Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/10/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Yes, primarily the advent of affordable air travel. But there's more.
Up the side street ("Short Ave.") on the right of the frame one block
is a traffic light on the "new" Route 17, called the "Quickway,"
which is a divided expressway built in the '60s. The Quickway is
scheduled to become Interstate 86 in the next few years, which means
that the traffic light will have to be removed, and the pizza joint
and gas station/convenience store at that corner, which are the only
viable businesses in Parksville, will also disappear, no doubt. While
I was making the picture, the owner of Big Willie's barbecue
restaurant on the left in the picture came out to ask me what I was
up to. He'd bought his business about three years ago and was losing
his shirt. There's been talk of trying to rescue the region's economy
by bringing in Indian-owned gambling casinos -- it's a hot topic.
Gilbert
On Oct 13, 2007, at 1:26 PM, Jim Hemenway wrote:
> A look at the map shows no nearby interstate, so did the migration
> of said to New Yorkers to other, more distant tourist spots kill
> the town?