Posted on 11/30/2010 6:59:56 PM PST by jfd1776
Driving to the airport today, I passed an auto dealership that I had thought was among those closed by the Obama administration last year, but I was mistaken. They had just downsized, keeping the showroom, but terminating their lease on the vast neighboring lot that once stocked hundreds of cars, but now sits empty, cracked and weedy alongside.
Shoppers today must special-order their cars, simplifying the financing problems of Detroit… and giving this city, and many others, yet another square block of unused, empty spaces next to smaller or empty dealerships, adding to the general appearance of blight, and adding also to the challenge of filling available retail space in this contracting economy.
As I drove along, I saw some signs stuck in the easement alongside the road, advertising a closeout sale at the former showroom of a nationally famous catalog house. A friend bought a chivalric painting there for his home’s entryway; another friend has one of their statuettes on his desk. My wife bought me their bust of Washington for my office. A terrific little place, with decorations both original and reproduced, from formal to quirky.
The suburban business district where this shop was located will miss having a store that drew shoppers from near and far to their downtown; as we will all miss this rare local source for affordable artwork. Oh, they’re still available on the web, and by catalog, but the brick and mortar of a physical location had given character to the community, and it will be missed.
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Now we're able to tell, and we don't like what we see.
Oh, he’s waaaaaaaaaaaaaay past Carter.
Little Barry can only dream of being as respected as Carter. WOW That is sad.
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