Favorite hang out place when you were a kid?

[ohiosmith]

Lazarus department store in downtown Columbus.

[Phillycat]

1. South Street in Philly.

[Patiod]

16. Where do all the hippies meet?

South Street! South Street!

Mmmm...I'm dreaming of a Copa Marguerita right now (did you ever hear the rumor that Copa put "drugs" in them???!!!)

Although that wasn't my hangout, I have spent many happy hours in Pearl Arts. It's like a candy store for Arts/Crafts folks.

[Tyler Durden]

2. The Shores Madrid Theater in St. Clair Shores, Michigan.

Don't have a pic, medium sized independent movie theater. Saw The Blob, Goldfinger...spent almost every Saturday afternoon there for 7 years.

[NewWaveChick1981]

3. Rich's Dept. Store in downtown Atlanta, especially at Christmas!

:D :bounce: That was the most fun department store ever! And at Christmas, they had a monorail ride for kids called the Pink Pig. All the cool kids got to ride it, and I was one of them!!! :woohoo: I rode it repeatedly each year because it was so much fun. My best friend (still today) and I made sure we rode it over and over... :rofl:

[BarenakedLady]

4. Depends on what age

Young kid - playing in the woods

Teenager - smoking pot in the woods

[ohiosmith]

6. :

:rofl: So, it would be the woods?

[BarenakedLady]

7. Yes

But not the same woods. Geeeez :rofl:

Ok, also smoking pot on the beach :smoke:

Oddly enough, I do live in the woods...hmmmmm

[ChickMagic]

5. The stock tank near our house

It was private property, but we cobbled together a raft
and took to the high seas. It all ended when the land
owner pointed a shotgun at us and told us to "git off
his propity".

[Hangingon]

8. Carroll Shelby's sports car dealership

Shelby was associated with a sports car dealership off Greenville behind the Dr. Pepper plant. We used to ride our bikes over and look at the exotic cars until we were thrown out.

[skygazer]

9. Cap'n Bullfrog's Music in Brattleboro, Vermont

They sold records (this was the 70's), instruments, stereo equipment and there was a head shop upstairs. I made friends with the owners and spent a lot of time sitting in the office smoking dope and watching the other customers through the one way glass. Good times!

[ghostsofgiants]

10. Skate park.

[Whoa_Nelly]

11. 4th Ave. Tucson

THE Hippie Hangout!

[Lochloosa]

12. Big Dismal Sink Hole. Just outside of Tallahassee, FL

Pass some great cow pastures :hippie: on the way.

The pic does not do it justice.

Big Dismal is a large sink with 100 foot step walls that plunge staight down to the water level. You don't want to fall off the edge. The sink reaches depths to over 100 feet. There is a large cavern at 80 feet that turns into a very long cave passage. Recently an expedition has linked this passage to another sinkhole nearly 3/4 mile away. The location is closed to swimming and is now operated as a U.S. Forrestry park called Leon Sinks. You will also hear running water the entire time you're there. This is caused by water filtering down through the Limestone rock and hitting the surface layer of the sink. Visually impressive site to see even though you can't dive it.

[Haole Girl]

13. The river

It was 15 miles away, but when you're a relatively hyperactive kid that only takes 30 minutes by bicycle! :hi:

[querelle]

14. Pool Halls

I learned how to hustle pool for pocket money. Also learned how to smoke cigarettes and dope. I remember this crappy jukebox in the corner of the hall blasting Aerosmith's Walk This Way as I sunk a winner one time. The guy wanted to kill me because I was just a punk kid (13) and he was a biker. The owner finally pulled him off me and made him pay up. Yeah that was so great. Memories......

Q

[Brewman_Jax]

15. The woods

across the street. 15 acres of wooded fun to the creek, that has since been sold and converted into a subdivision. :cry:

[Patiod]

17. The Ben Franklin (5&10) or any local woods

God, we were bad at a young age. Told my mother I'd be at the local pizza joint. She said she drove by and "didn't see my bike there".

I said: "well, actually, I was sitting in the middle of a corn field, smoking marijuana" :eyes:

"Don't you be sarcastic with me young lady!"

Well, actually it was the God's honest truth, but okay.....

[tk2kewl]

18. the attic of my friends garage...

:evilgrin: where his brother hid his stash :smoke:

[bertha katzenengel]

19. riding down the Santa Ana River trail to the beach

I still get a sweeping, delicious nostalgia whenever I smell the odor of an oil refinery - I can't help it. There's one right on the beach at Newland, and I went right by it every time I rode down there. I also liked to climb down the concrete bank and touch the mussels.

I'd sit in the sand and watch the waves. If Jack's was open, I'd get some strips & salsa (what's now just called hot sauce).

It was freedom. I did it as often as I could.

[mainegreen]

20. The swamp in the woods. nt

[Broken_Hero]

21. McBrides

arcade at the mall...and Carrs Safeway...

[schmuls]

22. Railroad tracks with my younger brother on the south side of

Racine, Wisconsin (from 1958-1961)

[trackfan]

23. Eagle Rock Lanes bowling alley.

[smitty]

24. The Village Green on Carman Ave.

[MountainLaurel]

25. A cemetary in the woods

It was hidden, quiet, and one way of getting away from my brother to go read.

[Drum]

26. The woods!

[Art_from_Ark]

27. Darn, there were so many

Lakeside Pool, Lakeside Roller Rink, Russell's 5-and-10 (great place for Halloween stuff), Humphrey's Store (a tiny shop that was a great place to get candy), Warehouse Market (great trading cards and the only place in town that sold Yum-Yums), Sterling 5-and-10 (fruit-filled chocolate bars from Finland-- only 10 cents each), Boy's Club, Victory Theater (25-cent matinees).

Now all but the Lakeside Pool are defunct :cry:

[reyd reid reed]

28. Depends where we were living...

When we lived in Alabama, there was a gym on base where we used to hang out. There was a big, grassy hill right next to it with billboard on it.

When we lived in Frankfurt, it changed. Soccer field in the summer, Dairy Queen during the school year and the Officer's Club or the PX on the weekend.

When I moved here...the library at school.

:shrug:

[Initech]

29. The local Burger King

That was where a bunch of people hung out after school. Of course the sad thing is, I drive down that street now and the Burger King is the only thing still in business!

[WCGreen]

30. In cars driving around the wasteland that was suburbia...

Drinking Beer, smoking pot and acting a lot like Marty...

Gee, Marty, whadya wanna do tonight....