The new DavidsCollege spirit store, ‘Cats on Main welcomed freshman, locals and day-trippers this week. Locals are thrilled to have the new addition on the block, as it adds color and business to the often times quiet, brick sidewalks. As locals dressed in polo shirts and summer dresses walked inside the store and came out in red attires, the photo on the left shows a photographer in the wake of a snapshot. Hidden from view, his camera captured a front view of the store with its cubed glass windows and stucco architectural design.
Diversity in design does not frequent Main Street’s semi-historic buildings, as the town strives to keep cohesiveness by way of brick, block structures. Tradition is understood, yet the fine lines between boring and beauty are less taken—a path where the latter awaits the town’s building committees to loosen their architectural grips.
‘Cats on Main is a break, a ‘stop and stare’ for the movement experienced in cars, on foot or bicycles. The store brings a difference from the ten years or more of stagnation in the business area. Yes, the Village Store is vibrant, just as some of my childhood and teenage memories has a home in the Bookstore, Summit Coffeehouse and Ben & Jerry’s. Yet, it is not about the brand, but the heart and soul that reside in these spaces. Although CVS is a necessity, the fundamental stores listed previously make Main Street. Without those businesses or if Starbucks was a resident, then the familiar, small town character would be sold out to profit mongers. As a local and witness to the street’s evolution or lack thereof, the vacant and pointless spaces on Main represent lost opp
The new Davidson College spirit store, ‘Cats on Main welcomed freshman, locals and day-trippers this week. Locals are thrilled about the addition on the block, as it gives color and business to the often times quiet, brick sidewalks. As customers in polo shirts and summer dresses walked inside the store and came out in red attires, the photo on the left shows a photographer in the wake of a snapshot. Hidden from view, his camera captured a front view of the store with its cubed glass windows and stucco architectural design.
Diversity in design does not frequent Main Street’s semi-historic buildings, as the town strives to keep cohesiveness by way of brick, block structures. Tradition is understood, yet the fine line between boring and beauty are less crossed—a path where the latter awaits the town’s building committees to loosen their architectural grips.
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