tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-700192481160437156.post-3137171527849727892007-10-20T02:03:00.001-05:002008-12-11T04:14:03.813-06:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_PkvqLs4Gu2g/RxmozY8kUzI/AAAAAAAAAlU/REqUdifBwm0/s1600-h/Howeys.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_PkvqLs4Gu2g/RxmozY8kUzI/AAAAAAAAAlU/REqUdifBwm0/s320/Howeys.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5123311651933934386" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PkvqLs4Gu2g/Rxmomo8kUyI/AAAAAAAAAlM/YQffxcOA6dI/s1600-h/howeys-1983-2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PkvqLs4Gu2g/Rxmomo8kUyI/AAAAAAAAAlM/YQffxcOA6dI/s320/howeys-1983-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5123311432890602274" border="0" /></a>Neither one of these images of 5120 Broadway show the building as it is today. The first one shows it as a single story! The second one, circa 1983, shows a tower quite different from what is seen now:<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_PkvqLs4Gu2g/RxmqkI8kU0I/AAAAAAAAAlc/0GKuGNIRIx0/s1600-h/Broadway-Winona.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_PkvqLs4Gu2g/RxmqkI8kU0I/AAAAAAAAAlc/0GKuGNIRIx0/s320/Broadway-Winona.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5123313588964184898" border="0" /></a>Today, the building houses the <a href="http://www.se-asiacenter.org">South-East Asia Center.</a> I have to admit, a small part of me wishes that the building still served as an entertainment destination. It would make a fabulous beer garden today, wouldn't it?<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/700192481160437156-313717152784972789?l=uptownhistory.compassrose.org'/></div>Green Fairyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17374925727669703513noreply@blogger.com2