Kamille D. Whittaker
The Blueprint: The Boxcar Grocer
Although The Boxcar Grocer has closed its doors, Alison and Alphonzo Cross's shared insights about the responsibility behind being the neighborhood grocer are timeless lessons for the next time around. Consider The Boxcar Grocer, the “neighborhood corner store,” remixed. It’s a sustainable living and wellness undertaking both in concept and exhibition, purposed as a stopping point along the ongoing narrative of African Americans attempting to “return to the source.” As it hap