We're seeing these battle lines drawn here in Syracuse, NY as the chains
move in toward the city and try to bring the suburban mind-set with them.
They want to take an old store-front and plug a fast-food restaurant into it
but need to tear down a couple of storefronts next door to accomodate the
parking they need.  Or a drug store chain buys up a small mom-and-pop drug
store in a residential neighborhood and then wants to tear down some
adjancent houses to expand the parking lot to make the store viable in their
terms.  The neighbors are rightfully concerned that the seed will be planted
to send the neighborhood in a new direction.

-----Original Message-----
From: Candice Brashears [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Monday, March 01, 1999 9:21 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: "history isn't Wal Mart"

>
One consulation: The WalMarts are reversible:  When they are no longer
deemed
useful - the box can come down / the grass and fields replanted.  If they
were
to move to the Main Streets of American (ie. RiteAid, CVS...) our work may
be
more difficult as they may be apt to want to remove our existing built
environment we historically love.

Candy B