Now Empty #42

In NYC shops have always closed and we would mourn them for a week, then a month later we would patronize the new place and be all happy about it. But now, everything is empty. Stores go down, nothing comes up. More stores go down, still nothing. This store is next to 45 West 8th Street, which is a well-known street to buy shoes. In two blocks, there were 6 empty storefronts. What will we become, NYC?