Addison, I like the repurposing of the old theater. But why can't CVS ever step up to the plate with its design? It is the most awful and drab exterior. There is a great Walgreen's in Arlington that departed slightly from the company's corner-property mainstay to inhabit what I believe was a car dealership (possibly on a one-way street - no retailer's dream). It looks great and is perfect for Wilson Boulevard. Here in Charlottesville, CVS built a big new store on 29 close to UVA. The main entrance faces an intersection wheee nobody walks. Working with the City and other retailers might have changed that. Instead it's a sort of ghost door. CVS is simple evil. No longer the Peoples Drug of my youth!
I don't know. That structure might not actually have started as a CVS but almost all of their stores are pretty uninspiring. (Even Walgreens has a little bit of flair that CVS lacks.) I miss when brand-centric buildings were wacky and interesting!
It is as if CVS is intentionally bland; its fonts, the name itself. The new Walgreens are really nice (their remodels of Rite-Aid stores, for instance). I guess the new CVS I mention above is nice inside, but to have that corner, the parking is crazy - getting out requires you to go around a lot and drive along a lovely, older, small mall full of fun shops (and which formerly housed one of our great small pharmacies, Meadowbrook).
Grocery stores are another topic as well. The Leesburg Giant is so depressing. I have written before that when I am in Waterford I go to the Middleburg Safeway (or the Purcellville Giant, which is nice), but having grown up going to Giant in Leesburg with my Mom - well, I feel as though Eastern Loudoun begins right there. Are you in Herndon?
The spire looks like the one that topped the Tower Theater in Upper Darby, Pa (a block from 69th St Terminal) until a few years ago.
Have to check that out!
Addison, I like the repurposing of the old theater. But why can't CVS ever step up to the plate with its design? It is the most awful and drab exterior. There is a great Walgreen's in Arlington that departed slightly from the company's corner-property mainstay to inhabit what I believe was a car dealership (possibly on a one-way street - no retailer's dream). It looks great and is perfect for Wilson Boulevard. Here in Charlottesville, CVS built a big new store on 29 close to UVA. The main entrance faces an intersection wheee nobody walks. Working with the City and other retailers might have changed that. Instead it's a sort of ghost door. CVS is simple evil. No longer the Peoples Drug of my youth!
I don't know. That structure might not actually have started as a CVS but almost all of their stores are pretty uninspiring. (Even Walgreens has a little bit of flair that CVS lacks.) I miss when brand-centric buildings were wacky and interesting!
It is as if CVS is intentionally bland; its fonts, the name itself. The new Walgreens are really nice (their remodels of Rite-Aid stores, for instance). I guess the new CVS I mention above is nice inside, but to have that corner, the parking is crazy - getting out requires you to go around a lot and drive along a lovely, older, small mall full of fun shops (and which formerly housed one of our great small pharmacies, Meadowbrook).
Grocery stores are another topic as well. The Leesburg Giant is so depressing. I have written before that when I am in Waterford I go to the Middleburg Safeway (or the Purcellville Giant, which is nice), but having grown up going to Giant in Leesburg with my Mom - well, I feel as though Eastern Loudoun begins right there. Are you in Herndon?