Is there a seasonal treat you enjoy a lot?

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83. there used to be a Russel Stover store in Nashville

You could buy your favorites by the piece! They were incredibly fresh!

This store was located in an old shopping area which was called The Arcade. It was a glass roofed, two story thing which enclosed an old alley. It definitely had a Victorian flair. Shops lined the upper and lower levels, including a hosiery shop, a sheet music store, Jewelry shops, at least one shoe store.

Stover's was near the Planters Peanut shop; I believe they had opposite corners near a side entrance. .

In addition to the shops, there were some folks who were pretty much beggars: a black man with some sort of birth defect which made one of his hands droop from the wrist, who sat on the concrete walkway in front of a shop, and a legless small person who raced around on a wheeled board using his hands to propel himself. I never ever went to the arcade that I did not see those two men and I went there often for many many years.

It began to get seedy in the 1960s, but it was still heavily trafficked.Of COURSE it has now been gentrified as part of Nashville's upgraded downtown. https://www.nashvilledowntown.com/go/the-arcade for today's version

for a nostalgic look.