Both in size and
appearance, Liberty Avenue more closely resembles your average, single
proprietor owned, charming little convenience store more than it does an
all-natural market. And moving in the complete opposite direction as its
Southside cousin across town, this location finds itself situated in a once
thriving district which has now fallen seriously out of favor. In a non-GMO
nutshell, what happened out here is that heavy traffic forced the city into
some dicey infrastructure decisions, which then subsequently killed most
traffic – namely, a cement blockaded bus lane right down the middle which essentially
made this city boulevard into an interstate, a pair of divided one way streets
with no turnoffs for half-mile stretches at a time. Therefore the inbound city
traveler, in order to reach Liberty, has to sail a fair distance past it, to
the next major intersection – the only crossing point between there and
downtown – and then hook a U-turn or else a series of more conventional ones,
just to retreat to this funky little enclave.
