On our corner, across the alley, is a laundromat. Or rather, there was a laundromat. I don't know what it was originally--catty-cornered from it is another commercial property standing vacant. They could have originally been corner stores of some kind. But by the time we moved in it was a laundromat, and not a nice one. When we first moved in, we often used a laundromat because we didn't have a dryer and it was a pain in the rear to line dry everything in the middle of winter. But we never ever used the one just around the corner. It was seedy.
It closed without fanfare several months ago. Rumors spread about who might have bought it or was going to rent it. But it stood vacant and nothing really happened. On our block, though, we have a history of breathing a sigh of relief after something bad is replaced by nothing. In fact, we are often suspicious when nothing is replaced by something new. It's worked out ok thus far, but we aren't ever in a hurry to fill in the gaps.
They started cleaning out the laundromat this week.
Here's hoping for something that doesn't suck.
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