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Adidas moved in last year, replacing the century-old Square music store Briggs & Briggs, and a Sprint telephone store is scheduled to replace neighborhood market Sage's, which closed last spring.
From 1890 until just last May, for instance, Briggs & Briggs sold music from the storefront that now houses an Adidas sports store.
Like the Adidas store that took the place of Briggs & Briggs, a national corporation will replace Sage's. A Sprint telephone store is scheduled to replace the corner grocery store after Sage moves out at the end of June.
While storeowners say the stories of Briggs & Briggs, the Bow and most recently Sage's are indicative of a worrisome trend, Robin A. Lapidus of the Harvard Square Business Association says the fears result from overreaction and negative spin.
Grafton's clientele, tending toward the upscale, seemed to make it immune to the changes that have forced many long-time, low-budget Square businesses--such as the Bow and Arrow Pub and Briggs & Briggs music--to close.