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ATTLEBORO - A city man hopes to help revive downtown's lively past with stuff from the past.

Gary Juaire, an Attleboro native, aims to open a memorabilia store in the former Claire's Casual clothing shop on South Main Street. The shop, to be known as "Blast from the Past," is scheduled to open Tuesday.

Juaire said the store will feature a "unique mix of nostalgically themed merchandise."

"Blast from the Past presents a virtual who's who of pop culture's biggest stars," he said in a news release. "The iconic images of Elvis, Marilyn Monroe, The Beatles and many others will adorn the shelves."

T-shirts, posters, metal signs, comic books, toys and games are some of the other products that will be available. Juaire said he owns a similar store in Falmouth with his brother and sister-in-law.

Success of his new store at 8 South Main St. will help downtown succeed, he said.

"Blast from the Past represents more than a theme for the store," he said. "It signifies my wish to to see a resurgence of the lively shopping mecca that was once downtown Attleboro."

Meanwhile, on Pleasant Street, a vacant sandwich shop is to become a bank.

The site of the former D'Angelo restaurant will become a branch of Rockland Trust, according to permits filed in the building inspection office.

The 2,917-square-foot structure at 490 Pleasant St. will be gutted and transformed for the banking business in the coming months.

Rockland intends to spend about $650,000 on the renovations, according to the plans it filed.

It's the second empty building on Pleasant scheduled for a new business in recent months.

The former Tarbox auto dealership is to become an auto repair shop and convenience store.