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Nothing much to talk about. Just wanted to show two nice shots of College Avenue looking East. Note Little Doc's on the corner of College & Draper, now the home of Souvlaki's. To the right of Little Doc's is a cool store called The Water Closet, and behind all the windows upstairs is University Billiards, a favorite hangout with pool and pinball machines. If you look real close you might see that Freaky Friday is playing at the Lyric, and that the car on the left is being issued a ticket by a police officer.
I remember Aquarius Unlimited, the forerunner to New River Trading Company being upstairs adjacent to University Billiards. After they moved to 117 South Main (another story), the space became a coffee house.
ReplyDeleteThat's very cool, Rob, thanks for the info. Was Aquarius Unlimited still around in 1970? I don't remember a place by that name.
ReplyDeleteRob's memory is as I remember it between 1967 or so and 1970, and I think Aquarius was long gone by 1970.
DeleteReally enjoying your blog, as you can tell! ;) I remember my mother taking us to see Freaky Friday at the Lyric.
ReplyDeleteI love Chris Kappas. Before Souvlaki's his family had the Blue Ridge Restaurant...The Greeks and the Cellar - at the bottom of my hill where I learned to ride my scooter (and crash into parking meters). I would go in for gum or to visit Chris, Nick and his other family members. My mama, Dorothy Creasy Dowdy Traxel, served as the weekend Western Union office location and I can remember Chris coming to our house to send a telegraph.
ReplyDeleteLittle Docs sold freshly made orange ade, something you could get nowhere else in town.
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