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.