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Red Line Death Watch Part 1

M1EK  Mon, 11/23/2009 - 2:00pm

No, not like the GM Death Watch at my favorite car blog; this is a "how long before somebody's killed" series.

Today, some pictures of the intersection I talked about on KUT last week.



 

Big-box experiments

AustinContrarian  Mon, 08/25/2008 - 8:43pm

Wendy Waters recounts Costco's attempt to break into the Manhattan market.

A coalition of neighborhood activists, labor groups and (almost certainly) local businesses are trying to repel Costco's foray.

While their agendas are transparent, the arguments they've trotted out are mostly of the, "It won't work here, so don't try" variety.

Wendy does a nice job dissecting them.