Meanwhile in my town the local bookstore died because a real estate developer bought the building and jacked up the rent 400% in order to force him out, then cancelled leases on the smaller businesses and made plans to destroy the building as part of a big vapid project. Local residents couldn’t stop it happening but blocked demolition and it’s been sitting empty and neglected so long the developer died. At this point it probably can’t be restored either. A fucking shame.
Meanwhile in my town the local bookstore died because a real estate developer bought the building and jacked up the rent 400% in order to force him out, then cancelled leases on the smaller businesses and made plans to destroy the building as part of a big vapid project. Local residents couldn’t stop it happening but blocked demolition and it’s been sitting empty and neglected so long the developer died. At this point it probably can’t be restored either. A fucking shame.