Seven Corners Hardware in St Paul will be closing this summer, after 80 years.
It was nationally known as one the large old-time hardware stores that quite literally “had everything”.
There aren’t many left.
Seven Corners Hardware in St Paul will be closing this summer, after 80 years.
It was nationally known as one the large old-time hardware stores that quite literally “had everything”.
There aren’t many left.
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time changes all..
Before the internet overcame all the tools on sale catalog they put out was my secret weapon here in the backwater.
That is sad
and after watching our locals one by one evaporate...........after marveling at the stock and availability to get it "next week".............. they offered, along with the service, that beautiful organization and display............
now, almost all are done in our area. A 70 mile radius of mom and pop, small town and city, long time/brand new places that had more of what you needed in a whole lot less square feet............because they knew what you needed and had wholesalers that knew what you might want.
All for the convenience (sic) of the damn big box.
When people are too lazy to get of their fat asses and go internet total, even they will take the dive.
What took a hundred years to build can come down in just a few if we let it.
Worthless disjointed words from someone that keeps losing friends to progress.
RIP
Pit saws, horse drawn carriages, axe felled trees...
...home made nails, hand hewn beams, hand filed handsaws, steel circular sawblades, hand driven nails, tar paper, cedar shingled roofs...
Things change. Business models evolve. Businisess that don't evolve fall by the wayside. Same for buggy whip makers. Same for auto makers. Same for builders. Same for hardware dealers.
Inevitable. Embrace it or perish.
In this case the land was worth more for a hotel.
james
jimblodgett wrote:
...home made nails, hand hewn beams, hand filed handsaws, steel circular sawblades, hand driven nails, tar paper, cedar shingled roofs...
Things change. Business models evolve. Businisess that don't evolve fall by the wayside. Same for buggy whip makers. Same for auto makers. Same for builders. Same for hardware dealers.
Where's your revolutionary fervor?
Fight the monster on all fronts. Never give up.!
When I was a younger man
I railed and fought.
Mostly all for naught.
Now I relish harmonious pursuits,
laughing, loving, building,
passing along heirlooms.
"Embrace it or perish."
Actually, you're going to perish whether you embrace it or not.