When I was attending Marshall in the 1970s I stayed with a lady on third avenue whose name was Mrs. E. E. Meadows. She would often talk about the bad flood of 1937. Her house was across the street from the Science Building at Marshall. When I was in Huntington Hal Greer Boulevard was called 16th Street.
Thanks for the tour. I was born and raised in Huntington. It was nice to see the changes made over the years. There used to be a brick manufacturing facility on what is now Hal Greer Blvd that turned out fantastic quantities of bricks made from the local clay. That's why you see so many brick houses and buildings as well as brick paved streets in the older parts of town.
When I attended Marshall University in the 1970s Hal Greer Blvd was called 16th Street. There was a bar I frequented on fourth avenue called the University Lounge or UL. There was a small hotel beside it. I recall attending a performance of jazz musician Maynard Ferguson at the Keith Albee Theatre on fourth avenue.
I was born in Huntington in 1941. Dad worked for the Huntington Dispatch newspaper, as did my grandfather. My grandma worked at Jim's Restaurant, I saw it as you drove past it. I remember life there as peaceful and nice. We left in 1951, moved to Columbus Ohio. I have visited Huntington a couple of times since then. I am glad it is still there. We would go see the floodwall, it was a local tourist attraction. God bless you Huntington.
You drove past where Romeo's Spaghetti House used to be in the 1980s. I haven't been to Huntington since 1996, but dining out every Friday at Romeo's is a very nice childhood memory
We used Lived there in the 90s and moved there when the ex became a cop..it wasn't bad then... but I hear it really bad now ..used to live near sycamore st...nice times back then
Thanks for sharing this. Huntington doesn't look as bad as I was told. I know there are some other neighborhoods in need of TLC, but there seems to be nice areas too.
When I was attending Marshall in the 1970s I stayed with a lady on third avenue whose name was Mrs. E. E. Meadows. She would often talk about the bad flood of 1937. Her house was across the street from the Science Building at Marshall. When I was in Huntington Hal Greer Boulevard was called 16th Street.
It's good as far as you went. But you missed nearly half of the city. Thanks for the memories!
Thanks for the tour. I was born and raised in Huntington. It was nice to see the changes made over the years. There used to be a brick manufacturing facility on what is now Hal Greer Blvd that turned out fantastic quantities of bricks made from the local clay. That's why you see so many brick houses and buildings as well as brick paved streets in the older parts of town.
When I attended Marshall University in the 1970s Hal Greer Blvd was called 16th Street. There was a bar I frequented on fourth avenue called the University Lounge or UL. There was a small hotel beside it. I recall attending a performance of jazz musician Maynard Ferguson at the Keith Albee Theatre on fourth avenue.
I was born in Huntington in 1941. Dad worked for the Huntington Dispatch newspaper, as did my grandfather. My grandma worked at Jim's Restaurant, I saw it as you drove past it. I remember life there as peaceful and nice. We left in 1951, moved to Columbus Ohio. I have visited Huntington a couple of times since then. I am glad it is still there. We would go see the floodwall, it was a local tourist attraction. God bless you Huntington.
Check out Clarksburg West Virginia someday.
You drove past where Romeo's Spaghetti House used to be in the 1980s. I haven't been to Huntington since 1996, but dining out every Friday at Romeo's is a very nice childhood memory
We used Lived there in the 90s and moved there when the ex became a cop..it wasn't bad then... but I hear it really bad now ..used to live near sycamore st...nice times back then
Thanks for sharing this. Huntington doesn't look as bad as I was told. I know there are some other neighborhoods in need of TLC, but there seems to be nice areas too.
Is that a flood wall?
Think so
Yes
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