More Drug-Pushers on East 8th Street

Since time immemorial, the corner was occupied by a somewhat-chintzy clothiers called Joyce Leslie. They jumped ship about six months ago or so, and it's been a massive, empty space since then, further encompassing the hollow shell of the Starbucks that used to abut it. But now, it seems, the future has been revealed. The northwest corner of East 8th Street & University Place is going to be a CVS Pharmacy. How that news is going to hit the good folks just one door away down East 8th Street at the arguably endearingly-shoddy Metro Drugs (one of my wife's inexplicably favorite spots) remains to be seen. In any case, I think it's pretty damn unfortunate. Thanks for further blandifying the neighborhood.