Calder Ave Construction is HERE!
Well, it finally got to us. The huge yellow cranes feeding dozens of dump trucks have rolled past the Tattered Suitcase and across 10th Street. For over a year we have watched as it slowly headed our way. We heard the wails of dispair from other shop owners and businesses as they saw their sales and activity drop to next to nothing (and sometimes to nothing).
On Thursday, April 29th, they closed 10th Street. We had a record sales day. Of course, there was a bit of a bonus due to a huge online sale of a rare book, but the instore volume was approximately 4 1/4 times normal. Great sales were repeated on Friday. Saturday was nearly double the norm. And so on for the next week. WIth the exception of one day when sales were dismal (about 18% of normal), we have been at or above normal sales levels every day. Makes no sense at all.



Just in case you have missed it, one of our dealers, Shirley Patxot, is also an artist. Is that ever an understatement!