I shot this photo back in November.  It was for my NaPhoBoMo 2009 project, but I overlooked it for some reason or another (I forgot that I had visited the site when I returned there in December).  I also mentioned the location in the Jan. 8th post “Deserted”.  It is a site of a former big box store, soon to become the home of another.  It was recently reported in the paper that this will become the home of a Lowes hardware super store.  As if London didn’t have enough hardware stores with three Home Depots, two Ronas, four Canadian Tires and a whole slew of other smaller stores (Did I miss anything major?).  I hardly think so, but then again, I don’t have a house to do improvements on and perhaps there is a need (I’ll ask my home owning friends).  At least it’ll mean a whole bunch of jobs and some more money into the local economy not to mention a whole lot more traffic at the northwestern corner of the city.

Do you remember Aikenhead’s?  If I remember correctly, they were the first hardware superstores in Ontario.  Home Depot eventually took them over when they moved in from the US.  I remember going there with my dad in Toronto, and having such a sense of wonderment and amazement at the sheer size of the store (I grew up small town Ontario) and the quantity and selection of hardware.  It was great, I loved it!  But then these super stores began to spring up everywhere and they just don’t seem so special anymore.