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I'm happy to welcome a larger Walgreens in the neighborhood as the current store doesn't fulfill the needs of what my family needs from a local pharmacy.  It's too small, has limited inventory, and no other option is available. Plus, I'd prefer not to drive to drive elsewhere if possible.  If this new store can result in new landscaping, trees, signage, improvements, etc., it could actually improve the limited retail stretch on Portola. 

All the new pavement on Portola is great to see as well.

i agree totally about mollie stone's; their quality is spotty  and their prices are outrageous.  and they seem to be pretty lax about allowing bums to stand in front and panhandle everyone coming out of the store.  but i'd be glad to see a larger walgreens there.  i'm sure there are plenty of people who would prefer to have a wider selection within walking distance instead of having to go down to west portal, ocean, or the inner sunset.  and i just don't see how expansion is going to hurt the area.  people go to walgreens to get diapers and medicine, not to hang out and cause trouble.  it's not exactly an attractive place for teenagers and drunks.  and as far as "riff raff" goes, the real risk comes from juvenile hall and SOTA.  until those two go - and they never will - there will be at least some potential for problems.

gary.noguera wrote:

Sonny,

the design is being carefully worked on. it's totally deco. Plantings of trees part of the plan too...

I hope the planting is more than sticking two spindly sparse tress in the cement in front of the store.

Really that whole block down to Miraloma Market with its wider sidewalk should be landscaped in a co-ordinated fashion. Not just street trees but green strips or planters with smaller plants in them as well.

How about Walgreens hiding the recent late evening armed robberies!  I suppose we can expect more of them with a larger store.

just go ask the workers, one of them closes and has been robbed.  She said they break in the back door

Well, the Planning Commssion approved the project as designed at their meeting on October 23rd. As I noted in a previous posting, the design is faux Art Deco, as in, not particularly good Art Deco. There are two major points to be made here - first, it is disingenuous for the building to look as though from another era and second, it will be inauthentic since the true measure of a building is how it is detailed and built and I assure you, it will not be built commensurate with the expectation - this is after all a corporate entity that does the least to assuage the public in order to maximize its financials. For those who find that statement a little harsh, please cite an example where Walgreens has delivered a well-designed, high-quality project. I am dismayed at the absence of discourse on the quality of what we build in our neighborhood, and the failure of MPIC to adequately consider this proposition. When MPIC last addressed this broadly, it was to collect neighbors' sentiment, which to my eye from this message board was at least 50% opposed. there should have been at least one addtional meeting in September sponsored by MPIC  to assemble a final, collective wisdom. Instead we can look forward to large expanses of stucco, ornamented with raised banding and cheap alumimum windows. Great job MPIC!