Icons of youth

[BPTactical]

You know another thread here got me thinking about icons of the past/youth that are no longer around.
It kinda put me a bit melancholy thinking about what was vs what is now.
So- what are icons of your youth/past that are no longer around? I am a CO native so I can only toss out what I remember, specifically Littleton/Englewood.

Shakeys Pizza- I recall 3 of them: Sante Fe just south of Dartmouth- Hampden and Tamarac and the one that was on Alameda just west of Sheridan.
The Organ Grinder pizza joint on Alameda and Lipan.
Drive ins- I recall the Evans @ Evans and Federal, Centennial @ Belleview and Federal, South @ Belleview and Windemere.
Centennial Racetrack.
Englewood Speedway.
The Northwoods Inn- Peanut shells on the floor!
The Denver Drumstick- they had the train that ran around the restaurant on the wall.
Living about 4 miles north of Martin Marietta- we used to hear the test burns of the rocket motors and see the glow and smoke from them.
Jimbos on South Broadway- they had a huge indoor slot car track.
Cruising on 16th St. downtown then when they shut that down West Colfax and then South Broadway.
The South Door- first "experience" with an "older" woman. She was 20.
County Line Road when it was a two lane "country" road-more fun than a roller coaster!
The original Elitches @ 38th and Tennyson.
Roxborough Park- It was desolate and secluded back then, a perfect "Lovers Lane".

[ghettodub]

I'm sure this is the kind of thread where I will think of new things all day...

I grew up in Pine, CO, so there was never anything too exciting and new up there. But the main thing I remember was when it was a small area, and 285 was only a two lane highway.

Anderson's Deli in evergreen. Used to ditch school at least once or twice a week to go get sandwiches there.

The drive-in for sure.

Cinderella City, and Funtastic Nathans.

Smoking in bars [Tooth]

Argh, I know I'll keep thinking of stuff, so I'm sure i'll edit my post

[BPTactical]

I'm sure this is the kind of thread where I will think of new things all day...

I grew up in Pine, CO,

Greens Merchantile in Buffalo Creek! Used to raid it every morning for munchies when I worked for the Forest Service.

Cinderella City as well- specifically Cinder Alley and "Bumpers Arcade"

[Graves]

I was bron and raised in Denver and I'm 28yo so not much of where I've trolled has since closed.
The old Eliches on 38th
Smoking in bars too! Although I have since quit. [Tooth]
Second Creek Raceway
Funplex
Skate City in north Denver (84th I think - was too young to give a crap about streets)
Drive in's
Boardwalk USA
Funtastic Nathan's
There was a little dive skate rink off of 88th-ish & Devonshire too.

[ghettodub]

Remember Celebrity on Broadway?

And I know it's still around, but another memory from where I grew up is the Bucksnort. We always wanted to go there for some reason. That place kinda sucks, heh

[OneGuy67]

I grew up in the Littleton area and remembers Shakey's Pizza and Godfather's Pizza. We would go once a month as a family treat. Couldn't wait for the pizza! Given quarters to play the sit down video games (PacMan and Asteroids)...great memories.

I remember hanging out at Cinderella City. All the long walkways leading all over the place. The smaller stores tucked a ways in the alleys; the leather store, the magic shop and a great little pizza place.

I remember when Colorado Blvd was a dirt road starting at County Line and Daniel's park was a wild ride down that dirt road away. I remember hanging out there drinking underage with my buddies.

I remember when the drinking age changed to 21, but they "grandfathered" us who were over 18, but under 21 and we could go to the 18 and over bars. Thirsty's comes to mind.

I also remember when County Line Road was a two lane road and was all hilly! Great fun driving fast! Like a coaster!

I remember when Southglenn Mall was new and my mom went to work there at Sears. I remember Tuffskin jeans she made me wear and Underoos and Grranimals. I remember when Southwest Plaza was THE newest and greatest mall in Denver.

Thanks Robert....now I'm wandering down memory lane.

[Lex_Luthor]

I was bron and raised in Denver and I'm 28yo so not much of where I've trolled has since closed.
The old Eliches on 38th
Smoking in bars too! Although I have since quit. [Tooth]
Second Creek Raceway
Funplex
Skate City in north Denver (84th I think - was too young to give a crap about streets)
Drive in's
Boardwalk USA
Funtastic Nathan's
There was a little dive skate rink off of 88th-ish & Devonshire too.

Roller-Rama! I actually NEVER went there! Only went to Roller Express and Skate City. The old Roller Express building was torn down and is now the Pinnacle Charter School. I went the Pinnacle when it was on Washington. I also remember the Pinnacle dollar theaters! I'm only 24, and grew up in Thornton so most of my memories consist of riding my bike in the dirt fields where Thornton Parkway now goes through, and a lot of the neighborhoods off York and Thornton Parkway were open fields. Also by the railroad tracks at Welby and Thornton Parkway was a dirt bike track that I used to jump my bmx at pretty much daily.

[Graves]

The old Villa Italia mall.
There was a stretch of runway at stapleton that I remember being able to watch the airplanes land, damn things looked like they were coming right for you!

[BPTactical]

Roller Skating- I couldn't wait for Skate City in Littleton to open. Official rink rat after that! There were Skate Cities all over: 6th and 225, Arapahoe and I-25, Bowles and Platte Canyon, 84th and Huron, 64th and Sheridan and 120th and I-25 plus the one in the Springs off of Academy I believe.
Roller City at Alameda and Harlan, Wagon Wheel off 88th and Riverdale, one little place in Brighton I can't remember the name and a little dive rink that was at Colfax and Wadsworth, I think it is a Thrift store now.
I was a hardcore roller skater- I was on Littleton Skate Cities team for speedskating for 5 or so years.
Speaking of skating- I remember learning to play hockey at Burns Ice Arena which was an outdoor rink where the old Arapahoe County Fairgrounds were, Windemere and Belleview. One of the coldest places I remember, we were very happy when South Suburban opened its rink at University and Arapahoe Road.

[BPTactical]

Remember Celebrity on Broadway?

And I know it's still around, but another memory from where I grew up is the Bucksnort. We always wanted to go there for some reason. That place kinda sucks, heh


Celebrity was on Colorado Boulevard IIRC. We used to go bowling, swimming and such under one roof.

[ghettodub]

Celebrity was on Colorado Boulevard IIRC. We used to go bowling, swimming and such under one roof.

Oops, yep, that was a mistype of mine. I was reading another post where someone typed Broadway, heh. Yeah, it was right in Glendale, and was awesome

[Irving]

Roller City and Round The Corner on West Colfax.

Also Funplex (still around but named something else) and Funtastic Nathans. When Leaps and Bounds came around, I was too old and mad about it. Old Elitches was great. I wouldn't mind if the new Elitches burned down, won't catch me or mine going to that trash dump. I used to go to Villa Itallia Mall a lot because my mom worked near by.

[ghettodub]

Roller City and Round The Corner on West Colfax.

Also Funplex (still around but named something else) and Funtastic Nathans. When Leaps and Bounds came around, I was too old and mad about it. Old Elitches was great. I wouldn't mind if the new Elitches burned down, won't catch me or mine going to that trash dump. I used to go to Villa Itallia Mall a lot because my mom worked near by.

Round the Corner was awesome. That was pretty much my favourite restaurant when I was a kid

[BigBear]

Militaty brat, I've never been in one place longer than 2 years...and I'm still considered a young guy being barely south of 30 years old. So my memories from days past:

- Atari!!
- Playing lasertag "war" with the German kids in Parmesean, Germany.
- Listening to the bagpipes and tales of ol' told by the elders on the Cliffs of Dongal in Ireland during summer weekend nights.
- Learning to field dress my first deer in the Russian winter with dad and Col. Primorvsky!! (RIP)
- Just being around friends and family without the cares of bills, student loans, etc.
- Working on the family farm during some summers with grandpa... that is probably the best memories, getting my hands dirty.
- Remembering being in different gradeschools and everyone always asking what it was like to be an American when most of my childhood was not stateside, lol

Fondest memory of childhood though: - Dad returning from his first combat tour, he gave me the worlds biggest hug and told me he loved me. Stuck with me years later.


Now I've been in CONUS over a decade and I'm ready to get out again, lol.

[Marlin]

centennial race track


In my ill spent youth, I'd climb the tree in the back yard with the binos, and watch about 3/4 of the race. At least until they put the county palace in..

[theGinsue]

Well, I'm getting into this thread a little late as many folks have hit a lot of the businesses I recall from my youth.

I grew up in Kansas City (Missouri, NOT Kansas), so I lot of what I remember that has gone by the wayside of "progress" is different than what many of you remember, except some of the national businesses. I'll try to stick to those.

As has already been mentioned, Shakey's Pizza, then as almost a replacemetn to Shakey's came Godfather's Pizza - both fantastic pizza eating experiences.

HBAR mentioned a place that I was struggling to remember the name of but absolutely LOVED - The Ground Round! Delicious food and I recall going to one near where I lived and listening to a live bluegrass band - the Grand PooBa Beaner Band
http://www.chapmanrecording.com/HistoricPhotos/GRANDPOO.jpg

How about Arthur Treachers Fish & Chips? They still exist in a few places.
http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/cityofate/arthur%20treacher%27s%20addison%20il%201976.jpg

Ah, as Marlin mentioned...climbing trees. Kids can't do that many places anymore - too great a risk the kid will get hurt and their parents will sue somebody.

Going to Lake Jakomo (again, in KC) and listening to all of the hippies play guitar and banjo and singing old folk songs (like "This Land Is Your Land, etc.) around a camp fire.

[Graves]

Remember when KFC had chicken littles? I ate the fawk out of those little b'stards. Or the original Bigfoot, the big big bucket or the big big cheese from little caesar's?

[Elhuero]

I remember old elitche's.

[Irving]

I remember seeing the Noid on those pizza commercials, and back when I thought that Little Caesar's and Blackjack pizza actually tasted good. I remember when the Bigfoot came out and Pizza Hut's The Edge.

[theGinsue]

Big Mac Attack
(Can't access images for this at work)


Avoid The Noid
http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/sportatorium/Avoid%20The%20Noid.jpg

Big Mac Attack


the California Raisins
http://www.barkermuseum.com/images/Info/36.jpg


Skelly and Fina gas stations.

TG&Y stores

[BigBear]

Yes, the California Raisins!! I always thought their grooves were fantastic, lol. You should watch their commericals in German! Hilarious!

[gnihcraes]

Villa Italia
Mom's Hill (4x4 Hill on west side of town/Greenmountain) Various other 4x4 Mud holes on the west side...
Roller City (West Alameda)
Shakeys Pizza
Cruising on Colfax.
Stapleton Airport, sit at the end of the runway off smith road and watch the jets land.

Saw "Star Trek" at the drive-inn on west Colfax.

Met my wife working at Old Elitches years ago, great job, good times there.

[theGinsue]

Hippie slang of the 70's:
Groovy
Far Out
Get Down/Boogie
Keep On truckin
To the Max
Can you dig it?
Right On
What a drag
Bear/Smokey/Local Yokel


Disco!

80's hair on women!!!!

Rocky movies at the theater when Rocky wasn't geriatric. (Rocky vs Clubber Lang in RockyIII - "I predict PAIN")

Riding ANY amusement park ride without feeling nausious afterwards.

ETA: Where's The BEEF?

[Irving]

I had a stuffed California Raisin. I think mine had a saxophone.

Also, I was too young to remember, but apparently the street I grew up on was on one end of the Colfax loop where people used to turn around.

[BigBear]

Hippie slang of the 70's:
Groovy
Far Out
Get Down/Boogie
Keep On truckin
To the Max
Can you dig it?
Right On
What a drag
Bear/Smokey/Local Yokel
Tubular
Duuude
Where's Mary Jane!

[argonstrom]

Anyone remember the Lamplighter in downtown Littleton?

[Marlin]

Mom's Hill (4x4 Hill on west side of town/Greenmountain) Various other 4x4 Mud holes on the west side...


I remember Green mountian,, For way differant reasons though..


;)

[Marlin]

Anyone remember the Lamplighter in downtown Littleton?


Yes, never was actually in it though..

[argonstrom]

They had good chow for a shady pool hall.

[waxthis]

Oh, and dont forget all those 18+ bars....[Beer]

1. After the Fox.
2. Thirstys.
3. After the gold Rush
4. Normans.
5. Mardi Gras.
6. The rush at Graystone Castle.
7. Pogos.

And Pinkies "SP?" pool halls!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Ah Pook]

My yut was spent south of the Manson/Nixon line.

Drive-ins were my first thought when I read the title.

Anybody ever had an RC cola and Moon pie?

Six Flag Over Texas before it became a generic theme park. We'd pack lunches and spend the day there.

I remember when the Dead Kennedys were still together.

Massey's when it was a hole in the wall diner across from the railroad yard. I hear it's an icon now.

Dewey Grooms Longhorn Ballroom

Dewey Grooms

Icky Twerp

George Carlin-He was a DJ at the local rock station.

Going to the stock show and seeing "normal" size cattle (pre-steroids and growth hormones).

Pates Museum of Transportation-I think this one place started my fascination with cars and all things with engines and wheels.

That's my walk down memory lane.

[OneGuy67]

Oh, and dont forget all those 18+ bars....[Beer]

1. After the Fox.
2. Thirstys.
3. After the gold Rush
4. Normans.
5. Mardi Gras.
6. The rush at Graystone Castle.
7. Pogos.

And Pinkies "SP?" pool halls!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Aaaahhh Pinkies!! With all the Playboy's on the wall in the bathroom! I miss that place...Pinky's that is, not the bathroom!

[ghettodub]

Remember when KFC had chicken littles? I ate the fawk out of those little b'stards. Or the original Bigfoot, the big big bucket or the big big cheese from little caesar's?

dude, i was talking about those yesterday at work, haha! I loved those damn things!

[TS12000]

A bit too young to be nostalgic yet I believe but I do remember being taken down to Cinderella City to do doughnuts in the middle of the night during winter and of course the drive ins down the road.

[spyder]

I remember when gas was only 98 cents a gallon... The noid, that thing cracked me up. I live in Grand Junction and I remember when this place was half the size of what it is now. 7-11's everywhere. It was ok to sleep in the rear window cubby or sprawled out on the back seat, or where ever.

[BPTactical]

Anyone remember the Lamplighter in downtown Littleton?
It "robbed" me of lunch money when we would ditch class (Heritage) and go play foosball.
Right next to Lemkes butcher shop and across the street from the Littleton Independent newspaper.

Remember when the "Melting Pot" restaurant was the Littleton Public Library? Before it was the Littleton PD station (Littleton went to that stupid white and orange paint scheme for their cars- we called them the "Popsicles").

[Marlin]

Hey, The paint scheme saved me more than once,,



From getting a ticket..... [Tooth]

[roberth]

Damn you people are OLD! [ROFL1]

I remember all this stuff. I used to eat at Shakey's on Hampden and Yosemite near Kennedy Golf course. Godfather's was good too.

I have been in all those bars posted by waxthis. Is Tulagi in Boulder still there, I know the Dark Horse is.

I remember when downtown Denver was a ghost town before the mall was built. I remember and long for Central City before the gambling set in, I had a lot of fun shooting at Dry Lake and going for burgers and beers at the Glory Hole afterward.

Is the Tap Inn still open on West Colfax? They served beer in those little glasses made from real glass.

Remember Red Barn burger joint, there was one on Colorado Boulevard across from the car dealer, IIRC.

I used to hang out in Celebrity Sports Center alot and cruised South Broadway before it was shut down. I had a 1971 Pontiac Grand Prix with a 400 back then.

[Marlin]

The Crestwood..

[Irving]

BOTH my grandparents homes were relocated to where they are now in the 50's and 70's. My grandpa was telling me how when he moved his house in the 50's, it was just some other young guy with a truck, and my grandpa rode on the roof of the house and lifted telephone lines up as the house went under. Even though they only moved it a few miles, it took two days, and they just left it parked in the middle of some bridge that used to be at 44th and Ward. They had to jack the house up on its side to get it over the sides of the bridge. My grandpa also cut down someone's mail box, then went back that night and welded it back together for him.

[BPTactical]

The Crestwood..

The one that was east of the Woodlawn shopping center on Littleton Boulevard?
OMG I have not heard that name in years
[ROFL2]

Thinking of 18+ bars...Sams on Lookout Mountain! How we survived that drive tanked on 3.2 beer.
Must had an angel on my shoulder.

[Irving]

Anyone been to The Paper Tiger?

[ghettodub]

Anyone been to The Paper Tiger?

eeew

[BPTactical]

Anyone been to The Paper Tiger?

I would never admit to it-that place was nasty when it was on Alameda!

Now Aloha Beach that was on N. Federal, about 62cnd was fun!
As was The Boogie Down, The Bare and Boogie, Shotguns hasent changed a bit over the years.


Not that I ever went to a peeler bar....

[StagLefty]

Now Aloha Beach that was on N. Federal, about 62cnd was fun!


Now we're talking memories !!! [Beer]

[Byte Stryke]

Anyone been to The Paper Tiger?


eeew


I would never admit to it-that place was nasty when it was on Alameda!

Now Aloha Beach that was on N. Federal, about 62cnd was fun!
As was The Boogie Down, The Bare and Boogie, Shotguns hasent changed a bit over the years.


Not that I ever went to a peeler bar....

The Landing Strip, Commerce City

I WIN THE GROSS AWARD!


[WooHoo]

[ghettodub]

yeah, that is rough I'm sure. The Bus Stop outside of Boulder was gnarly.

But I don't know much that could be Saturday's...

[Irving]

Speaking of icons of youth, I bought my daughter a grocery store cap gun today. I got the kind that uses those crappy rollcaps. They work about 70% of the time. About 10% of the time it does work, it also starts on fire.

[Marlin]

The one that was east of the Woodlawn shopping center on Littleton Boulevard?
OMG I have not heard that name in years


Give or take, about halfway between LHS and Woodlawn..


Banana splits at the Woolworths in the Woodlawn center..

Grant Jr. HS. prior to it being the district resourse center..

[JohnTRourke]

Shakey's Pizza (colfax, west of I-70)
Round Table pizza (I realize they are still around in CA, but I remember when they were here, 80th and Wadsworth)
I hated Godfather's pizza.
Shakey's lunch time buffet's (I remember skipping lunch at HS and going and breaking the bank at those places, ha)'
Organ Grinder (man that place was cool)
Ye Olde Spaghetti factory
Old Elitches (I hate new elitches, bleech)
Lakeside (yeah, I realize it's still around, but only if you are a gangbanger), how about Lakeside Mall?
Villa Italia Mall,
Crusing the 'Fax
Cub Foods
I remember before C470 was built and all the hullabaloo about building it and the traffic And as someone mentioned when County Line Road was a 2 lane road up and down, up and down.
I remember when you could go from Boulder to downtown Denver in about 30 minutes, any day, any time.
When you could buy any house you wanted in city of Boulder for about 80 grand. (late 80's for you youngsters who think housing doesn't go down)
I remember friends of my parents moving to Texas because they couldn't give their Aurora condo's away for 25 grand. (that they had paid 100,000 for, 1983-86 for your youngsters)
Zang's Brewing Company (the sportsbar at I-25 and 23rd) (and Baby's Doe's across the street)
How excited everyone was that the aquarium was opening.
When people knew why 36 was called the turnpike.
the old mousetrap (remember the torpedo truck?)
Stapleton and those crazy runways over I-70
the Rattlesnake Club (fancy ass restaurant downtown)
After the Gold Rush (6th and Sheridan)
ohhhhhhh, the tornado that hit at about 6 and Sheridan (1983 or so?)
Central City before gambling
When only one tunnel was open at Eisenhower (one is Eisenhower tunnel, one is Johnson tunnel, i forget which one opened first)
Sitting in huge long traffic jams for HOURS waiting for them to finish I-70 thru Glenwood Canyon
When the first stretch of E470 opened (I-25 to parker road)
When the Bronco's were good. M & M connection, orange crush, etc.
When the Buffalo's were good (now that is a long time ago), that crazy last minute 70 yard TD pass to beat Michigan
The Nuggets (what was that coach's name all thru the 1980's?), all they did was run, great fun games. Then when Westphal took over and destroyed the team for 15 years.This is a great thread.
Damn I feel old.

I've got winner
Remember when there used to be a ski area right up by Genesee?

[roberth]

I used to go to Zang's after work. I worked in the old Rockmont Envelope building north of there for an oil investment firm named Petro Lewis.

The Eisenhower tunnel was the first one. I remember a news story where some guy drove through it just before opening so he could say he was the first one and he got $500 on a bet too. IIRC he got in trouble for that.

[Byte Stryke]

how about watching George Bush play baseball at mile high?. george bush senior.

yeah, we were at my grandparents home the day the tornado came down sheridan. they were right next to the lake. it touched down on Sloans lake and spit water around, as i recall.

how about when the cost of living here wasnt so bad? before we were "blessed" with all the out of staters moving here, libbing up the place and driving up land, home costs and taxes. thanks


I remember the Tornado in Northglenn in (81?)

[Marlin]

ohhhhhhh, the tornado that hit at about 6 and Sheridan (1983 or so?)


The one that hit Thornton in '81.. A buddy and I were out chasing parts for his car. Drove complete around the thing and didn't know it.

[StagLefty]

I remember the Tornado in Northglenn in (81?)

hit the small strip mall on Washington where the old AA meetings were held.

[ghettodub]

Remember the one that hit Broadway and Evans?

[OneGuy67]

What about all the bars and nightclubs that were at the old Tivoli brewery at Auraria before the school took it over. There was a movie theater, a pretty kickin' nightclub and that bar that you would get baskets of peanuts and eat peanuts, drink beer and watch football at.

"The Nuggets (what was that coach's name all thru the 1980's?), all they did was run, great fun games. Then when Westphal took over and destroyed the team for 15 years." ~ Doug Moe

[ghettodub]

What about all the bars and nightclubs that were at the old Tivoli brewery at Auraria before the school took it over. There was a movie theater, a pretty kickin' nightclub and that bar that you would get baskets of peanuts and eat peanuts, drink beer and watch football at.

"The Nuggets (what was that coach's name all thru the 1980's?), all they did was run, great fun games. Then when Westphal took over and destroyed the team for 15 years." ~ Doug Moe

I remember the Brewery from when I went to Metro, and it was still a Brewery.

I used to ditch class and drink there

[Irving]

I remember going to the movies at the Tivoli. When I went to school there, the theater was still there but mostly showed independent films. One of the restaurants eventually got a liquor license and started selling beers. I guess the bar got shut down for not paying their rent. Probably not the bar you are talking about though.

[Marlin]

Remember the one that hit Broadway and Evans?


Had a great seat for that one..

I stopped at the stop and rob right across from waterworld.. Saw it from beginning to end.

[Ah Pook]

Not so long ago...for me.

Dot's Diner on 8th & Pearl St.
Cripple Creek was a cool mountain town.
Berthoud Pass was a dirt road.
When you could go to Moab and not be mobbed by tourons.
There were no cell phones.
Trail Dust Steak House

[theGinsue]

Not that I ever went to a peeler bar....

What's a "peeler bar"? Is it a fancy name for a strip joint?


Cripple Creek was a cool mountain town.
Trail Dust Steak House

I miss the old Cripple Creek when the place still had that old west style charm - before the damned casinos came in.

As far as Trail Dust, the wife and I went there a couple of years ago. The one just off of I-25 on the south side of Denver. Are they closed now? I looked them up and the only location that I could find is in Arlington, TX (same exterior and interior decor).

[OneGuy67]

I remember the Brewery from when I went to Metro, and it was still a Brewery.

I used to ditch class and drink there

They had just blocked the roads there at the school went I was there so you didn't have to skirt across active streets and keep from being hit to get to one building to the next when I was there. Allegedly, that was where they got the name of "Roadrunners" for the mascot. There was a small bar downstairs at the student union and I used to go there and have a beer and study or wait for the next class. Can you imagine a bar on campus at any other college?

[OneGuy67]

As far as Trail Dust, the wife and I went there a couple of years ago. The one just off of I-25 on the south side of Denver. Are they closed now? I looked them up and the only location that I could find is in Arlington, TX (same exterior and interior decor).


Yeah, they closed. It is a nightclub now, with live music.

[theGinsue]

The wife's not going to be happy to hear that, that's where we got our meat on (huh?).

Looks like I've now got an excuse to take her to that Texas de Brazil place that someone hear said gave them "meat sweats".

[Graves]

The wife's not going to be happy to hear that, that's where we got our meat on (huh?).

Looks like I've now got an excuse to take her to that Texas de Brazil place that someone hear said gave them "meat sweats".

Highly recommend!! Sign up for their email list, they'll give you a free meal on your birthday which is a savings of $50 or so.

[BPTactical]

Banana splits at the Woolworths in the Woodlawn center..
Grant Jr. HS. prior to it being the district resourse center..
I used to spend more time at the hobby shop.
Goddard Jr High here.

What's a "peeler bar"? Is it a fancy name for a strip joint?

No, but a more refined one...[Muaha]



Shakey's Pizza (colfax, west of I-70)
Round Table pizza (I realize they are still around in CA, but I remember when they were here, 80th and Wadsworth)
I hated Godfather's pizza.
Shakey's lunch time buffet's (I remember skipping lunch at HS and going and breaking the bank at those places, ha)'
Organ Grinder (man that place was cool)
Ye Olde Spaghetti factory
Old Elitches (I hate new elitches, bleech)
Lakeside (yeah, I realize it's still around, but only if you are a gangbanger), how about Lakeside Mall?
Villa Italia Mall,
Crusing the 'Fax
Cub Foods
I remember before C470 was built and all the hullabaloo about building it and the traffic And as someone mentioned when County Line Road was a 2 lane road up and down, up and down.
I remember when you could go from Boulder to downtown Denver in about 30 minutes, any day, any time.
When you could buy any house you wanted in city of Boulder for about 80 grand. (late 80's for you youngsters who think housing doesn't go down)
I remember friends of my parents moving to Texas because they couldn't give their Aurora condo's away for 25 grand. (that they had paid 100,000 for, 1983-86 for your youngsters)
Zang's Brewing Company (the sportsbar at I-25 and 23rd) (and Baby's Doe's across the street)
How excited everyone was that the aquarium was opening.
When people knew why 36 was called the turnpike.
the old mousetrap (remember the torpedo truck?)
Stapleton and those crazy runways over I-70
the Rattlesnake Club (fancy ass restaurant downtown)
After the Gold Rush (6th and Sheridan)
ohhhhhhh, the tornado that hit at about 6 and Sheridan (1983 or so?)
Central City before gambling
When only one tunnel was open at Eisenhower (one is Eisenhower tunnel, one is Johnson tunnel, i forget which one opened first)
Sitting in huge long traffic jams for HOURS waiting for them to finish I-70 thru Glenwood Canyon
When the first stretch of E470 opened (I-25 to parker road)
When the Bronco's were good. M & M connection, orange crush, etc.
When the Buffalo's were good (now that is a long time ago), that crazy last minute 70 yard TD pass to beat Michigan
The Nuggets (what was that coach's name all thru the 1980's?), all they did was run, great fun games. Then when Westphal took over and destroyed the team for 15 years.This is a great thread.
Damn I feel old.

I've got winner
Remember when there used to be a ski area right up by Genesee?

Yup-pretty much remember each!
Ditto on the old.[Mad]



how about watching George Bush play baseball with the Bears at mile high?. george bush senior


When they dedicated Chatfield Dam it was either Agnew or Nixon that came out for it. It was a field trip in elementary school.

[Ryan_Th3_K1d]

[LIST]
Lakeside (yeah, I realize it's still around, but only if you are a gangbanger), how about Lakeside Mall?


haha, I may not be that old but I remember lakeside mall...we know the person that managed it after it was bought from GE. And we got to play paintball in it [UZI][UZI]

[argonstrom]

It "robbed" me of lunch money when we would ditch class (Heritage) and go play foosball.
Right next to Lemkes butcher shop and across the street from the Littleton Independent newspaper.

Remember when the "Melting Pot" restaurant was the Littleton Public Library? Before it was the Littleton PD station (Littleton went to that stupid white and orange paint scheme for their cars- we called them the "Popsicles").

Nice!

I wonder how many times our paths crossed. I went to Heritage for three years before moving.


Hey, The paint scheme saved me more than once,,



From getting a ticket..... [Tooth]

Same here! Ditto on wondering how many times our paths crossed.


Damn you people are OLD! [ROFL1]

:( Tell me about it. I get to go to the Doc tomorrow for my first "wellness check" in years (maybe decades). [Smart]


The Crestwood..

Seems everyone I knew worked there at some point. I did manage to last a week and a half at the Northwoods Inn... [ROFL1]


Remember the one that hit Broadway and Evans?

That was a mess! That was a clock shop, wasn't it?

[steveopia]

And Pinkies "SP?" pool halls!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I didn't know Pinkies was a chain!?! I grew up in Tempe, AZ and there was one there. I loved that place. The guy who ran that place had a GREAT eye when it came to hiring. Brings back some good memories.

You guys probably won't know what the hell I'm talking about but here it goes.

- Lucky's grocery store
- SuperX drug store
- Yellow Front stores
- Photon laser tag
- Thrifty's ice cream
- Pagers/Beepers [LOL]

[jerrymrc]

Even though I did not grow up in Colorado I have spent a better part of my life here.

Organ grinder
shakeys,
Old Elitches
Lakeside and the speedway. Still have a program from the 50th and last year 1988.
Cinderella City
The old Mousetrap
Remember when Colorado national speedway was dirt?
Lowry AFB
Fitzsimmions
Ye Olde Spaghetti factory
Laying down at the end of the runway in the grass at Stapleton and watching the planes take off.

[Irving]

Remember back when shitty cartoons were just shitty cartoons, and not also shitty movies?

[glock21]

what about show biz, it was like chucky cheese

[Beprepared]

Didn't grow up in Colorado. In general really big movie screens , drive-ins, and dark arcades. Remember when we didn't have cell phones and the kids could actually use a phone book. No internet, just used the newspaper. Prank calling before caller ID.

[argonstrom]

what about show biz, it was like chucky cheese

But didn't suck! :)

[Troublco]

Even though I did not grow up in Colorado I have spent a better part of my life here.

Organ grinder
shakeys,
Old Elitches
Lakeside and the speedway. Still have a program from the 50th and last year 1988.
Cinderella City
The old Mousetrap
Remember when Colorado national speedway was dirt?
Lowry AFB
Fitzsimmions
Ye Olde Spaghetti factory
Laying down at the end of the runway in the grass at Stapleton and watching the planes take off.

I didn't grow up here, either, although I had family here from when I was about 8 and visited quite a bit. Went to Lowry for tech school, then moved here in '88. I remember a lot of these things, too. I worked as a mechanic for a little while at Stapleton, for Continental. My dad loved Shakey's, I remember going to them when I was little, although not here. I moved every year or two till I moved here. I remember-

Stapleton Airport tunnels on I-70
C-470 when it ended at Wadsworth
the big fight over expanding Stapleton or building DIA
the big fight over E-470
Cinderella City, Villa Italia, the old Southglenn mall, the old Buckingham mall when it actually had some stores in it!
The Broker on Havana in Aurora
Dave Cook's
Gart Bros. when the Sports Castle was worth a damn (I got a screaming deal on a Savage .300 Win Mag there, and almost got a Whitworth Mk X .375 H&H for $400, new! Wish I had...)
The airman's club on Lowry. Jeez, that sucked![LOL]
Rocky Mountain Arsenal, when it was
Rocky flats, I had friends that worked there
when Smoky Hill Road had a school, the water tanks and ONE subdivision, period.
When there was nothing up Tower road near 92nd except the racetrack and the dump.
there was nothing past Buckley on 6th but farms.

Oh, BP, Northwoods is still around. Just in a new location, down off Santa Fe south of 470. Still got peanut shells on the floor.

[roberth]

There were two bars in the Tivoli, one was a nightclub called Tijuana Yacht Club IIRC and the other was a sports bar that served really good beers in tall glasses called 'yards'.

[steveopia]

Oh, BP, Northwoods is still around. Just in a new location, down off Santa Fe south of 470. Still got peanut shells on the floor.

Is this (http://www.northwoodsinn.net/) it? Good grub?

[Irving]

I remember my dad's "go to" hardware store was always Hugh M. Woods. We always went to the one on West Colfax. I think it is a Circuit City or something now.

[Troublco]

Is this (http://www.northwoodsinn.net/) it? Good grub?

Yeah, that's it. I wouldn't say it's the best steakhouse in town (Ruth's Chris had that honor, to me. I miss them now too, dangit...) but it is really good and the atmosphere is too. They even have, and I'm not kidding here, really good cottage cheese. They have some spice mix they put in it, and it's good.

Hugh Woods was OK. I'd go to Home Club (before it was Home Base) or Builder's Square, usually. There was a really good, old time hardware store on Broadway I'd go to sometimes, too. Don't remember the name.

[Irving]

I remember Home Base and also Fred Schmidts.

There was also a large toy store before Toy's R Us came around, but I can't remember the name. Something with a Kangaroo I think. There was also KB Toys in every mall I ever went to, but they might still be around. I think I was on Blinky's Fun Club once.

[roberth]

What about May D&F? My mom like to shop there.

Remember Colorado National Bank, Rocky Mountain Bankcard (VISA/MC), and PlusSystem? I worked there for 6 years.

[Irving]

I also remember loving Idaho Springs as a kid. Then I got a job at Beau Jo's when I was in high school and found out that it is just a world record holding trailer park where all the kids get drunk and do drugs until they are old enough to drive some where else. By then it is usually too late for them though.

[Bailey Guns]

1960s: I remember watching "Adam-12" and "Emergency", "Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color" and the "ABC Sunday Night Movie". We stayed late at school to watch the 1st moon landing in 1969. We did "duck and cover" drills in school in case them bastard red commies nuked us. Our 1st color TV was a Curtis Mathis and was about as big as a Mini Cooper. I saw my first baseball game in the Astrodome.

1970s: I routinely brought my old .30-30 to school (shop class) for one repair or another. I got yelled at by the vice principal once for leaving it leaning against my locker while I was talking to someone...he was afraid someone would steal it and told me, "If you're gonna bring that rifle to school you need to pay attention to it." "Parking" on Lookout Mtn in the mid-70s with a young lady named Julie in a 1973 Pinto wagon...a real babe-mobile. I played tennis at the West Hills Racquet Club at 6th Ave and Simms. Played in my first professional tennis tournament in 1976, I think...the United Bank Tennis Classic Qualifications. Made it to the finals in doubles and we got our asses handed to us...but we won about $175 each. That was a shitload of money. John Wayne died in 1979...I was devastated. Enlisted in the Air Force.

I can remember when gas was about .35 cents per gallon. During some of the "gas wars" it occasionally dipped down to .10 cents.

Great thread...thanks for the memories.

[Irving]

Didn't we also used to have the Jolly Rancher factory here?

[Troublco]

I remember Fred Schmid's. I bought a Fisher high end VCR at the warehouse store down on 6th back in '90.

Here's one for you - The Denver. I don't know if there was more than one, but I remember one in Aurora Mall back around '80.

And, more recently, my favorite little gun shop down here, Rob's Guns over on Parker road. Back before I had kids, I damn near kept him in business singlehandedly. I had running permission to come in and go straight behind the counter to check out whatever was interesting. There for a while, he and Dave's shared space till Dave's moved down the road a block. Now both are gone.

[Bailey Guns]

Didn't we also used to have the Jolly Rancher factory here?

Yeah...wasn't that around Ward Rd and 52nd? That hasn't been gone too long...around 2002 or 2003 is when it closed.

[argonstrom]

I remember Fred Schmid's. I bought a Fisher high end VCR at the warehouse store down on 6th back in '90.

Here's one for you - The Denver. I don't know if there was more than one, but I remember one in Aurora Mall back around '80.

And, more recently, my favorite little gun shop down here, Rob's Guns over on Parker road. Back before I had kids, I damn near kept him in business singlehandedly. I had running permission to come in and go straight behind the counter to check out whatever was interesting. There for a while, he and Dave's shared space till Dave's moved down the road a block. Now both are gone.

"Ask your neighbor about Fred Schimd!" Songs & jingles stick with me waaaay too easy... [Rant1] [ROFL1]

Rob sold my brother his first & only pistol. Dave took way too much of my money.

[jerrymrc]

Didn't we also used to have the Jolly Rancher factory here?

Yes. And they used to sponsor the #98 Midget back in the day. I remember getting bags of the stuff.

[roberth]

Didn't we also used to have the Jolly Rancher factory here?

Yes, 52nd and Ward I believe,

Jolly Rancher sponsored John Hopperstad in the MRA (Mountain Road Racing). John worked at Boulder Yamaha, I worked there after he left.

Oh I also remember cruising Colfax on my 1986 Kawasaki 1000 Ninja. HAH!

[Ah Pook]

I miss the old Cripple Creek when the place still had that old west style charm - before the damned casinos came in.

As far as Trail Dust, the wife and I went there a couple of years ago. The one just off of I-25 on the south side of Denver. Are they closed now? I looked them up and the only location that I could find is in Arlington, TX (same exterior and interior decor).
North Denver, off Sheridan. It burned down was rebuilt and was later torn down.

Tulagi's is now next to Whole Foods.

Some more;

Paladin Arms
Norm Resnik(sp) yacking on the radio.
The original Forney's museum

[Troublco]

Yeah, the original Forney's when it was in the old Denver Streetcar barn that is now REI. I remember hearing stories about the basement of that place being haunted.

[roberth]

106.7 KAZY and KILO 94 (93.9)

KBPI sucked balls back then and still does.

[gnihcraes]

I remember when Kipling Ave/Parkway/Street didn't go any further South than Alameda Ave. Nothing else really existed south of Alameda on the west side of town anyway. (Lakewood)

Federal Center was completely open, we walked through there to and from school.

Gates Rubber Factory was still in business.

[roberth]

Glendale bar called Confetti. Lowry AFB was an AFB and not a housing development.

[waxthis]

God I feel old...Stop already....[ROFL1][ROFL2][ROFL3]

[roberth]

This is fun. You guys are jogging my memory about all kinds of places that I haven't thought about for years. Thank you.

[roberth]

Bangles rock-n-roll bar next to Mile Hi Saloon in Glendale,

[DFBrews]

I am to young for most of this and grew up in the San Luis Valley but I remember driving on I 25 to Fort Collins and it was completely dark and you could see hay bales in the moonlight all the way to the city limit.

[Irving]

I asked my better half if she remembered anything Colorado used to have, and she said, "You mean like snow?"

We should be able to put Mile High on the list.
Who was that hockey team we had before the Avalanche? Weren't they called the Grizzlies or something?

[Graves]

Right next to it was Big Mac, went to a few concerts there. Yes there were the grizzlies before the Rockies were the Zephyrs. That's about all I've personally known of in my lifetime. The Grizzlies were an expansion team in the IHL while the Avs are NHL.

[Marlin]

Who was that hockey team we had before the Avalanche? Weren't they called the Grizzlies or something?


The Grizzlies were an IHL team. the NHL team were The Rockies That were the K.C. Scouts prior to 1974 if I remember right. Then they became the N.J. Devils, whom the AV's defeated for the cup in '01. The Colorado Flames were here a couple of years before the Grizzlies, as the top farm team of the Calgery Flames. And, If you go Waaay back, there was the Denver Spurs. And with the exception of the Flames, I have been to at least one game for each of them.

I even still have a Rockies Hockey cap.

[Marlin]

There was a really good, old time hardware store on Broadway I'd go to sometimes, too. Don't remember the name.


A&A Trading post. Still there.

[Marlin]

Goddard Jr High here..


Went to Goddard for 7th grade. After my transfer to Grant got approved, (4 blocks from home, as opposed to 4/5 miles.) Took me skateboard and gave Berry hill a try.

Not sure how fast I was going, or even how I managed to miss the "automatic braking system", (Rocks and pebbles.) Did manage to leave a 50 yard trail of fiberglass as I stopped near the bottom of the hill though..

[SAnd]

A&A Trading post. Still there.
It's an Ace Hardware now. It's not half as good as it used to be. Still good people though.

[JohnTRourke]

Didn't we also used to have the Jolly Rancher factory here?

yep, about 50th and ward road
You could always seem what flavor they were making that day for a long way around.
now it's a pile of rubble.
I don't buy jolly ranchers anymore, ever.

[JohnTRourke]

The Grizzlies were an IHL team. the NHL team were The Rockies That were the K.C. Scouts prior to 1974 if I remember right. Then they became the N.J. Devils, whom the AV's defeated for the cup in '01. The Colorado Flames were here a couple of years before the Grizzlies, as the top farm team of the Calgery Flames. And, If you go Waaay back, there was the Denver Spurs. And with the exception of the Flames, I have been to at least one game for each of them.

I even still have a Rockies Hockey cap.

I have a Rockies (the real rockies, not the pretend baseball team) JERSEY!!!!
now how cool is that? I used to go to those games all the time. (my friend's dad had season tickets, it's not like it was ever sold out)

Forney's museum as someone mentioned. Damn that place was cool. You could climb around on everything and really see it. remember the big boy locomotive (4-8-8-4) that was out in the yard?

[StagLefty]

I'm still missing the old Mile High Shooting Park that was on Highway 7. It was about 10 minutes from my house. Damn !! [Coffee]

[jerrymrc]

106.7 KAZY and KILO 94 (93.9)

KBPI sucked balls back then and still does.

Remember when KAZY put out there own album?

[Lex_Luthor]

I remember Northglenn mall had 2 levels and fountains in the bottom level. I used to love looking at them as a kid.

[alan0269]

PinkE's pool halls

[Irving]

I grew up at Colfax and Youngfield and remember when NONE of the commercial buildings were there. No Colorado Mills mall, no strip mall across the street, no apartments behind Denver West office park, Wide Acres Road went from Colfax to Colfax, no Toyota dealership, no NREL, etc.

[BigBear]

oh.... didn't know this was a colorado specific childhood memories thing... oops...


I got one! Remember when there WASN'T construction on I-25 through Castle rock?!... me neither....

[Troublco]

I remember Northglenn mall had 2 levels and fountains in the bottom level. I used to love looking at them as a kid.

And they had a Woolworth's and Gart Bros! I bought my unissued Swede 96 from that Woolworth's, back when they had sporting goods. Bought my 3 screw Ruger Blackhawk 357 from the Gart's there, too. Walked in and started bs'ing with the guy behind the counter. Started looking at the Ruger, he said it was a trade in, went and looked at what they had in it, and said he'd take $75. Done! They even had a nice leather Hunter holster in their bargain box that fit it perfectly for $5.

I liked the Grizzlies, and could even afford to go watch them. I didn't really think it was an upgrade when the Avs came in.

[ghettodub]

I'm gonna put my grandad as one, I miss him [Tooth]. Passed away this year, and was on TV and radio in Denver for 30 years.

http://o.mfcreative.com/f1/file04/objects/3/6/1/4361acac-adf5-4572-b5bb-ae7480a061a9-1.jpg

[BPTactical]

I'm gonna put my grandad as one, I miss him [Tooth]. Passed away this year, and was on TV and radio in Denver for 30 years.

http://o.mfcreative.com/f1/file04/objects/3/6/1/4361acac-adf5-4572-b5bb-ae7480a061a9-1.jpg

Wow-that one is straight out of the "Way Back" machine...
Star Yelland(whose son was killed at the old Elitches)- Stormy Rottman- Carl Akers
Real newsmen.
I miss them as well

[Marlin]

I'm gonna put my grandad as one, I miss him [Tooth]. Passed away this year, and was on TV and radio in Denver for 30 years.

http://o.mfcreative.com/f1/file04/objects/3/6/1/4361acac-adf5-4572-b5bb-ae7480a061a9-1.jpg


As a yoot with an intrest in history, Always thought it might be fun to be sitting in a corner While He, Stormy Rottman, and Starr Yellend put the "B" in BS... [Tooth]

[Elhuero]

Hal Kennedy on KKTV.

[JohnTRourke]

I grew up at Colfax and Youngfield and remember when NONE of the commercial buildings were there. No Colorado Mills mall, no strip mall across the street, no apartments behind Denver West office park, Wide Acres Road went from Colfax to Colfax, no Toyota dealership, no NREL, etc.

I grew up at 32nd and Simms
and lived for years (93-01?) at 8th and Urban

we in the same hood man!!!!

[Irving]

I grew up at 32nd and Simms
and lived for years (93-01?) at 8th and Urban

we in the same hood man!!!!

Yeah I was at Colfax and Youngfield from '84-'96, then just behind the Jeffco Fairgrounds from '96-'03ish.