Sunday, August 14, 2005

something very old, something very new

After a long afternoon taking digiutal photos at the Pullen-Stockton Family Reunion for my cousin's family, I went with my mom to Eden, North Carolina. Eden posesses two great gems that show the history and future of modern retail.

The history is represented by the Belk store at Eden Mall, the largest surviving business in one of the deadest enclosed malls in North Carolina that's still occupied. This store opend in 1980, and save for a handful of minor details, is architecturally unchanged inside and out some 25 years later. The future is represented by the latest generation of the Wal-Mart Supercenter, opened two weeks ago just down the road from Belk.

check out part two

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