At one point, Blockbuster stores were everywhere. My dad would bring us to the Blockbuster on Pulaski ave somewhere in Evergreen Park, almost every Friday and I would beg him to let me rent everything as we spent an hour so simply strolling through the aisles and picking out what we wanted. It was an communal experience but with the advent of digital streaming services like Netflix, the era of Blockbuster and renting videos is all but dead. There is only one remaining Blockbuster operating in America, and this week the Verge went to Bend, orgeon to see how this odd store operates today and what it has that Netflix does not.
