| Author | Message | ||
     Candy Citizen Username: Candy Post Number: 126 Registered: 8-2001 |
As I drove past the old Rite Aid store today, and saw a sign in the window that at 99Cent store is coming! Is this good or bad????? | ||
| ril Citizen Username: Ril Post Number: 297 Registered: 6-2001 |
http://www.dailyherald.com/search/main_story.asp?intid=38406164 certainly a trend... | ||
| bottomline Citizen Username: Bottomline Post Number: 184 Registered: 8-2003 |
It's the free market at work. | ||
| growler Citizen Username: Growler Post Number: 430 Registered: 11-2001 |
Bad. | ||
| Matt Foley Citizen Username: Mattfoley Post Number: 97 Registered: 6-2004 |
the rite aid is gone? | ||
| Bill P Citizen Username: Mrincredible Post Number: 67 Registered: 1-2005  |
Depends on if they spruce up the homely facade. The Rite Aid was looking mighty tired. 99 cent stores can come in handy, I must say, but every time I've patronized one they tend to be untidy with little help. Maybe this one will be different. Do they have their own parking lot? If so I'm surprised that's all the interest they got. | ||
| Tom Reingold Supporter Username: Noglider Post Number: 5655 Registered: 1-2003  |
I really like dollar stores. Sometimes, the stuff is schlock. Sometimes, it's a good value. Sometimes, it's funny. Like that spray cleaner that is supposed to compete with Fantastik, and it's called something like Terrific. They may be a bad sign of things, but I can't help it; they're fun. | ||
| extuscan Citizen Username: Extuscan Post Number: 440 Registered: 6-2001 |
Take a quick ride on SO Ave. through Vailsburg. TONS of 99 cent stores. I don't think there are many if any vacant stores, tons of people around too. Hordes. Crossing the street randomly and without warning... John | ||
| shh Citizen Username: Shh Post Number: 2232 Registered: 5-2001 |
In comparison to what's there now, a 99 cent store is great. When I need party favors or little tchotckes I go to the one on Stuyvesant St. in Union and have found some great things. One year I spent over $75 on party favors. They also usually have kids' sunglasses, which are great to stock up on, paper goods, etc. I just wish a produce market would go to SA. Now the little one by Drug Fair is just doing flowers. I ran in there for cilantro and all they had were tulips. | ||
| vicdeluca Citizen Username: Vicdeluca Post Number: 208 Registered: 5-2001 |
The Springfield Avenue Partnership had been in discussions with the real estate broker and the owner of the building, sharing retail ideas and shopping interests identified though resident surveys. We brought a few prospects to the building but in the end the landlord and 99 cent store negotiated a lease. Our design standards will regulate the types of signage that is permitted on the building and will require that no more than 25 percent of the windows are covered with temporary or permanent signs. We will also work with the new store manager to make sure that the inside and outside is kept clean and attractive. This has the potential of bringing more pedestrian traffic to the Avenue which is a goal of ours. Frankly, it is an upgrade of the Rite Aid that was there. | ||
| CFA Citizen Username: Cfa Post Number: 1310 Registered: 5-2001  |
shh, You couldn't use Tulips in your recipe?  | ||
| Bobkat Supporter Username: Bobk Post Number: 7737 Registered: 5-2001 |
I have mixed feelings. While I would have been much happier if the building had become a nice, upscale Thai-French fusion restaurant, I expect that a 99 cent store will generate a fair amount of traffic. Everyone likes a bargain. | ||
| shh Citizen Username: Shh Post Number: 2238 Registered: 5-2001 |
Thanks Vic. Right Bob, Asian fusion would have been nice, but where would they have gotten the cilantro? I don't understand how people can be so snobbish about SA. I hope this place does well, maybe then I'll get my little produce market. | ||
| tulip Citizen Username: Braveheart Post Number: 2044 Registered: 3-2004 |
I don't understand how people can be so snobbish about SA. Oh, shh, aren't "people" really good at that in Maplewood? Seemed so to me!!! | ||
| tulip Citizen Username: Braveheart Post Number: 2045 Registered: 3-2004 |
You couldn't use Tulips in your recipe? CFA: If you are looking for cheap, look at your attitude. | ||
| spw784 Supporter Username: Spw784 Post Number: 655 Registered: 5-2001 |
I'm confused, where was there a Rite Aid on Springfield Avenue? Or are we talking about the Rite Aid on South Orange Avenue, near Prospect Avenue.? | ||
| JerryC Citizen Username: Jerryc Post Number: 81 Registered: 12-2002 |
spwr784: You are obviously a regular patron of the businesses on Springfield Ave! Rite Aid had been there for many years and was located just east of the SA/Prospect intersection, across from the lovely Bumper to Bumper car repair shop. While I'm not overjoyed that it is becoming a 99 cent store,hopefully it will bring badly needed foot traffic to that part of SA and help the other businesses there. Sure, a nice restaurant would have been great but would probably have done little for the surrounding business. In my opinion, the key factor with this new store will be how well it is kept and managed. If it looks trashy and the staff is as bad as the staff of the Rite Aid was, it will be a big problem. | ||
| Strawman Supporter Username: Strawberry Post Number: 4596 Registered: 10-2001 |
99 cent store is a welcome addition. Nothing wrong with that type of biz on SA. | ||
| shh Citizen Username: Shh Post Number: 2240 Registered: 5-2001 |
CFA, I used two-lips AFTER I made the recipe. (Bad, very bad, I know.)  | ||
| tulip Citizen Username: Braveheart Post Number: 2049 Registered: 3-2004 |
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