STREET SCENES DEPICT THE NOW'S, THE YESTERDAY'S, AND THE GREAT 'OLD' DAYS

Thursday, September 13, 2007

MANZANARES STREET








THIS SET OF PICTURES SHOW THE WHOLE BLOCK FROM THE PLAZA TO CALIFORNIA STREET IT IS REALLY RESHAPED SINCE THIS WRITER USED TO TREK THE SIDE WALK FROM THE BEGINNING (PLAZA END) WEST END AND WALK FROM THE "HILTON DRUG" EAST TO THE DOOR TO "THE MASONIC
LODGE" AND IF THE TIME WAS RIGHT INTO "PETTY'S CONFECTIONARY" FOR AT TIME WHAT WAS CALLED A '400' IT WAS CHOCOLATE MILK. NEXT DOOR WAS "STAPLETON'S DRESS SHOP. THE NEXT SHOP WAS "GRIMES' 5 & 10 CENT STORE" 6 OR 8 STEP AND THE "BARBER SHOP" WAS THERE, THE NEXT STOP WAS THE POST OFFICE.

WHEN I CAME BACK FROM THE MILITARY (1954) "PETTY'S CONFECTIONARY" HAD CLOSED AND IT BECAME THE "BLAIR LADIES APPAREL. AND LATER THE BARBER SHOP BECAME A FLOWER SHOP.

ONE CAN NOW COMPLETE A LOT AND I MEAN A LOT OF SHOPPING IN THIS BLOCK NOW. YOU CAN FIND OUT ABOUT YOUR COMPUTER PROBLEMS/NEEDS, GET YOUR EARS LOWERED (BARBER SHOP FOR YOU FOLKS FROM TINKLE TOWN), CAR, BICYCLE, TV, HOME FURNISHING, AND MUCH MORE BY JUST THIS ONE BLOCK OF SHOPPING AREA.


STAPLETON DRESS SHOP MANZANARES STREET,

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