Posted
4:41 PM
by Gene
On South Street today there was the usual recent grating presence: a young teenage boy playing the violin on the street. Lately I've seen a number of teenage boys playing violins on the street. I'd like to know where the money goes. I wonder if the authorities would too.
The one person who's been following me may recall the late vaguely lamented Tower Records chain. It had a store on South Street. Walgreen's took it over, a square peg taking over a round hole. A year ago its pharmacy closed. On Tuesday it closes. It's a long skinny sterile uninviting store with few customers, and two-thirds of the building's space is off limits. Who would occupy it? Pearl Art's forlorn space still needs a tenant. There's nothing on the street but knockoff clothing and shoe stores and steak shops. And the annoying Alan Sues Memorial Flotilla hasn't returned yet.