Hello All,
Apache Plaza was great in its day. I used to live across the street from it, and
would take my kids bowling there. It had a nice open two sided bowling alley
downstairs, and it was good cheap entertainment. It a nice mix of stores, and you
could wait inside in warmth for that #4 bus.
I think the turning point for the complex was when it had that tornado rip through it,
and roofs and such were blown off. Stores closed, others took a while to regain their
business, and things just lagged after that.
But yes, fond memories. My kids went indoor trick or treating there. We loved
Jolly's because we did a lot of crafts, and I still had credit at the bookstore when I
moved away.
Pamela Taylor
(Florida)
Mark Snyder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I'm sure I'm not alone among Northeasters in having fond memories of Apache
Plaza. That was where my mom took my sister and me to shop for school
clothes and other stuff pretty much all through our childhood since my mom
didn't drive and we could take the #4 straight up and over without
transferring. I remember my favorite place as a kid was the Little Professor
bookstore, which I liked even better than Jolly's, the toy store, though
that was the place to go if you were into models.
Northeasters have probably known for a while that Apache Plaza is coming
down, but a Strib story last week was the first confirmation I've seen that
the key part of the development that will replace it will be a Wal-Mart.
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