place for a furniture store? Shoobie, I think the sports bar thing would be perfect. But only for you, me, and a handful of others. Everywhere I go to drink, I have to get in good with the bartenders so that I can change the channel to the Braves or football, etc. Taco Mac ain’t bad, but it’s small and crowded.
What do you have against Storehouse? You do know that they were founded in Atlanta, right?
Personally, I think that corner would be good for a MARTA train station.
Founded in ATL or not, those stores belong in malls in the suburbs - IMO.
A store like that is void of *character*, which is one of the more endearing qualities of our in town neighborhoods/villages.
Cracks me up - I was thinking the same thing! Wow - what an odd place for a storehouse furniture store.
But ya know I have to disagree with you there maigh.
I think plenty of places of the storehouse ‘ilk’ have character … The people employed therein bring the character to a place, not the inventory.