Today I saw this sign in front of Royal White Laundry’s longtime 181 Cedar St. location.
I walked to 13 Warwick St., which is just a few steps away. This sign is in front of the business.
This is what the entrance looks like.
Royal White Laundry had been operating its tailoring and dry cleaning storefront out of 181 Cedar St., while 13 Warwick St. appeared to contain all their washers and dryer. Now everything’s been consolidated. The planned community path extension and new Maxwell’s Green (formerly MaxPak) development should provide increased visibility for the Warwick Street location.
This past weekend Royal White Cleaners, thetroubled dry cleaning business on Somerville’s Cedar Street, replaced an outdated “laundromat” sign with one for its tailoring service. You can access this part of the business through the building’s main door.
Royal White Cleaners' main door
The company’s self-service laundromat has been closed since at least August (when I moved to Cedar Street). This signage improvement might be one indication the company’s seriously trying to improve its finances. According to the Somerville Journal, Royal White Cleaners owes the city over $240,000 in unpaid taxes; as a result, the city recently seized the property.
Royal White Cleaners can only reclaim the property if it repays its debts within a year, the article states.
When I left the house at 7:15 a.m. to go to the gym, the roads were clear. When I got out of the gym at 8:30 a..m, they were covered in snow and ice. Not only that, but snow was streaming down, vehicles were moving slowly (good thing!), and pedestrians were struggling to get to work. Here’s some of what I saw:
On Elm Street in Somerville
An ambulance headed out of Davis Square (toward Elm Street)
A woman walking in the road on Willow Avenue
A vehicle being towed on Willow Avenue
A guy with an umbrella (smart idea!) on Highland Avenue
People crossing the street on Highland Avenue
Vehicles backed up on Cedar Street (right before the intersection with Highland Avenue)
Home sweet home
Talk about a lot of action for before 9 a.m., huh?
I don’t know the exact address of the property. All I can say is it’s adjacent to the Cedar Street bridge (not far from Broadway). Before there was a large parking lot, a main building, and a shed. There’s still a parking lot, but the shed’s been knocked down and half of the main building has been demolished.
I believe the main building once housed a Curves and a Coldwell Banker. Here’s are some pictures of the scene (I took them yesterday):
I’m not sure who owns the property, or if it’s recently been sold.
I was sitting in my bedroom when I started hearing lots of stomping and bells ringing. I opened my blinds and saw hordes of red- and green-clad runners headed down Cedar Street. Here are some photos I took through my window screen (yeah, I’m like that old lady who hangs out by her window waiting for something to happen):
I took a little walk around my new Somerville apartment last night.
I liked these train tracks under the bridge on Cedar Street:
I saw quite a few young people playing basketball at the corner of Cedar and Broadway streets:
I saw this Revolutionary flag at the city’s Fire Prevention Bureau:
I saw construction (seems to be happening all the time in Somerville):
I saw Lil Vinny’s Ristorante:
And then I ate there! Here’s a pic of my tomato and basil haddock with veggies and mashed potato:
The fish’s sauce was divine! I don’t exactly know what was in it (maybe some white wine?) because the menu only mentioned tomato and basil (there had to have been more). I’m so happy I have leftovers for today!
