Charlotte "do you remember" thread

[Matt Foley]

Do you remember....

Schaefer and the Eggman (Eggman did top five lists and the station they were on played oldies....switched to Christmas music without warning one year and they were gone)

That huge store on South and Woodlawn that sold books, magazines, music and musical instruments, and video games?

Planet Grill on East Blvd, across from that Greek chain and adjoined with Caribou Coffee? They served a mongolian buffet.

Got any others?

[Jase]

Remember when cotswold had an actual indoors mall with a food court?

Remember when Eastland was the nice mall and southpark was a small mall?

Remember when the hwy 51 corridor was all farmland?

[Happy Panther]

Circa 1991 one of the local rock radios stations became a Led Zeppelin only station for like a week. then it switched to Zeppelin, U2 and somebody else for a few days.

Can't remember which one. I was a freshman at Davidson at the time and thought it was about the coolest thing.

[CatsMeow]

Kidnappers. Saw some great bands there.

John Boy and Billy, AM DJs and Jeff Blazey Afternoon DJ at WBCY.

WGSP, the classic rock AM station that went away circa 1985.

Watching the Shrine Bowl at that old stadium down by CPCC.

"Uncle" Jim Patterson, weatherman at WBT who died in 1985.

[boo7382]

Do you remember....

Schaefer and the Eggman (Eggman did top five lists and the station they were on played oldies....switched to Christmas music without warning one year and they were gone)

That huge store on South and Woodlawn that sold books, magazines, music and musical instruments, and video games?

Planet Grill on East Blvd, across from that Greek chain and adjoined with Caribou Coffee? They served a mongolian buffet.

Got any others?

schaefer and the eggman was on magic 96.1 werent they?

Planet Grill was the poo. You could go through and pick all the stuff u wanted and then they would cook it for you right there and u could pick ur sauce mmmm i miss that place.

remember when there was midtown square instead of the target and all that stuff? and there was a movie theater over there?

remember when south park mall was the actual south park mall and not the piece of poo it is now?

remember when you could go ice skating at eastland and not have to worry about being shot?

remember when it used to be eckerds? .....o well, i still call it eckerds

remember when randolph rd. towards wendover was all baseball fields and now a lot of it is condos?

remember when hurricane hugo hit? yeah, that wasnt fun.

remember when discovery place was the place to be in elementary school and they had the rocket chair that took u up in the air? yeah, they dont have that anymore. bastards.

remember when Sole was Wads? Wads was the shiiiittt what a great place.

remember when el cancun used to have like 5 locations in charlotte? specifically the one on kings drive across from the sunshine gas station which is now part of the walkway/bunch of sculptures/a bus stop and there used to be an ABC store right there too?

[Matt Foley]

schaefer and the eggman was on magic 96.1 werent they?

Yep

Planet Grill was the poo. You could go through and pick all the stuff u wanted and then they would cook it for you right there and u could pick ur sauce mmmm i miss that place.

Me, too. The guy opened a second restaurant on the north side of town and stretched himself too thin. He had a line getting in the door every day around noon.

remember when there was midtown square instead of the target and all that stuff? and there was a movie theater over there?

Don't remember the movie theater, but I remember Midtown Square.

remember when you could go ice skating at eastland and not have to worry about being shot?

Nope. LOL

Remember when they filmed Shallow Hal in Charlotte?

[dimbee]

Remember when the dude stayed up on that billboard on Independence (I think) for something related to the Hornets?

[Happy Panther]

remember when there was no skyline?

[Matt Foley]

remember when there was no skyline?

I've been gone for almost three years, and they have like four new buildings in it.

[mush]

Remember when the Panthers were awarded the franchise and news stations had to go to Sandwich Construction Co. at University to find a bar full of people celebrating it? There were no bars downtown, well, maybe one, and nobdody was at it by 11pm opening of the news.

Remember the JFG sign downtown?

[Carolina Husker]

That huge store on South and Woodlawn that sold books, magazines, music and musical instruments, and video games?

Planet Grill on East Blvd, across from that Greek chain and adjoined with Caribou Coffee? They served a mongolian buffet.

Media Play

Yes. I made one of the worst concoctions known to man, and my dad made me eat it anyway because it cost like $18.

Remember when cotswold had an actual indoors mall with a food court?

Allstars and Spoons, bitch.

Remember when Colony Road ended at Carmel?

Remember when South Park Mall had a Woolworth's and a Hovan?

Remember Wad's before it became a 90's version of a 50's diner?

Remember Park Place Pharmacy?

Remember EC Griffith and LC Caudle Little League fields on Randolph Rd?

[Scrumtrilescent]

No. Nostalgia is for the weak, lonely, and sad.

[Towelboy]

remember upton's near eastland?

[The_Cannon]

Media Play

Yes. I made one of the worst concoctions known to man, and my dad made me eat it anyway because it cost like $18.

Allstars and Spoons, bitch.

Remember when Colony Road ended at Carmel?

Remember when South Park Mall had a Woolworth's and a Hovan?

Remember Wad's before it became a 90's version of a 50's diner?

Remember Park Place Pharmacy?

Remember EC Griffith and LC Caudle Little League fields on Randolph Rd?

Damn I used to spend my entire allowance at Media Play I used to think it was the best store known to man