Introduction
"It gave us somewhere to go —
It gave us something to do!" Only a small handful of
shops, certainly of no major competition to the large Central
Avenue stores. Yet it was convenient and the Seagirt Avenue Shopping
District served an immediate purpose and satisfied many needs.
A Work In Progress: Perhaps
one of the most substantial benefits of a "living" webpage
such as this is its ability to provide for an elastic forum. Unlike
a book where facts are presented and "locked in" or
finalized between a front and back cover -- this medium by its
very nature allows for, even promotes and encourages an on-going
dialogue which tends to result in a constant expansion or perhaps
even a revision of materials previously presented as historical
certainties.
Several months ago this website published what
many considered to be a valuable historical monograph or special
treatise regarding a small shopping center adjacent and convenient
to a large apartment complex which had been erected in the early
part of 1950. The report was extensive in scope and was complete
with personal reflections of several individuals who still maintain
fond remembrances of the area from the time of their own youth.
Recently, yet another image of this very place
resurfaced after being "buried" for some 85 years. This
website is proud to now include this rare and unique image into
the article prepared and published last year. Once again, your
webmaster has prevailed upon author Stevie S. Stevens to review
this additional photograph and to provide further commentary to
enhance his original entry. Reference and connection link to the
initial article are included at the end of this most recent addition.
It is hoped that you will enjoy this entire project as it currently
exists. It can only be anticipated that from somewhere and during
sometime very soon, perhaps even more valuable pictures will be
uncovered. For we never really know what tomorrow will bring;
and we are constantly learning about and reliving our community's
fabulous past.
Marty Nislick, Webmaster
