Downtown La Verne’s newest merchant has some residents concerned for its Old Town image. Smoke Shop is a retailer that offers tobacco and smoking paraphernalia in addition to the usual tobacco shop products like cigars and cigarettes.
Shiny plates, sparkling jewelry, faded pictures and polished wooden furniture are not the most noticeable objects in Generations Antiques, the local La Verne antique store on D Street.
The parking problem – subject of much grief on the University of La Verne campus – has expanded to Old Town La Verne, where shop owners are looking for ways to keep students out of their parking lots.