Just the remans of another long gone corner store on a residential street in Toronto. The space has long been a residence, but preserved details of the old decor reveal that not even the promise of fresh parsnips was enough to save the business...
Toronto council has just voted to permit corner stores in all old Toronto and east York wards and it passed 23-2 so we may see neighbourhood stores rise again!
Weed and vape store seem to last about 3 months. Coffee shops, bakeries and the occasional empanada or “artisanal” pizza place are more likely. But “the kids” these days don’t go out, they’re all at home smoking up and eating lukewarm food out of cardboard. And small retail everywhere is struggling,
Nobody needs small shops Long live Amazon!
ReplyDeleteToronto council has just voted to permit corner stores in all old Toronto and east York wards and it passed 23-2 so we may see neighbourhood stores rise again!
ReplyDeleteWeed and vapes on every corner!
ReplyDeleteSame thing in my town.
DeleteWeed and vape store seem to last about 3 months. Coffee shops, bakeries and the occasional empanada or “artisanal” pizza place are more likely. But “the kids” these days don’t go out, they’re all at home smoking up and eating lukewarm food out of cardboard. And small retail everywhere is struggling,
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