Designed To Fail
My town has responded gracefully to vacancies on Main Street. The local BID, an artists’ collective led by a local gallery owner and downtown property owners have filled most vacant storefronts with art. Walking down Bloomfield Ave. in the past year was a much happier experience thanks to the installations. Other places have not been that lucky. Unopened mail, dust and trash compounds on vacant storefronts. One boarded up facade turns the entire block eerie. Passers...