Friday, May 17, 2024

Derelict Alleys

 


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  1. When our bowling alley closed I bought 40ft of lane , it makes a great work bench. Would rather have the bowling alley.

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    1. guy I worked for grabbed the same and we carried it all over hell.

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  2. Things are worse for the Candlepin bowling fans.

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  3. Could be saved. The restoration of the one at lyndhurst took 60 years.

    https://savingplaces.org/stories/the-restoration-of-lyndhursts-historic-bowling-alley-spares-none-of-the-details

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  4. My grandfather owned two Brunswick houses in Detroit....I remember pinsetting over the summer when I was 8. Really sad to see this old place and others like it. I looked on google maps where his lanes were and it looks like a war zone..........downtown Motor City, in the Paris of the North.....

    democrats.

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  5. Back in high school (late 70's), there was a bowling alley in a tiny farming hamlet near me, couple dozen houses, even now, along the highway. Close enough for me 'n friends to have a sober night out.

    I just checked, and I'm surprised that it's still operating. Gas station/gen'l store, the auto repair joint, one of the churches, all gone. Its a bedroom community with a feedmill/farm supply now.

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  6. bowling, roller skating, playing shuffleboard, etc, was such a more wholesome time.

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