belive_in_waffles

this building is really amazing, the store front on the west side of the building was a restraunt with an awesome court yard out back. i have heard rumors of a pool hall in the past but i never saw it, inside it has a pool table and and old jukebox full of motown classics, in the center is a small family run stor the wife works there and tends to give credit to the locals who come up short now and then. (she gave me baby food and milk a few times) and on the east side used to be a record shop. the family who owns it has owned since before the wealthy st riots in the 60s, they own the house accross the street and will until they die. part of what we often forget is that wealthy is changing and although some feel its for the better, there are those that will miss the old wealthy st. its where i grew up and with all the improvements it has began to force out the people who lived there, at one time eastown and wealthy where the cheapest places to live, thats what created the environment that bred creative forces, pwoplw could afford to live there. alot of the smaller stores where homes to crazy little furnture shops, because it was cheap and large, the houses huge and drafty became three and four bed room homes that lower working class people could afford to raise there kids in. now im old and i have my 5 kids and i only wish i could afford the houses around wealthy.