Abstract
Jim Shipman reflects on his experiences going downtown in the 1960s and 1970s. He discusses taking the rapid, attending baseball games at Municipal Stadium, shopping in department stores, exploring Cleveland Union Terminal, the Arcade, and Gene’s Fun House, and, later, going to see big-name music acts at the World Series of Rock. He sheds light on how cheap it was to enjoy a day in downtown in his youth, including buying cheap slices of pizza, patronizing stores that sold seconds of fashion-brand clothes at deep discounts, and hanging out in others just to play with the merchandise without parental or storeowner oversight.
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Interviewee
Shipman, Jim (interviewee)
Project
Cuyahoga County Fair
Date
2006
Document Type
Oral History
Duration
16 minutes
Recommended Citation
"Jim Shipman interview, 2006" (2006). Cleveland Regional Oral History Collection. Interview 914001.
https://engagedscholarship.csuohio.edu/crohc000/901
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