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Originally Posted by Cynicism
Please no more pedestrian killing buildings.
Eighth Avenue is filled with upscale restaurants that usually cater to tourists or the transient office worker. Remember, those Duane Reades and Chase Banks that line every corner up until Columbus Circle?
Yeah no one wants those. Why should another bodega be replaced with a generic drug store?
Is this Extell building exciting? Absolutely.
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Why is a dingy old bodega that doesn't sell what I want intrinsically better than a Duane Reade?
There is a reason these chains pop up all over the place - they do a better job than the "mom and pop" stores, which are still tremendous in number and ironically, don't differentiate themselves much from one another.
The more shiny buildings replacing low rise, run-down garbage, the better.