Speaking of markets and groceries... A lot of people have been pointing out the ongoing renovations at Key Food on Avenue A and East Fourth Street... figured it was time to document some of the changes... First, with the entrance, which is just to the right of the old one... it's a more straightforward entry...
...the old entrance is semi-blocked off for the moment... (What will happen to the community bulletin board?)
...aside from the front entrance, the most visible work has been done near the beer selection...
...where workers are expanding the space...
...which still smells like dead vampires.
Thanks to
Goggla for getting the scoop from a cashier recently... From
the comments the other day:
"... she said the entrance wasn't very accessible to wheelchairs. With the growing elderly population across the street, they may be trying to make it easier for people with walkers to get in. The checker said the old entrance also made it to easy to steal stuff. A few years ago, as a junkie convulsed and went down in an aisle (taking out an entire shelf of cleaning supplies), the paramedics struggled to get a gurney through the checkstand. That could also be an explanation."
Key also moved the self-serve checkouts away from the doorway. Funny how people react when you start taking photos of cash registers and stuff. So, no photos of
these for the moment...
[A shot from 2007 via Flickr]
