tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post7929450716188103187..comments2024-03-28T07:39:52.011-07:00Comments on GORILLAS DON'T BLOG: Main Street Station & Town Square, October 1961Major Pepperidgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09843598326995116014noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-6341511330077232142017-02-28T18:49:28.932-08:002017-02-28T18:49:28.932-08:00"If ignorance is bliss, then 'tis folly t..."If ignorance is bliss, then 'tis folly to be wise." I haven't noticed the shrouds covering up the lighting fixtures up on the ridge of the Main Street Depot in spite of my recent visit. Maybe I'll be happier just by never looking up there again. If I can avoid it for 30 years, or so, I should escape this vale of tears unscathed...<br /><br />And it was a Coca-Cola box hiding a half rack of the champagne of bottled beers for the long afternoon ahead, no doubt. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13819318798840978404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-49703072365226448782017-02-28T16:40:50.269-08:002017-02-28T16:40:50.269-08:00Major, I believe it obscures lighting standards fo...Major, I believe it obscures lighting standards for the various parades.Steve DeGaetanohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04947550539650692495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-61254645431780626292017-02-28T16:25:07.672-08:002017-02-28T16:25:07.672-08:00Steve DeGaetano, I have griped about the colors us...Steve DeGaetano, I have griped about the colors used on today's Main Street many times! What is the purpose of that baffling on the roof of the station? Does it obscure equipment?Major Pepperidgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09843598326995116014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-65365526300973933162017-02-28T15:05:18.193-08:002017-02-28T15:05:18.193-08:00Main Street Station is just such a perfect buildin...Main Street Station is just such a perfect building in form and function, especially if you're a fan of Victorian architecture. And I'm sorry--the original color scheme (green doors complimenting the red brick, pastel buttercup-yellow on the lower windows and dormers) is just so much more pleasing than the what the modern "imagineers" have done.<br /><br />And today, there are baffles behind the "widow's walk" on the station's roof, obliterating the wrought-iron's lacey look. Boo.<br /><br />I notice the center doors are open--something I've never seen before, especially with the Lilly Belle case in front of them nowadays. Steve DeGaetanohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04947550539650692495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-24647759941010302402017-02-28T10:13:44.358-08:002017-02-28T10:13:44.358-08:00Nanook, it was a very nice “Tiki Room” poster! Er,...Nanook, it was a very nice “Tiki Room” poster! Er, I mean, I don’t know; yeah that’s it. What poster? As for Wurlitzer, I guess what I meant is did the Main Street store ever have those jukeboxes on display, or were they too modern? Was it all pianos and organs?<br /><br />Chuck, you might be right - see my added photo of an early 1960’s Coke logo, which is the version I was thinking of. To be honest, as blurry as the blown-up image is, I’m not sure that it is Coke OR Miller. Darn it. Also, the less “smelly organ” references, the better! Unless you were talking about a nose.<br /><br />Patrick Devlin, you have just won 100 golden pazoozas for your use of the word “quoins”. Also, isn’t a stretcher bond pretty much the most common brick pattern? Imagineers would never fool us. That would be like lying, and lying is bad.Major Pepperidgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09843598326995116014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-76973967310470686592017-02-28T09:34:48.357-08:002017-02-28T09:34:48.357-08:00I think the station used brick and then limestone ...I think the station used brick and then limestone for the quoins. And it's strange that the bricks are in a stretcher bond and not Scottish bond or a seven stretcher American bond. My God, what if it's a wood and stucco building and the bricks are all a magical illusion wrought by clever Imagineers! The implications stagger the imagination...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13819318798840978404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-40507325508433274032017-02-28T05:33:07.761-08:002017-02-28T05:33:07.761-08:00Major, I'm not entirely convinced that box isn...Major, I'm not entirely convinced that box isn't sporting a <a href="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/45/Miller_Brewery_Logo.svg/1280px-Miller_Brewery_Logo.svg.png" rel="nofollow">Miller Beer logo</a>.<br /><br />Nanook, I'm sure it was the Park's experience with Catfish Cove that led to the "no Wurlitzer sales" policy. Can you imagine finding a smelly organ abandoned in a locker?Chuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01836717368846566211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-79251056580132231822017-02-28T00:46:36.700-08:002017-02-28T00:46:36.700-08:00Major-
The attraction poster thief strikes yet ag...Major-<br /><br />The attraction poster thief strikes yet again-! (I wonder which gem was removed-?) <br /><br />Sorry, Major, no direct sales of product at the Wurlitzer store- merely a showroom where guests could leave contact info.<br /><br />Thanks, Major.Nanookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07255357829181568172noreply@blogger.com