Last week, I noticed how ugly the Penn Avenue side of the old Globe store, soon to be county office building has become. I meant to take some pictures and do a blog entry in the near future. A newspaper editorial Wednesday morning beat me to the punch. Pardon the pun, the newspaper people and I are on the same page. We hate this.
The goal is to mimic the corrugated metal look of the neighboring Iron Horse Movie Bistro, but that's ugly and uninviting, too.
The Times ~ Tribune editorial compared the look to a warehouse or a jail and the editorial board is absolutely right. This does nothing for the neighborhood. The blocks of Penn Avenue closest to Mulberry Street and Linden Street have been redeveloped nicely. It's almost Scranton's version of restaurant row. I understand there are some nice bars and there is a ramen shop that's getting plenty of attention. Let's hope this block of Penn is next to get fixed up.
