Once East London was a thriving business district. When it started to die, the stores worked together to make the area more attractive. The main street running through the area was ripped up and replaced with a curved road.
Why it was thought that a curved road would attract shoppers is a puzzle. It didn't. The businesses behind the curved road closed and the replacement businesses put part of the blame for the area's problems on the curved road. It was straightened. The area continued its downward spiral and most of the remaining stores closed.
2 comments:
Sad to see such a decline.
We all shop online these days so it must be hard to run a store.
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