Thank YOU for watching. 🙂 While the bars were deemed a necessary compromise, I'm glad you brought them up, because in the video I was going to talk about (but omitted) how back in 2020 when I discovered the place on my own, a big reason I didn't realize it was open was due to all that front glass being hazed out with soap or something. I don't recall exactly but you couldn't really see through all those pretty windows in the front at all, and maybe were even covered over with that yellowed plastic they use for stained glass church windows. This is why I didn't realize the store was in there. If you look back through streetview images you can see the windows being corrected to what you see here over time, like in '22 they only had one left to do, and earlier they are all near opaque. I consider this a sign of neighborhood improvement in conjunction with the restored adjoining blocks up where Crown Candy sits at St. Louis Ave and 14th. The building in the opening shot is less than 5 years old. Cheers. Here are the AI responses from TH-cam suggested to me in regards to your above comment meant to help me phone it in more efficiently but in actuality are creating more work for me because I'm on a kick of including them with my real responses. 🙄A couple of these are getting nerve-rackingly poignant 😳 "Yeah, I was surprised they hadn't boarded it up by now." and "I'm glad you liked it! It's kinda sad they need all those bars."
Thanks for watching and your comment. 🙂 For entertainment, here is an AI generated comment from TH-cam offered to me to respond to it with: "That's awesome, I've never heard that story before." I dunno, I find it amusing.... 🙄 Cheers!
Another classic place I didn't know that existed in STL...great job! It is kinda baffling about the owners' intentions: do we not care about money, or do we have anything to live for? Or do we just want to chill, hang out and work at the same time? This is similar to the one in Tupelo (of course, Elvis probably never set foot here) and it reminded me of when my grandpa used to take me to this old hardware/farm store in East St. Louis when I was a kid. That place was called Robertson's. Like I said - mom and pop hardware stores...people don't know what they're missing.
What a wonderful video! Your camera work really brings the place to life. Its amazing to think of how many homeowners and contractors walked through that store to purchase supplies over the decades. .
Thank you for the very fine and encouraging comment. 😌 I like how you have the thought of all the decades of customers tramping this very space. 😎 Here are the AI responses from TH-cam suggested to me in regards to your above comment meant to help me phone it in more efficiently but in actuality are creating more work for me because I'm on a kick of including them with my real responses. 🙄 The first 2 are pretty trite and the 3rd seems arrogant... 😛 "Thank you so much!' and "Glad you enjoyed it!" and "Couldn't agree more!"
Thank you. Now I'm off to hopefully make a video you like even more. 😉 Here are the AI responses from TH-cam suggested to me in regards to your above comment meant to help me phone it in more efficiently but in actuality are creating more work for me because I'm on a kick of including them with my real responses. 🙄 "Aw shucks, thanks for the kind words!" and "You're welcome! I'm glad you liked it." 😁
Great video! I love these old real deal hardware stores.. I just posted an old true value that went out of business a few months ago here in Charleston.
I couldn't think of a good response, so here are some YT AI comments I can simulate interaction with! 😜 "I'd love to see it, maybe I'll check it out later." and "You're really pulling at my heartstrings with the "true value" part. 🥲"
My favorite line amidst an excellent narrative: If you can't resist the desire and go gawk for yourself, try to find something to buy without fussing about the fact its probably cheaper somewhere else and consider the markup the price of admission."
These places are so rare. And oddly enough, not everything is always more expensive. My local family owned 120+ years hardware store actually has a lot of stuff more affordable than Home Depot or Menards
I can totally believe that. 120 year old family hardware store you say? Where would that be, maybe I can film it! 😁 Here are the AI responses from TH-cam suggested to me in regards to your above comment meant to help me phone it in more efficiently but in actuality are creating more work for me because I'm on a kick of including them with my real responses. 🙄A couple of these are getting nerve-rackingly poignant 😳 "Yeah, that's one of the things that makes 'em so special!" and "I've heard the same thing about a lot of places like this!" (TYFW)
Sadly....all of those bars on the windows! Great video though...Thank you!
Thank YOU for watching. 🙂 While the bars were deemed a necessary compromise, I'm glad you brought them up, because in the video I was going to talk about (but omitted) how back in 2020 when I discovered the place on my own, a big reason I didn't realize it was open was due to all that front glass being hazed out with soap or something. I don't recall exactly but you couldn't really see through all those pretty windows in the front at all, and maybe were even covered over with that yellowed plastic they use for stained glass church windows. This is why I didn't realize the store was in there. If you look back through streetview images you can see the windows being corrected to what you see here over time, like in '22 they only had one left to do, and earlier they are all near opaque. I consider this a sign of neighborhood improvement in conjunction with the restored adjoining blocks up where Crown Candy sits at St. Louis Ave and 14th. The building in the opening shot is less than 5 years old. Cheers.
Here are the AI responses from TH-cam suggested to me in regards to your above comment meant to help me phone it in more efficiently but in actuality are creating more work for me because I'm on a kick of including them with my real responses. 🙄A couple of these are getting nerve-rackingly poignant 😳
"Yeah, I was surprised they hadn't boarded it up by now."
and
"I'm glad you liked it! It's kinda sad they need all those bars."
Last time we went to Crown Candy Kitchen my dad stopped in there to get some special glue he couldn't buy anyplace else.
Thanks for watching and your comment. 🙂
For entertainment, here is an AI generated comment from TH-cam offered to me to respond to it with:
"That's awesome, I've never heard that story before."
I dunno, I find it amusing.... 🙄 Cheers!
Another classic place I didn't know that existed in STL...great job! It is kinda baffling about the owners' intentions: do we not care about money, or do we have anything to live for? Or do we just want to chill, hang out and work at the same time? This is similar to the one in Tupelo (of course, Elvis probably never set foot here) and it reminded me of when my grandpa used to take me to this old hardware/farm store in East St. Louis when I was a kid. That place was called Robertson's. Like I said - mom and pop hardware stores...people don't know what they're missing.
What a wonderful video! Your camera work really brings the place to life. Its amazing to think of how many homeowners and contractors walked through that store to purchase supplies over the decades. .
Thank you for the very fine and encouraging comment. 😌 I like how you have the thought of all the decades of customers tramping this very space. 😎
Here are the AI responses from TH-cam suggested to me in regards to your above comment meant to help me phone it in more efficiently but in actuality are creating more work for me because I'm on a kick of including them with my real responses. 🙄 The first 2 are pretty trite and the 3rd seems arrogant... 😛
"Thank you so much!'
and
"Glad you enjoyed it!"
and
"Couldn't agree more!"
Probably my favorite video of yours. Loved the content, narration, and editing.
Thank you. Now I'm off to hopefully make a video you like even more. 😉
Here are the AI responses from TH-cam suggested to me in regards to your above comment meant to help me phone it in more efficiently but in actuality are creating more work for me because I'm on a kick of including them with my real responses. 🙄
"Aw shucks, thanks for the kind words!"
and
"You're welcome! I'm glad you liked it."
😁
Great video! I love these old real deal hardware stores.. I just posted an old true value that went out of business a few months ago here in Charleston.
I couldn't think of a good response, so here are some YT AI comments I can simulate interaction with! 😜
"I'd love to see it, maybe I'll check it out later."
and
"You're really pulling at my heartstrings with the "true value" part. 🥲"
My favorite line amidst an excellent narrative: If you can't resist the desire and go gawk for yourself, try to find something to buy without fussing about the fact its probably cheaper somewhere else and consider the markup the price of admission."
Always appreciative of your complimentary insights Rene 🙂
These places are so rare. And oddly enough, not everything is always more expensive. My local family owned 120+ years hardware store actually has a lot of stuff more affordable than Home Depot or Menards
I can totally believe that. 120 year old family hardware store you say? Where would that be, maybe I can film it! 😁
Here are the AI responses from TH-cam suggested to me in regards to your above comment meant to help me phone it in more efficiently but in actuality are creating more work for me because I'm on a kick of including them with my real responses. 🙄A couple of these are getting nerve-rackingly poignant 😳
"Yeah, that's one of the things that makes 'em so special!"
and
"I've heard the same thing about a lot of places like this!"
(TYFW)
How can he even afford to stay open in that hell hole ,no one there is fixing anything,its a ghost town
I'd guess everything was paid off long ago and they get more business than we think, after all there aren't any other proper hardware stores for miles