Comments | anhinga_anhinga: Boston gentrification/decay

anhinga_anhinga

Boston gentrification/decay

Nov 17, 2006 15:51

Virgin Megastore in the Frank Gehry building on the corner of Newbury Street and Massachusetts Avenue is closing this weekend.

( details, links, links to pictures )

photo, gentrification, architecture, history

Comments 8

cema November 17 2006, 20:48:46 UTC

Best Buy! Urggh. Well, it's a nice store - for suburbia. Who is next, Walmart?

drakosha_ru November 17 2006, 21:40:26 UTC

:(

Как я соскучилась по Бостону!

anhinga_anhinga November 17 2006, 21:47:44 UTC

ты давно тут была?

приезжай в гости :-)

drakosha_ru November 17 2006, 22:01:51 UTC

Ох, давно, в 2003, кажется.

приезжай в гости :-)
Спасибо, может быть и приеду :)

anhinga_anhinga November 29 2006, 03:07:53 UTC

Будем ждать :-)

spamsink November 17 2006, 21:46:07 UTC

I'd call it de-gentrification, as it's a lower scale store that is replacing an upper scale one.

cema November 17 2006, 22:25:16 UTC

The store, yes, but not the upper level condos.

_rowan_tree_ November 18 2006, 05:24:41 UTC

Приезжай к нам на миннесотчину - ни тебе конд, ни тебе Gehry....