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Leys Century Store - Newport
Kenyon's - Wakefield
Maine's Ice Cream - Wakefield
Pierce's Turkey Farm - I think that's considered Narragansett
Bonnet Market - Bonnet Shores
geez, i thought some of those places were still there.
I used to go to the Bonnet Market all the time when I lived
"down the line". Pierce's I remember also, and Kenyon's,
I went there a number of times. At least they still have the West Kingstown location.
There was a greasy spoon joint right on the corner near Kenyon's
in Peace Dale that had good weiners. I think it was called Anton's.
I suppose it's not there anymore.
Correction on the former nightclub/hotel in Providence, it was
called the "Gemini Hotel". I worked there with an electrical crew
that stripped out all the old wiring and re-did the place around
1995. The Gemini Hotel had music shows and bands on the first floor
back in the day (my father played there), and lots of rooms.
Place was kind of notorious as a mob hangout and prostitution spot.
I see it's now just generally classified as low income housing with 57
apartments (344 Washington St) but it was originally remodeled
for battered women emergency housing.
A much smaller one of those that has been closed for quite a while
was the Peppermint Lounge.
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I'm too much of a newcomer to add much here. I will note that with the perspective of middle age, it's interesting how our perception of what's been there forever or brand new is so tied to the freeze-frame of our childhood. In my hometown, any building, bridge, or business that was there before 1975 was 'there forever' to me, and anything from 1980 to 2010 sort of gets lumped together into an undifferentiated 'new'.
Even in Boston for me, the Red Line past Harvard feels exactly the same as the rest of the line, yet the stainless steel cars still are "the new ones", even though they are from roughly the same era (mid 80s, early 90s).
I'm sure college students today feel that structures from the 1980s are ancient, while I can now see how the city's freeways and first wave of International-style skysrapers would have seemed like a radical new look to my parents.
Across from Garden City on Rt. 2: was that a Howard Johnson's ? Or the Duncan Phyfe ?
(We can add all the Howard Johnsons in RI as a matter of fact.) Loved their shaved chocolate chip ! There was one in Pawtucket that morphed into a "Ground Round".
how many Hojo's were there? One in Warwick along I-95 and one across from the former Apex (now Lowe's). One on Allen's Ave in Providence. Pawtucket along I-95 (now a Comfort Inn and Murphy's). Johnston at Route 5 and 6 (Atwood and Hartford), now a CVS.. One on North Main Street where Gregg's is now. Any others?
how many Hojo's were there? One in Warwick along I-95 and one across from the former Apex (now Lowe's). One on Allen's Ave in Providence. Pawtucket along I-95 (now a Comfort Inn and Murphy's). Johnston at Route 5 and 6 (Atwood and Hartford), now a CVS.. One on North Main Street where Gregg's is now. Any others?
There used to be one in North Kingstown where the Honey Dew Donuts just outside of Wickford used to be. This is going way back.
how many Hojo's were there? One in Warwick along I-95 and one across from the former Apex (now Lowe's). One on Allen's Ave in Providence. Pawtucket along I-95 (now a Comfort Inn and Murphy's). Johnston at Route 5 and 6 (Atwood and Hartford), now a CVS.. One on North Main Street where Gregg's is now. Any others?
Got these links, interesting info from a Google search:
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Providence Cycledrome
Providence Grays at the Messer Street Grounds (Providence)
Gorham Silver (Providence)
Hope Brewing (Providence)
The Blue Grotto (Providence)
Duckpin: Chips/Sullivans (Providence), Casino Lanes (Providence), Pine Street Lanes (Pawtucket), Darlington Lanes (Pawtucket), Hearthside Lanes (Smithfield), Garden City Bowl (Cranston-where Whole Foods is now)
Ten Pins came into Rhode Island in early 60's with the 60 lane Shipyard Bowl. Also in the area in the shipyard was Shipyard Drive-In and The Ice Bowl (skating rink).
Rhode Island is an original home of Duckpin bowling and there were numerous houses with fewer than 20 lanes.
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