K'Mart has a loveable disorder

This essay wasn't of much interest to me however i can understand the relation between this essay and "The Monument and the Bungalow". The author, Hank Stuever, ideally suggests that K-Mart stores across the nation are historic in their own unique way. These stores that so many people used to shop at are being pushed to the side by stores such as Wall Mart and Target, essentially putting K-Mart out of business. Although this essay was not as intriguing as The Monument and the Bungalow the overall message was noticeable. In fact Pierce himself would agree that K-Mart is a part of history that shows some of our culture as citizens of this nation. The now empty parking lots of K-Mart stores will remain empty with nothing but the cracks in the cement that spider across the historic area, timelessly dating how old the company is by each crack similar to the rings on a tree stump. In my small town of Sonoma there is a place similar to K-Mart where friends go to hang out. This parking lot, behind the array of stores that line one of the main roads downtown, is hidden from the busy nightlife of tourists and provided a sanctuary for our friends during our high school days. We occasionally travel back there to hang out but know that our time has come to abandon our sanctuary in the event that younger students have discovered the night life in this parking lot and have taken it over. What makes this place interesting is that the local kids before me know exactly what this place is like, as do the kids before them. So as we get older and accept the fact that this place is no longer "ours" we realize that this place is a historic place for the youth of Sonoma. In essence this is one of the most popular and few hang out spots for the youth of Sonoma and it will remain this way for as long as this hidden parking lot is in existence.