The brick building used to be a local, independently owned pharmacy - it became part of the Pharmasave chain. Now it is being replaced by a big new building so that it can look like every other Pharmasave store in the country. I understand the importance of brand recognition and its affect on consumer behaviour, but that doesn't prevent me from lamenting the homogenization of small town main streets. As big box businesses move into this small town, the town loses a locally owned, curbside business and gains a curbside parking lot backed by a big box pharmacy. This has two lamentable effects. First, it encourages driving to shop versus walking the main street window shopping. Second, it detracts from the unique look of the small town main street which now begins to look like just another rural strip mall. I really do understand the economic forces that make this inevitable - but I am still sorry to see it happen.