A city is commerce. That is what creates a city and what provides its core vitality. Commerce is the cityscape.
The photo on the right is part of the living city and when I see it, it reminds me about the nature of commerce.
Tower records was created by a client of mine in the mid-1970's in response to the wild hippy love of music and particularly their intense love affair with rock. Tower was a large successful chain created from the commercial expression of that hippy passion. This store is a physical representation of a commercial event.
The passion for music doesn't seem to have died down, considering what I see and hear on American Idol. But the delivery of music is now changing. The Ipod is the delivery vehicle of choice and the main source of Ipod contents is the Internet.
This store is no longer relevant to the commerce of music for today's technology and taste.
What will be next?