Comments on: New York Minute http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2013/01/22/new-york-minute-410/ Development site for Bronx Banter Blog's upcoming look and feel Sun, 19 May 2013 22:08:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Chyll Will http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2013/01/22/new-york-minute-410/#comment-301116 Chyll Will Tue, 22 Jan 2013 18:43:58 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=97821#comment-301116 Lighting makes the biggest difference. In most modern pharmacies (or mega-pharmacies that are really boutique grocery stores), the fixtures are often a combination of glass, stainless steel and white, with trimming to reflect the company brand. The lights (which are many-fold high above the floor) bounce off the fixtures, illuminating the store and it's products even more. I always found the feeling and mood inside these stores sterile almost to rubber room proportion. I like the grittiness of a Mishkins to a certain point (nothing beats cleanliness after all, especially for a pharmacy), but the wood fixtures and the tiling and the old accoutrements give the place a more homey, familial feel. There is a grocery store in Yonkers on New Main Street off of Getty Square that is also owned by a Korean family; this store looks like it has not changed since the 70's. Among other things, they have working floor freezers as opposed to the modern closet standing fridges. Definitely a throwback the moment you walk in. Lighting makes the biggest difference. In most modern pharmacies (or mega-pharmacies that are really boutique grocery stores), the fixtures are often a combination of glass, stainless steel and white, with trimming to reflect the company brand. The lights (which are many-fold high above the floor) bounce off the fixtures, illuminating the store and it’s products even more. I always found the feeling and mood inside these stores sterile almost to rubber room proportion. I like the grittiness of a Mishkins to a certain point (nothing beats cleanliness after all, especially for a pharmacy), but the wood fixtures and the tiling and the old accoutrements give the place a more homey, familial feel.

There is a grocery store in Yonkers on New Main Street off of Getty Square that is also owned by a Korean family; this store looks like it has not changed since the 70′s. Among other things, they have working floor freezers as opposed to the modern closet standing fridges. Definitely a throwback the moment you walk in.

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