Another gorgeous day. Weather forecast says 70, but it feels hotter. Not a cloud in the sky.
We usually for for a walk on Sunday, so today we decided to go for it ...all the way to Cannery Row. It was loaded with tourists, of course. The Aquarium was super busy with a line all the way out the door, up the street, and around the side, zig zagging through those rails they put up to form an orderly queue.
Just past the Aquarium is the American Tin Cannery, which is supposed to be a outlet mall. Attempting to play, I guess, on the whole Cannery Row imagery. When we lived here back in '99, this wasn't a bad mall. I remember buying some things there. But now....it's dead. There are only five actual "outlet" stores, plus a few places to eat, and a GIGANTIC candy store. (Seriously, the place is huge. And it's not even good candy. If you're going to blow a bunch of calories on sugar, it should at least be chocolate and not brightly colored taffy and lollipops.)
Anyway, the mall is kind of sad. All those tourists nearby on Cannery Row, and they can't attract them over to the mall. There's a major outlet mall in Gilroy, so maybe they just couldn't attract good outlets here. Maybe they should give up on the outlets idea and recruit some other type of stores. For now, I'm sorry to say, the Tin Cannery is a miss.
There's a rumor the owner wants to turn the place into condos, so they've kicked businesses out and new businesses don't want to move in. It doesn't make sense though, since new condos are prohibited in PG, hence the 2 experimental TICs (tenants in common) in town. Don't know where they'd get the H2O anyways.
ReplyDeleteI'm liking your blog. It's always fun to find a new local blog. Do you work for the City of Monterey?