View from the ‘Bridge

Earlier in the month my next door neighbor, Antiques on Cambridge, closed its doors forever. I had been under the impression, due to a meeting that the property owner had with us neighbors, that the building would be torn down and — surprise, surprise — developed in to luxury condos.

Now I noticed this homemade sign taped to the front of the still-to-be-emptied-of-antiques building:

As a community organizer who works in the affordable housing field, I generally disdain the proliferation of luxury condos in [formerly] working-class areas. Never thought there’d be a day when I’d pine for them to be built right next to my house. I’ll bet young professionals in fancy houses are better neighbors than testosterone driven fat boys with air-powered balls of paint.