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Article: Trendy shops change Park Street's vibe
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- Oakland Tribune
- Article date:
- March 14, 2004
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THE RETAIL renaissance along Alameda's Park Street shopping
district appears to be gaining momentum as trendy new businesses
reflect the area's changing identity.City officials and commercial
real estate agents say there is a direct correlation between the
arrival of upwardly mobile residents and corporate chain stores and
trendy shops that have popped up among Park Street's beauty salons,
small restaurants and secondhand stores.
City Redevelopment Manager Bruce Knopf said Alameda, with its
small-town atmosphere, has become a desirable community for the
upwardly mobile, which has in turned peaked the interest of new
retail business.
"The median family income on the island is now ...