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Gyrafoam...Back down memory lane: |
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Post# 1023278 , Reply# 2   2/1/2019 at 09:31 (1,909 days old) by pulltostart (Mobile, AL)   |   | |
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Some of these B&W images look familiar, although my time in the early 1970's was spent north of most of these. I worked from 1973-1975 in Buckhead for an architectural firm located on Buckhead Avenue. It was pretty fun for someone who grew up in Cobb County to drive into Buckhead to work and get out at lunch and walk the neighborhood.
There was a block of businesses at Peachtree and Roswell, where a park is now located. I think there was a greasy spoon called 'The White House' there, but can't be certain, and there was a good Italian restaurant there that had good, cheap spaghetti. Sam Flax had a store just south of East Paces Ferry and there were some "groovy" vintage clothing stores around. Morrison's had a location on the other side of Peachtree, round dining room, a favorite spot for lunch. The Sears store was on West Paces Ferry, but I never got to see it lit due to the energy crisis. Hi-Fi Buys opened their first store on Peachtree during that time. We could get to Lenox Square by way of East Paces Ferry - could even go during lunch - that was before MARTA built their tracks and severed EPF.
It was fun working there at that time. Thanks for the reminders!
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Post# 1023357 , Reply# 4   2/2/2019 at 06:55 (1,908 days old) by Frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie)   |   | |
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Post# 1023364 , Reply# 5   2/2/2019 at 09:24 (1,908 days old) by pulltostart (Mobile, AL)   |   | |
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All is well down here on the coast. Thanks for asking.
Oh Lordy, back in those days I would have never ventured into a gay bar! I only heard rumors of "those places"; was much too closeted to find out for myself. My time in Buckhead was limited to weekdays from 8 til 5 - then back north to stuffy old Cobb County.
lawrence |