Visions For Vacancies: 47 Maryland Avenue
Adjoining storefronts at 47 Maryland Ave. both sit empty day after day, and Annapolis Patch wants to hear from you about what kind of business you want to see there.
Maryland Avenue in downtown Annapolis is home to a range of boutique shops, but it's also home to some empty storefronts.
47 Maryland Ave., which has adjoining first-floor shops that are both without tenants.
One of those spaces was the former home of Huerosam Jewelry, which closed in November 2011, according to the company's Facebook page. The properties are sandwiched between another jewelry store called Augustine's Jewelry Boutique and Maria's Picture Place.
The retail spaces are similar in size with prominent store front windows for displays, but they look too small to accommodate a restaurant or coffee shop.
So Annapolis Patch wants to know, as part of its ongoing series entitled Visions for Vacancies, what kind of business you think would enhance Maryland Avenue.
Do you think Maryland Avenue needs another jewelry store, or does it lack something else?
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Lisa Benefiel
8:51 pm on Monday, August 6, 2012
OMG these would be perfect for my dream business!!! I would like to open a children's book store in one half that would feature children's books from classics, to up and coming authors and illustrators. The book store would have comfy chairs and pillows, a cat and a dog and it would be a place where parents could bring their kids to have milk, cookies and story time. The story readers would be myself, famous and not-so-famous guest readers and story tellers.
The mission of the store would be to bring the joy and love of reading real books back to children. In the age of digital readers, ipads, smartphones, etc. I often worry how much exposure young kids are getting anymore to actual books. The feel of the pages, the beauty of the variety of art found in the illustrations, experiencing the nuances of having different readers read the stories in their own way, drawing the kids into the stories thru the use of different voices, accents and use of tone, pitch and emphasis.
The adjoining store would be a coffee and reading room for parents to gather and enjoy some time away from their children while they are in story time. They could meet with other parents to share their ideas, frustrations, laughs and conversation, or they could just enjoy the time for some much needed peace and quiet.
Being in Annapolis, this location would be a great community gathering place from the surrounding neighborhoods and counties.