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Originally Posted by drm310
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Downtown: Kresge; the "Malt Stop" in the old Bay building; Simpson-Sears on Hamilton St.; the Broadway, Met, Odeon and Coronet theatres; and the Plains Hotel, when it used to be respectable. I also remember a little place called Peppi's Gelato, on the NW corner of 12th Ave and Albert St. As well, for us Dungeons and Dragons geeks, a shop called Wizard's Corner II.
I could go on but I'll stop there...
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This thread has really taken off.
I had a few malts and hot dogs at that 'Malt Stop' in the old Bay.
I remember when a Sammy's pizza used to be in the location kiddie-corner from the Pasqua hospital - now a daycare I think.
When the popcorn stand used to be on Broad St., you'd see people wandering downtown with the butter soaked bags. Then they were forced to move, and had a very temporary location at the site of the construction of tower 2.
Where ToysRUs is, I think used to be an AMC car dealership - maybe I mentioned that already.
Does anyone remember the r/c car track above Krazy Kiley's? I was heavily involved in it from the mid 80's and on. The management of Kiley's even allowed us put a tandem dump truck worth of dirt up there so we could dirt race - not a good idea in retrospect. It's strange to go up there and see a big screen tv showroom
How about the La Salle hotel? Maybe on Rose, the same block as Peking House?? Could be wrong. Anyhow, it had a giant mural inside on the wall depicting European sailors approaching the shore of the new world - or something like that.
One thing I do not remember, is a taco place on Dewdney across from McDonalds. 'What a Taco'?? and this was in the 70's I'm told???