The signs were taped all over the windows at Jax in Roslindale Square today. Even the Obama sweatshirts were marked down, to just $6. What will tomorrow bring for Corinth Street in Roslindale Square?

Jax, the Roslindale fixture that has been closing forever (well, for more than a year now, at any rate) is actually closing, no really, this time they mean it, honest, at least, according to the signs today.

There's good news for fans of cheap stuff who can't bear the thought of walking all the way around the corner to that other discount place: The Globe reports Jax is being replace by a Family Dollar store - just like the ones in Hyde Park and West Roxbury.

The Roslindale Square Jax took down some of its "CLOSING FOREVER!" signs this week to help inspire all who pass by with new signs about Barack Obama's election. Apparently, we no longer have to fear that Jax is going out of business, more than a year after putting up its first "LIQUIDATING TO THE BARE WALLS!" signs, and now we can once again hope to get 50% off scrubs at Jax all the time.

For a store that's been "liquidating to the bare walls" since September, Jax on Corinth Street in Roslindale Square sure is awfully full of merchandise. In fact, they keep changing their "CLOSING FOREVER" signs to showcase the new stuff they have on sale.

Speaking of being a bit past its expiration date, there's this house on Washington Street by Albano Street where it's always Christmas (at least they no longer turn on the plastic Halloween pumpkins that still hang from the porch):

With Jax on the way out, Lane, on the Real Whirled, laments the state of Roslindale Square:

... Add that to the list of empty storefronts in our little village. It's almost a joke with people now. Some neighbors say things like; 'What would the village look like with actual stores in those empty spaces? Oh well, we will never know. Will we?'...

You'd think if the residents noticed and cared, that the owners might notice too. They may want to do what they could to fill the vacancy and start making money off of their real estate. But it doesn't seem so.

Ed. Rozzie question: Lane's post also bemoans the loss of Jax just because it's Jax. What does Jax have that that other discount place, across from the park, doesn't? Is it the anti-Jax, repelling all Jax shoppers or something? Obviously, I haven't spent much time in either place; I don't tend to be in need of duvet covers or cheap luggage, I guess.

Soon all those cheap suitcases chained together that nobody ever seemed to buy will only be a memory: Jax on Corinth Street is closing up shop, which will leave the Square with only one discount shop and which gets Tom Nealon to thinking the joint might make a good new place for his Pazzo Books:

... It's huge and pretty busted up, but a nice location and plenty of room. ...