Aug 29th, 2008 · Downtown St. Paul has been getting a facelift ahead of the Republican National Convention. This means filling vacant storefronts with high-end retailers on short term leases, recruiting street musicians though they're normally banned, bolting down trash bins and planters. There're even spray-painting the leaves green and feeding birth control to the pigeons.
Apr 3rd, 2008 · Medical marijuana storefronts are helping to offset some of California's multibillion-dollar budget shortfall, but officials there may see the budding tax revenue go up in smoke thanks to federal laws banning the sale or purchase of pot.
Jun 28th, 2007 · The first storefront mental health clinics helped Vietnam vets transition home almost 30 years ago. Now, these Vietnam vets are bringing their sons, back from Iraq and Afghanistan, into the centers, which offer a welcoming alternative to VA hospitals.
Oct 1st, 2006 · A New York art student and firefighter has turned a storefront in Williamsburg, Brooklyn into the The City Reliquary, where he preserves and displays ephemera from New York's five boroughs.
Apr 16th, 2006 · Working from a Greenwich Village storefront, Bonnie Slotnick helps reconnect people with rare and out-of-print cookbooks... and their own childhood memories.