In my last post I lamented the decline of American retail spaces and products by sharing the sad tale of the new Rite-Aid at Goodman Street and Monroe Avenue in Rochester (see below). In the post I congratulated the City of Rochester for insisting on better design of the new Rite-Aid, which includes large display windows at the sidewalks, rather than blank walls. Unfortunately, the products sold in a Rite-Aid don’t lend themselves well to display…
I went by Rite-Aid today, and although the store looks almost completely stocked, the display windows along Goodman Street are empty. I could see clearly, however, from the sidewalk, through the windows, a large shelf of Cottonelle toilet paper and paper towels.