Showing posts with label downtown blacksburg. Show all posts
Showing posts with label downtown blacksburg. Show all posts

Sunday, May 3, 2009

Looking North

This shot is from the center of Main Street near the Post Office, looking north. In a lot of ways it looks the same today.

Friday, May 1, 2009

Another Downtown View

Someone stood in the median up the hill, perhaps near Cooks Clean Center, to get this south facing shot. The whitish portion of the building to the right is, of course, Corner Drug. This was one of at least three drugstores that existed downtown around 1970. I wish I had a nice closeup of Corner Drug ...... anyone reading this that may have such a shot please email it to me so I can include it on this Blog. Thanks.
In the front of Corner Drug, facing College Avenue, was a lunch counter that had pretty decent food. I remember going in there during summer days and getting a chocolate milkshake now and then. You could get a "Thicka" shake or a "Bigga" shake if I am remembering correctly.
Also, they had the usual sundries that a drugstore would carry and a true pharmacy in back.