roanoke.com - Business Stories -Plan for CVS at old WDBJ site goes through

You know its funny, but my wife and I were just discussing it the other day. We have not been to a CVS or Walgreens since we moved down here.

Up in NY, you had CVS, Walgreens, Eckerd, Duane Reade, and then you had your supermarket pharmacys.

Here, we either get everything at Kroger or Walmart. Which is nice, because I personally have never been a big fan of CVS. They always seemed to jack up prices a tad bit higher than any of the other drug stores.

We were also just discussing the fact that the building at the corner of Colonial and Brandon had finally been sold. I had no idea it was former DBJ studios. To look at it today, with no knowledge of what it was - you really couldnt guess.

Where the Twin Towers used to stand, before there were Twin Towers, there was Radio Row. Home to countless radio manufacturers, stations, sales shops, and the like. Colonial reminds me of that, with ABC 13, Fox21/27, Blue Ridge Public TV, and the former DBJ everything (except the old radio studios downtown) perhaps we should rename a strech of it Media Street.

Well, yes its another historic building slated for demo (unless CVS does the smart thing and builds as Ive seen them do before, within the historic structure), its probably where Robin Reed made his historic "Just a dusting" forecast.

Although now that Im looking carefully at the building, I can now see similarities to the DBJ studios down on Kirk, and the SLS building downtown. Another "tower" just like the SLS one, standing out high above the building itself.

It will be sad to see it get turned into a CVS, but considering how overgrown and dilapadated the building had gotten - its about time something happened with it. Although it would make a great library. Perfect design.

Forgotten-Roanoke is heading to the Octoberfest today... hopefully see you all out and about. Yes, its a bit grey and chilly, but you'll live I swear - a nice brat will warm you up but good.