America's Food Basket Opened: ca. 2012 Owner: Edwin Polanco Previous Tenants: Finast (early 1940s-late 1960s) > ?? > Caribbean Market (closed ca. 2009) > Shop Smart Supermarket (ca. 2009-ca. 2012) Cooperative: America's Food Basket Location: 217 Bowdoin St, Dorchester, MA Photographed: June 15, 2019 and November 13, 2021 Everything is denser and closer together in cities, of course, in part because so many people are living so close together and in part because so many people are on foot, not driving -- especially older cities in the northeast like Boston or New York. So it's not all that unusual to see multiple supermarkets very close together in urban areas, especially when they're smaller-scale stores. That's the case here near the intersection of Bowdoin Street and Geneva Avenue in Dorchester, where in just six blocks there are three supermarkets. Two of them are America's Food Baskets, and you can see the other one here . The third is a newly...