A snowbird shows photos from southwest Florida (Naples) and southwest Connecticut (Ridgefield) and New England and other places he goes.
Tuesday, April 5, 2016
Renovations
A tired strip mall on Vanderbilt Beach Road has just finished renovations. The owner added some new color-block façades and unifying canopies and signage. It looks pretty good now.
Small strip malls are fine for small neighbourhoods with no individual stores; however, I prefer areas that have a number of independent stores clustered together within blocks of one another, like St. Paul's Grand Avenue. The one you feature today looks very inviting.
It looks like there are a lot of bikes available there for touring the area!
ReplyDeleteMore often than not an owner will just tear down and start over. I like the result.
ReplyDeleteSmall strip malls are fine for small neighbourhoods with no individual stores; however, I prefer areas that have a number of independent stores clustered together within blocks of one another, like St. Paul's Grand Avenue. The one you feature today looks very inviting.
ReplyDeleteIt does look good to me. Nice improvements.
ReplyDeleteStrip mall... I don't know if we have them. Certainly it's not a term we use here in UK. This one looks very smart now.
ReplyDeleteIt looks like they've gotten a lot of bang for the buck.
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