The residents of Windsor Terrace continue to fight against the Walgreen’s planned for the space that used to house the neighborhood’s only grocery store. Residents started a website, Green Beans Not Walgreens, which states, “Walgreens claims they will offer ‘expanded food offerings,’ but the store they are planning would not include meats, fish, a bakery, or many other items that Windsor Terrace residents need from a grocery store. Less than one-third of the small store would be devoted to food items.” So far Walgreens has rejected the neighbors demands that it either terminate its lease or include a full-service grocery store. More than 1,000 residents have signed the petition against the mega-chain’s arrival. There will be a community meeting on the matter on Monday, July 30th, and then a rally outside the site on August 1st.
Windsor Terrace Don’t Want No Stinkin’ Walgreens [Brownstoner]
Windsor Terrace Key Foods Shutting Down Abruptly [Brownstoner]
Photo via Green Beans Not Walgreens


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  1. That seems like an overstatement. “good” grocery stores all over the place are not closing. Key foods was disgusting, but useful for locals. If it made any effort to be anything more than mediocre it would have flourished. It was them vs commuting to fairway or fresh direct. Walgreens however is useless and redundant. Long story short, it doesn’t make any economic sense to squander a near monopoly, but key food found away and pulled a “move the browns to Baltimore” move on the”WT”…f them and I hope Walgreens fails. While foods anyone…no superfund issues in these parts.

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