The new CVS pharmacy on Lower Duval. Five blocks further down there are another two national pharmacy chains, CVS and Walgreens. Five blocks after that there is a CVS at Simonton and Truman. New Town has a couple, as well as Dennis Pharmacy in the Professional Building on 12th Street and then there is a new CVS on Stock Island. Five CVS, two Walgreens and one local independent. Should be enough drugs to go round.
Mind you the new CVS has refurbished and made nice a corner of Lower Duval that was pretty badly degraded after the former collection of stores moved out. Welcome to the gateway to famous Duval Street:
And the old CVS was bulging at the seams at 12 Duval Street. I took this picture a few years ago:
And this one this week:
When 12 Duval was open it was quite the hub at the tourist end of the street:
And on one of the hottest days of the year so far the watersports booth was still doing business next to the shuttered store:
Sure it would be nice to see more local stores, but how likely is that transformation on this street that so much wants to be a tourist attraction but more and more becomes anywhere under the sun? CVS is dead, long live CVS. Oh well.
2 comments:
We know you are associated with the police department, but considering your cool with people, and life in general, what do you make of the KWPD and Matthew Murphy?
Is there a problem , there, with corruption and racism?
The Blue Paper seems to think so and it would be really good to have your take on things, as you see them ,since you walk the streets, day and night.
Thanks Michael for any thoughts.
Very disturbing for people considering Key West as their home.
Wow, that seems like a lot of drug stores. Big money in big pharma.
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