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Roslindale Square to get another convenience store and another phone store
By adamg on Fri, 12/30/2016 - 11:25am
The renovated building where the Haitian restaurant that replaced the other Haitian restaurant used to be on Washington Street across from the Dunkin' Donuts is now festooned with signs letting us know that the larger space will become a Sam's Food Store, a whole block away from the Tedeschi, while the smaller space will become a Cricket mobile-phone store, handy for people who don't want to walk down the block to the other mobile-phone store, let alone to Corinth Street or up Washington for the other mobile-phone stores.
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paging harold hotelling
paging harold hotelling to the middle desks
On the one hand, it will be
On the one hand, it will be great to have fewer empty storefronts in the square. On the other hand, it's disappointing that they totally renovated the space for that.
Because, you know, there just aren't enough places in Rozzie for me to buy my soda and snacks...
and people complain about
and people complain about gentrification.....
My interpretation of this blog/post
Was that people are upset something that one would consider gentrifying didn't fill the vacant space.
Not from Rozzie?
Because if you were, you probably wouldn't have heard any great outcry about what's going in there. I say that because I do live here and have yet to hear any gnashing of teeth or cries of protest (such as what accompanied the news that that chain pet-supply store was moving in). Maybe it's early.
I wrote this up the way I did because, well, of all the things that Roslindale Square might need, convenience and cell-phone stores would not be at the top of my list, since the square already has them (but somebody's obviously putting a fair amount of money into both the building renovation and the convenience store, if not the phone store, so good luck to them).
I'll give you half of this
I've been walking by the construction since it began, and yes, no one has cared either way what was going in. That said, the tone of your post, and even your reply, kind of betrays a bit of class consciousness. Do you have a cell phone? Did you purchase it from a store that specializes in that brand? Would you have liked it if the only option was MetroPCS, because that is what you are saying Roslindale Square should have as a choice. Maybe Cricket Mobile is a better carrier, which would make the competition a good thing. Same thing with the convenience store. What's so wrong with this coming in? That's how the free market works.
If you want to gripe about things in the Square, start on Birch Street. It starts with a shop that specializes in things no one needs (I believe that is the motto they adopted), goes by 2 restaurants side right next to each other, and the block ends with a bank, which is the 4th bank on order of opening. Do we really need 5 banks in the Square? Do we really need that many restaurants? Same thing as cell phone stores or convenience stores, if you ask me.
Well the two restaurants
Well the two restaurants serve different types of food so......
I'm not personally excited about a phone store or a convenience store (the mtro store is always empty, we have the tedeshis and family dollar and village market and the pharmacy, I'm pressed to figure out what a convenience store has that you can't get at those options). But I'm excited that a burned out and closed down storefront has been remodeled and looks nice and will have people coming in and out of it, making the street level business in the square just that much more busy. Something not ideal is better than nothing at all.
And the two phone stores
Sell services for two different companies. Your point?
My point was that having more convience store and mobile phone competition in the Square is not a bad thing, just like having multiple restaurants, banks, or even stores that sell things nobody needs is not a bad thing. If the market ends up being over saturated, we'll end up with less convenience stores, phone stores, restaurants, banks, barber shops, Chinese takeaways, or whatever we have more than one of.
Were there hearings though?
I don't honestly remember why there was even a public forum about the Petco but if there was a forum, the usual NIMBY cranks would be out in force, I'm sure.
And yes, those meetings tend to be white middle class and retired folks, so 50% of the population of Roslindale but presuming (as always) to speak for everyone. Because they went to college or something.
Nah, give me the phone cards,
Nah, give me the phone cards, cigs, doritos and teenies over some dog washing station or a boojee cafe
Good news
Tedeschi's is basically a Keno parlor, so I will look forward to walking by them to get my convenience store needs met, and I don't think Cricket has a presence in the Square, so there will be more options for the mobile phone market.
7-Eleven?
7-Eleven bought Tedeschi's more than a year ago. I can't figure out why they haven't rebranded those stores yet. It's not like Tedeschi's inspires any great brand loyalty.
and 7-11 does?
now, store 24, on the other hand,
Oh, for Store 24
And their milk, bread, friends and eternal life.
its no white hen pantry
well, i guess it technically is since they all ended up owned by the same company
We need a Wawa expansion to
We need a Wawa expansion to the Boston area.
That Tedesci is a weird place
That Tedesci is a weird place with all those keno guys on stools. Its like the saddest little casino. Always felt like I was going into a store that was a front.
Marla's space?
Anyone know what's going into the corner space where Marlas Obsession was?
Update!
According to the guys at the barber shop, the owner of the building (one of the barber shop guys) is just putting in new windows in the retail space and there is no new tenant.