The pool was massive and almost toxic from the chemicals employed to keep it sanitary. Cascade Plunge Swimming Pool at Fair Park. The pool shark, arguably the most famous player to pick up a cue stick, had his own table on the Mezzanine above the lobby.Ĩ. The Downtown Hermitage Hotel was the year-round home for eight years to pool legend Minnesota Fats. It made the newspapers and has become an urban legend for it’s gross excess. As a side note, the wildest and most out of control party in the Nashville 60’s was at the Hermitage in 1968 and was an after- prom breakfast for Hillsboro High School. All the “real” hotels were downtown: Andrew Jackson, Maxwell House, Noel, Hermitage, Sam Davis and ultra cool Hyatt Regency with the revolving Polaris Restaurant on top and the Blue Max Lounge in the basement. Many theatres had drawings for cash and the prize could grow each week if unclaimed.ħ. Melrose Theatre and it’s make-out balcony, Martin Theatres at 100 Oaks with the rocking chairs seats and Belle Meade Theatre with double seats for dates to get close and personal. Green Hills & Inglewood Theaters – Party Rooms that were soundproofed and could host noisy birthday parties and crying babies. Talking Mynah birds were a novelty in the late 50’s and downtown Harveys, the Children’s Museum and Jim Reed Chevrolet all had resident birds.Ħ.

Chester’s had a mynah bird on the b asement floor which would wolf whistle at the ladies walking by. The BEST cherry cokes were at Woolworths in Green Hills and you could pop a balloon to get the price of your banana split. The original Green Hills Strip – Chester’s, Three Sisters, Family Booterie, Durys, Woolworths, Walgreens, Cross Keys restaurant & Castner Knotts. Most of the theatres carried big banners “AIR CONDITIONED” in icy blue letters.ĥ. The old movie theaters downtown: The Tennessee, Crescent, Lowes, Knickerbocker and the Paramount? The “Popeye Club” was at the Paramount Theater….also Bob Luck who played the big organ as it rose from a lower level at the front of the theater. Harvey would let the monkeys run loose in the store.Ĥ. The Monkey Bar and Carousel (operated by Max Loewenstein a survivor of Buchenwald) at downtown Harvey’s. Thick shakes and chocolate ice box pie for dessert.ģ. They served the burgers in a red plastic basket with that wax paper covering them up for a dime each. The old Krystal Restaurants on West End and on Gallatin Road with curb service. It was a truly spiritual experience and one that brought families together and reminded them of the meaning of the season.Ģ.

The Nativity Scene featured life size figures with lights that faded from white to blue to red and Christmas Carols on the sound system. Harvey’s Nativity scene at the Parthenon in Centennial Park.

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