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VTGREENS t1_j9qfhu7 wrote

So weird seeing cars on church st, other than morning delivery trucks and confused tourists.

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ReverendErn t1_j9qv85n wrote

What a difference between then (traffic on Church St) and now! I recall the outcry about "where are my customers going to park?" Now the volume of shoppers is soooo much greater. Not sure why other places don't catch on.

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drew13m t1_j9th6et wrote

Yeah, now mostly all of the “customers” are connecticunts and other tourists because nearly all of the stores are over priced gimmick-slingers! I mean you seriously can’t take a beat without spotting an out of stater on either side of you with an armful or two of overpriced retail merchandise! Woo hoo!

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cbospam1 t1_j9v93z2 wrote

Yeah out of staters spending money here is bad because…?

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drew13m t1_j9wyndl wrote

The difference between your POV and mine might be that you think things like “money” and “spending it” are things that contribute to the greater good

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Otto-Korrect t1_j9qddjh wrote

I was 18 years old then, and did hang out in that area a bit. Still, the cars look so old compared to what I'm used to now.

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mojitz t1_j9r4gqa wrote

People seemed to really like driving old cars back in the day, huh? Saw some black and white photos and those guys were driving, like, crazy old cars that you rarely ever see today. If that trend keeps up, then maybe some day a few decades from now we'll even be driving the cars of the future! Really makes you think...

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mountainofclay t1_j9reajw wrote

I remember a guy who had an old Cadillac that had a VW beetle kind of morfed on to the back of it. I even remember his license plate. JMAN. Ha!

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TheShandyMan t1_j9qjuhv wrote

The orange car looks like a Yugo to me but the tail-lights don't seem to match. Been so long since I've seen one in person.

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Otto-Korrect t1_j9qkb0h wrote

My first thought was an old Datsun. Remember those? I'll see if I can find a pic for comparison online.

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TheShandyMan t1_j9qlfm2 wrote

That's more likely or an old Civic hatchback (though again I think the tail-lights are wrong for that).

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Otto-Korrect t1_j9qmjyg wrote

Definitely the 79 fiesta. I found on on google that's a perfect match, right down to the color.

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TheShandyMan t1_j9qrtqp wrote

> 79 fiesta

Haha yup, third picture was the orange one.

And (old) people say cars today all look alike.

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waitsfieldjon t1_j9qtf50 wrote

From right to left you have a Fiesta, Subaru, Datsun 210 (maybe), Chevette, Cadillac, and a big Ford Wagon the best I can tell.

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mountainofclay t1_j9rdx4y wrote

I remember this. Kids would just cruise around the block endlessly till late at night. Woolworths was a dive coffee counter. Ben & Jerry’s ice cream didn’t exist and Gordon Paquette had just lost the mayoral election to Liberty Union candidate Bernie Sanders. Oh, and the pit hadn’t been dug out for the Underground Mall.

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joeconn4 t1_j9rs5eb wrote

B&J barely existed. Started in 1978. Still on College/St Paul at this point.

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rosiesmam t1_j9qpzmu wrote

I lived just around the corner on North Winooski…. I earned $2.73 per hour and was able to put myself through nursing school at UVM…. I remember when they started tearing up Church St. to create the pedestrian zones….

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Swolltaire t1_j9rm7oh wrote

I'm so used to seeing 'urbanhell' pictures of historic downtowns being demolished for roads/freeways, etc. It's refreshing to see movement occur the other way around!

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daveashaw t1_j9qqbay wrote

Looking for my 1971 VW 411 that was my ride then. The following year they started bricking the thing over and turned it into a pedestrian mall. One of the mason tenders hooked up with one of my housemates. That's all I've got.

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friedmpa t1_j9qm4r5 wrote

If you have more of these, my mother loves seeing pics from her youth, would love more

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Generic_Commenter-X t1_j9qp9og wrote

Back when cars could freely roam the broad and concrete plains of Church Street! Pity the poor stores whose business suffered when automobiles were banned from their storefronts! Nay! Let this be an example to all cities who would pick the pedestrian over the automobile and Socialism over Capitalism!

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OkQuestion80 t1_j9qse8t wrote

I lived on the second floor of the white building the following year!!!!

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sound_of_apocalypto t1_j9rf5mc wrote

Awesome to see a Ford Fiesta in the wild.

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AnotherPint t1_j9tf7dw wrote

They were great cars imported from Europe and very popular. Ford introduced it in a huge rush to replace the Pinto after the exploding-Pinto scandal killed that nameplate, and the new US-spec Escort wasn’t ready yet. Then when they launched the Escort they pulled the plug on the Fiesta. The Escort was a worse car in every way.

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sound_of_apocalypto t1_j9thyyw wrote

I owned a series of 4 Fiestas. The cheapest one I got for $175, the most expensive one was $400. My parents had an Escort which was a problematic car.

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Thesaturdayking t1_j9r52c7 wrote

Just before the Church Street marketplace was put in.

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