The Changing Face Of Harvard Square
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- Опубліковано 6 вер 2024
- Harvard Square is no stranger to change, but the historic neighborhood seems to be undergoing a particularly fast overturn, with more than 10 percent of retail spaces currently vacant. The empty buildings add to the list of local places that are now memories of the past: the Harvard Square Theater, Tealuxe and Crema Café. In for Jim Braude, Adam Reilly was joined by Denise Jillson, executive director of the Harvard Square Business Association; Cathy Botindari, co-owner of Colonial Drug - which moved to Newton in 2013 after sixty years in the Square; and Shoshanah Garber, the owner of Black Sheep Bagels, which opened in the Square last summer.
The new developers have ruined everything. I don’t know what they get off on ruining what was always good. I don’t wanna mix of national chains because I can visit national chains in my local area and not even think about Harvard Square while shopping elsewhere. The reason why I loved Harvard Square is because it had very unique places I could shop and visit. Now it’s just the typical cookie cutter, bland nonsense, for the elite.
Cathy was cut off before she finished a very important point. Big national chains, banks especially, can use there presence in the square as a billboard. The location itself operates at a loss, but the owners know it will be seen by a wide array of people.
I hear the radical changes are dreadful. I hear Chinese owners are running the show of the changes. I hear that the public spaces are disappearing. I hear that the exclusive spaces are now created for wealthy only. I hear the square has been reinvented for tourist and not for the local community.
Indeed. I’m not sure what the point of this is but people aren’t really going to want to go there. I mean I can stay at assembly Row or going to downtown Boston and I won’t even miss Harvard Square . Completely greedy jerks have ruined it.
Who is the mayor of this rotten town.
Do you think the mayor of a city controls retail rents?
@@NuncNuncNuncNunc Yeah I do. Or at least I've long suspected so. Indirectly. The high taxes.
Harvard square is trash now. All the good places to eat are closing, being replaced by chains or inferior stuff.
Has there really been a loss of good places to eat? The restaurant scene has changed, but are there fewer good places?
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Good point there, Mikey. Are you a Russian troll??
I think it’s safe to say you don’t pledge to PBS. With a stupid comment like that I think it’s safe to say that last time you watched PBS was when you were a kid watching Sesame Street.