Post #4780 by Tangaroa on Wed, Jul 31, 2002 11:32 AM

My wife & I moved to the little town of Montrose, Ca. in 1999. (Kinda in a bermuda triangle between La Canada, La Cresenta & Glendale) Anyway - we have a great little "Main Street" the kind you just don't find in LA anymore. Lots of little "Mom & Pop" shops, an old bowling alley, bookstores, little cafes, armenian rug dealers, etc etc.... And an old fashioned "Anawalt's Lumber" behind it all...
Sure - some of the shops are a little slicko & modern - but the street still has an old fashioned feel to it.
Sadly, a lot of the businesses have been going under lately. The independant record shop, a cool kinda boutique shop, the christian music store (OK - maybe that wasn't such a loss)!
Until this year every Thursday nite, we had an open-air market with street vendors, selling fresh fruits & vegetables, crafts, food, live bands, & rides for the kids. Due to the complaints of the merchants (who normally close down at 5pm on a Thursday anyway), they moved the whole thing to Sunday morning - closes by 1pm or something. Apparently the merchants thought too many people were not coming into the shops & staying out on the streets. But the new street fair only attracts a small portion of the people from before - and only has a few fruit & vegetable vendors - none of the fun of the night one... I think they still have a night one in Monrovia though....
Oh well - what's my point? It sucks when cool things change. That's my point.