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Archive for April 13th, 2008

Walgreen’s on wrong corner?

8 comments April 13th, 2008

Closing two successful businesses, at the corner of Latham and Auburn streets to allow the building of a new drug store appears wrong to me, when the South East corner of Main and Auburn has available space. The empty gas station which backs onto the empty restaurant (formerly Joel’s) looks like a better option.

Obviously the city does not care about the parking lot which they share as it looks like a war zone, with all the pot holes.

Why close two successful businesses, and probably the audio store on the North West corner of Main and Auburn, when space is available across the street?