Economical mixture

It is Thursday December 18, 2008. The weather is cool but the sun is out. I am making my way to Pennsylvania station in Newark, NJ where I will board for work in Manhattan. I pass the Richardson building a project derived from what appeared to have been a school. This project continues it seems, while some businesses, like the newly opened Bojangles has closed its doors. I think to myself, "Maybe this is the economy." or "Is it bad accounting?" Whatever it is , there is definitely a mixture of closings and openings here.