The old neighborhood grocery store on Elm Street turned into luxury condos

I drove past the corner of Elm and 5th last week and barely recognized it. That grocery store had been there since the 60s, and now it's a five story building with a coffee shop on the ground floor. Anyone else notice how fast their part of town is changing?

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burns.ruby1mo ago

Nobody mentions how the NEW stops serving the people who used to actually LIVE there.

smith.jordan1mo ago

Man, for real though. I moved back to my old neighborhood last year and the new coffee shop doesn't even have the old breakfast sandwich I grew up buying. They're charging like 8 bucks for some fancy toast with avocado and it's just not the same. The old bodega guy had to close up because rent went up, and now it's a place that sells $12 smoothies nobody in the building can afford. I mean, maybe it's just me but it feels like they're building for people who don't actually live here yet.

jesse77324d ago

Is it bad that I'm kinda hoping someone opens a convenience store that just sells nostalgia and regret? Cause at this rate that's all I can afford in my old hood.