I Has a Retail Space!

Woot! After much wrangling I have a retail space! Its 2800 square feet over two floors, with a backyard and a third floor for offices. All of this stuff is located in Manayunk. My Science Store is soon to be a reality! I have some pictures that I have been holding on to for some time that give you an idea of what the place looks like.

First the front. Taken from across the street.



A closer view, with the realtor in the doorway:



Here is the inside looking out:



This is looking to the back, from about midway (I didn't get a full shot from front to back, sorry to say.



Here is the impressive staircase leading to the second floor of the store:



Here is a shot of the second floor. You can see the ugly chandelier.



The place has a backyard, here is a shot from the small deck that comes out of the second floor, a good place to place a telescope for day viewing.



(note the old store sign and the astroturf previously used for testing putters. If you look closely you can see the golf holes.

The store has a good set of track lighting already in place:



This is a very good place and while I might have preferred a place downtown, the costs of location being around $12,000 per month kinda makes that untenable.

I sign the papers on Sunday, and barring a massive problem with discovered by the inspector I will be in on September 15th. Yay!