Cape Kennedy Retail

Welcome to the Avenue Viera, located in well, Viera! Viera is a very interesting place, to me. It's a liminal space of a city, and while most of Brevard County is pretty "new", a lot of it being built during suburban booms in the 1960s-1980s, Viera is even newer than that. Almost the entire city is a large planned community, which didn't even break ground until 1989, before which it had been an unassuming ranch. Becoming a large seat of local government only furthered this, drawing many people who are only there temporarily- you go to Viera to do jury duty, to sort out taxes, etc. But, Viera does have some stuff to keep people around, the biggest of which being the Avenue Viera, a large shopping center opening in 2004. Anyway, enough babbling, let's get to the photos! Our first stop is at the future crumbl cookies, which is opening in what was previously a Regis Salon. This vacant storefront was last Blue Jasmine Boutique, and as L.A. Bridal in 2011. and this vaca...

  Some of my favorite things to find, when road tripping towards a mall, are unexpected things. I'll generally scan my route, and set a few pinpoints, but a lot of stuff is found as I go. And in this case, I found a wonderful old Dairy Queen. One slightly sketchy u-turn later, I was able to stop in for myself. For the curious, they still do serve all-beef hot dogs, though a sign in the window noted they had switched to another brand because of a supply shortage, for the time being. The star of the show is the main building, and it's wonderfully restored neon sign, oh how I'd love to see what this looks like at night. The location is fully retro, walk-up only ordering and all. To further fit that feel, the parking setup is a little bit janky, probably hacked in after this area was made less-pedestrian friendly, I imagine. I didn't get too many photos here, so we're already at the end! We'll finish off with this picture I snapped of a Dennis The Menace themed surf...