It is full of ethnic and folk music, cultural events and smells of sizzling oil and global cuisine. Crossroads Shopping Center is the people-packed heart of the Crossroads community, thanks to a renaissance that would make a Florentine proud. The center is where people come to read newspapers, meet for business, gossip, shop, eat and be entertained. Its role as a community hub was evident during the recent snowstorm, when a roof collapsed. Not only was the Blockbuster Music store put out of business for a couple days, so were a mini-City Hall, the center's management office and a kids play space.
Crossroads has a capacity here for acceptance of a broad range of people.
When it was closed, it worked a hardship on everyone. This was not the case 10 years ago. Few seemed to recognize the interdependence of Crossroads Shopping Center, built in 1962, and the community. Fabulous big city stuff.