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JP is slowly losing its
JPness. Bodega's to wine stores. Progress....
I dunno.
That part of town was never quintessential JP... it's always felt like the last vestiges of shithole 70's urban blight to me. The store that shuttered also sold liquor (and I admit I had no idea they had a full liquor license), so it's not like they're adding any new negative element to the neighborhood. Best case scenario, we get Streetcar South, which has been a nice addition on Centre Street.
quintessential JP
Not properly gentrified for your tastes? Ah, 1970s Jamaica Plain, where working class drudges smoked cigarettes - in public!
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http://www.jphs.org/photogallery/1970s-and-1980s-jamaica-plain-photos/ Photos · 1970s and 1980s Jamaica Plain Photos
Would you rather it turn into
Would you rather it turn into a 7-11 or a mobile phone store? How about a bank branch with an ATM and zero tellers? Maybe you should give these business owners a chance before passing your holier than thou judgment.
I prefer a dollar store.
Those seem to get Subaru drivers ire up almost as much as a 7-11, mobile phone store or teller-less bank.
What exactly is bad
about 7-11 and dollar stores? I find them be far more useful than a foo-foo 'wine shop', presumably to attract 'up-scale' wine snobs.
But couldn't that
lead to riots in the street?
Only if they run out of
$200 Puligny-Montrachet.
i dont think forest hills
i dont think forest hills screams wine. better off with nips and quarts...
Forest hills pre or post
Forest hills pre or post development? I think the residents at the commons of forest hills will probably prefer wine.
both
but im talking more about the poorer people waiting for buses downstairs
Even with designer
brown bags?
Oh Great!
Now I wonder if those pan-handlers on Ukraine Way will ask for even more money to afford the Fine Wines.
Burying the lede
Also, Adam, you buried the lede: Bartlett Square Cafe closed? The space is being taken over by La Rana Rossa, a pizza restaurant owned by the guy who owns Blue Frog? That's the best news I've heard all week! (Also I walk by that space constantly, and somehow hadn't noticed that BSC was closed) Blue Frog is one of the great unappreciated treasures of JP, and I've heard nothing but stellar reviews for their impromptu pizza Fridays. If they end up with a beer and wine license, this will probably become my new go-to Friday night destination.
I think this news broke before Christmas.
Now all we need to do is get a legit gallery into the Green St. space currently occupied (not ever open or doing much of anything) by so-called Cyberarts and maybe the neighborhood might actually start feeling lively. That place might as well be a storage unit for all the "arts" energy it's brought to the community.