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RIP The Corner Store
Posted on 6/27/13 at 12:59 pm
Posted on 6/27/13 at 12:59 pm
The Corner Store seems to have met the same sad demise of The Booth today.
Sad times in Tuscaloosa.
Nothing is sacred anymore. If The University doesn't like your business it will acquire it and demolish it.
Sad times in Tuscaloosa.
Nothing is sacred anymore. If The University doesn't like your business it will acquire it and demolish it.
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Posted on 6/27/13 at 1:00 pm to UPT
WHAT THE frick?
What about my ice?
What about my ice?
Posted on 6/27/13 at 1:01 pm to NBamaAlum
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What about my ice?
NEVER MORE.
Posted on 6/27/13 at 1:02 pm to UPT
Posted on 6/27/13 at 1:03 pm to UPT
The booth closed? When? And I thought the corner store was just closed for upgrades
Posted on 6/27/13 at 1:07 pm to Patton
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The booth closed?
The real Booth on University across from Publix was demolished in 2006.
There is an imposter downtown.
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And I thought the corner store was just closed for upgrades
Saw a picture today and it's totally torn down. I read that it will be landscaped until a suitable use can be determined.
Posted on 6/27/13 at 1:10 pm to UPT
Posted on 6/27/13 at 1:11 pm to UPT
The University has been trying to buy up property for decades, so they pounce when they can. I hate to see it go, but it doesn't surprise me anymore.
Posted on 6/27/13 at 1:12 pm to UPT
Oh ok I've heard of the old booth but it was before my time.
And frick that about the corner store.
And frick that about the corner store.
Posted on 6/27/13 at 1:12 pm to Patton
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The booth closed? When? And I thought the corner store was just closed for upgrades
It closed when I was still a student at Alabama. Sometime during the 2005-2006 school year. Now there's a new one downtown, but the original has been gone for some time.
Posted on 6/27/13 at 1:14 pm to UPT
Oh well, it was a dump anyways. Think I went in there twice while at Bama...
Price you pay to upgrade the entire campus.
Price you pay to upgrade the entire campus.
Posted on 6/27/13 at 1:20 pm to UPT
So what are freshmen with bad fake IDs supposed to do now?
Posted on 6/27/13 at 1:23 pm to GIbson05
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Oh well, it was a dump anyways. Think I went in there twice while at Bama...
Price you pay to upgrade the entire campus.
DIAF.
Posted on 6/27/13 at 1:25 pm to CapstoneGrad06
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The University has been trying to buy up property for decades, so they pounce when they can. I hate to see it go, but it doesn't surprise me anymore.
Or if they don't like your business they use Imminent Domain to acquire your property and demolish it to fit their plan.
Posted on 6/27/13 at 1:28 pm to UPT
I guess you can look at it how you want to, but I don't think it is a coincidence that Downtown has seen a revitalization since many of the bars were targeted, starting in 2003. I hated to see some of them go, but I also love that Downtown is night and day what it was when I was a freshman in 2001.
Posted on 6/27/13 at 1:33 pm to UAFanFromNOLA
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So what are freshmen with bad fake IDs supposed to do now?
Harry's is still around.
Posted on 6/27/13 at 1:34 pm to UPT
I guess Hugh had less influence than he thought. 
Posted on 6/27/13 at 1:35 pm to CapstoneGrad06
I don't know. When I lived in Tuscaloosa I never went Downtown or really wanted to go downtown because everything I needed or wanted was walking distance to the neighborhoods that surrounded campus. that was a major draw for me when I was choosing where to go to school and I know it was a major draw for a lot of my friends. Old Tuscaloosa charm is being replaced with chain businesses and American suburban sprawl and I don't really like it.
Posted on 6/27/13 at 1:37 pm to UAFanFromNOLA
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So what are freshmen with bad fake IDs supposed to do now?
Is the place at 14th and Bryant still open?
Posted on 6/27/13 at 1:37 pm to Patton
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I've heard of the old booth
There can be only one!
...but that was a lifetime ago.
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