The Albemarle Historical Society has a great online photography exhibit of downtown and West Main Street from 1976 [photography by John Shepherd]. See if you can pick through them and recognize what some of those businesses are now. On my way into work this morning, I found this building.
Here’s what it looks like now:
[yea I took this photo and yea I'm giving myself permission to use it]
#1 by cbob on August 13, 2009 - 1:33 pm
I wish you could still get a good old fashioned grill cooked lunch there too
#2 by Floozy on August 13, 2009 - 2:15 pm
I was in there a couple of years ago and these 2 white tshirted yobos just walked in and emptied the tip jar (very full BTW) and laffed at the 2 baristas behind the counter and sauntered out with it. Saw it with my own eyes. Middle of the day and every one just sat there and watched them walk out. I asked the staff if they wanted me to call the cops and they said not to bother and they went on making coffee.WTF?
#3 by cbob on August 13, 2009 - 4:18 pm
Good lord it’s a boring afternoon.
#4 by otterdung on August 23, 2009 - 1:48 am
this may amuse someone.
funny documentary about slacker-artist Downtown…
shot on the Mall, etc. in 1994:
http://www.vimeo.com/6218090
#5 by cbob on August 26, 2009 - 9:08 pm
I’ll watch it when I have an hour to kill. I liked seeing the mall in the 90s though. Cool to see Woolworth’s bustling.