Turns out, the reason Alin’s Party Depot couldn’t renew its lease after 25 successful years in Downey was that Wal-Mart, Inc., had quietly bought the Paramount Blvd. property. And while Alin’s continues to liquidate its inventory, the largest retailer in the world is preparing to open one of its new, smaller-format Wal-Mart stores in the 32,000-square-foot building.
A fixture in Downey since 1985, Alin’s Party Depot announced in November that it would shut down, one of the last family owned successful businesses among the spread of the Mega Stores, Leaving All American Home Center to fight off Home Depot, who bought the lot next door to the independent hardware retailer as a gesture of how powerful corporate muscle can be when the entire city council fought the move for two years.
My apologies to George W., this one wasn't directly his fault, but he was responsible for enough similar grief that I slept just fine Tuesday night.
I predict a 4.9, but landing in the top 50! ;) And really, those are the REAL colors, I didn't push them!
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Well, I maintain that art evokes emotion, and this image seemed to generate two flavors, humor and angst. Well, I continue to learn about the voting crowd here, so I guess political commentary is another thing to put on the list of things to avoid if you want high scores.
The issue of whether George W. or or his appointees who created economic policy caused the worst recession in history is as irrelevant as the photos depicting Santa Clause and his elves being responsible for the presents found under the tree Christmas morn, the image and title were meant as a representation of the economic woes we currently face just as the photos of the others are symbolistic of the christmas spirit. I think I was successful in communicating my message clearly, I will let Google, Wikopedia, and the CIA Factbook decide if my message was indeed correct. Then we can discuss if Santa really can really break all the laws of physics that he seems to every year.
Happy holidays. Live and learn. Thats what this site is all about.
The title made me think more than the picture did, trying to figure out the connection between it and the photo.
You certainly captured the sheer overwhelming-ness of all of the signs both in the store and on the window. Everywhere I look, signs signs signs. I would have loved to see a human element in this, just to connect further with the viewer and add some impact. A "so what?" if you will. The shopping cart tempts me in that direction, but not quite enough.
Normally I don't vote down a title, but this title really seems to take away from the photo. Are you trying to say it is Bush's fault for the closing of a store? That seems pretty strange.
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