I saw the (illegal) sign on Spring Street last Thursday, and did a double take. A garage sale every day of the week? Is that actually possible?
It's always important to make customers feel welcome: "Who wants to be in jail?"
On Saturday morning, the trinkets were spread across the long-vacant lot pictured below, and I suppose that's why "garage sale" seems semantically out of place. Although it's a "sale," there isn't exactly a "garage" from which to conduct it, and anyway, if a "garage sale" is every day, doesn't it cease being a "garage sale" and start being a "flea market"?
Furthermore, is trashiness a New Albanian birthright? Or, is it just a case of plain folks getting by? And if one undertakes to discuss aesthetics, does it automatically imply deadly "elitism"?
Wonder if they carry any used spark plugs?
There appears to be plenty of room for a few taps!
ReplyDeleteIn the midst of our former Victorian splendor - black asphalt, Flea mkts, tattoo parlors, and fake food - welcome to downtown NA! I also noticed this new "business" in our midst. I propose we form a guerilla-gardening brigade and put sunflower seeds down wherever we find a vacant lot downtown. We've got to get creative with some of our "missing teeth". Stayed tuned: Sunflowers vs. junk - round 1 coming up.
ReplyDeletehey, dont forget about the street spam all over the place for another "main street" business.
ReplyDelete"Prescription Assistance" Just call "812-944-1300". The phone number is registered to an address on Main street. If the medically indigent had one pill for every one of these signs that are showing up on every telephone pole, they would have free meds for life!