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Heartbroken in Downtown Crossing
By adamg on Mon, 03/16/2009 - 9:18am
Paul Demers shows just how much somebody misses the old Filene's.
Czsz, meanwhile, discusses how sad the Financial District was on a Sunday walk:
... Not a single car drove by, and not a single other person walked down the sidewalk. Granted, it was Sunday, but what a wasted space this felt like.
I turned the corner to Franklin St. The Boston Stock Exchange was boarded up. The London Harness Company was shuttered for the day only, but signs announced it was going out of business.
Even the Propagation of the Faith Store is giving up.
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Thanks for the shout out
Thanks for the shout out Adam! Downtown Crossing was a real zoo this weekend, but I think we have to take the beautiful weather into consideration for that one...
Broken heart
I've been meaning to take a picture of that broken heart.
Filene's Basement is coming back, isn't it?
London Harness
London Harness is not going out of business, but is is, sadly, closing its downtown store. The suburban locations will remain open.
London Harness
I've only been their customer once, but I loved the store and will make sure to visit it again before it goes away.
Many years ago, I was looking to buy a men's wallet with a coin pocket. This was surprisingly hard to find -- neither Jordan Marsh nor Filene's nor Filene's Basement sold one. A helpful Filene's salesman directed me around the corner to London Harness, a place I'd never heard of before. They immediately showed me what I wanted, and I bought it.
After many years of use, that wallet is now falling apart, and I need a replacement. I hope they still have it in stock this week and haven't sold them all on clearance yet.