Sadness...I saw Merle Saunders on his Rainforest tour and Phish at Mississippi Nights. It was a small venue on Laclede's Landing in St Louis. It is being torn down for a stupid casino, like St Louis needs another casino.
8. The Loop had character but now it's just another
destination for the suburbanites (I know technically University City IS a suburb but it's not suburban in the west county sense, which if you live in or around St Louis you will understand what I mean.)
Rents are too high for funky shops to last. More and more chain stores.
I remember going to the Burrito Brothers restaurant and hanging out there all day, talking politics and stuff.
called 20th Century Books and Ephemera. I spent MANY a Sunday afternoon there. I bought a first edition of Steal This Book for $10 in the early 90s from them. I was sad to see them go.
Remember the guy who had the pet bird, I think the bird's name was catfood? He ran a store across the street from 20th Century Books.
As Archie and Edith used to sing, "those were the days"
A hearty welcome to DU donco. There seems to be a regular St. Louis contingent here. Not that I'm really friends w/ anyone on-board or off (no internet for over a year; just back on in last 6-7 weeks; only moved to Belleville IL last spring).
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