This tight snapshot from the 1960s shows how much downtown has changed.
(Photo courtesy of Christopher Maroc)
Main Street no longer supports a TV/radio/hi-fi store, camera shop, or hardware store.
And Oscar’s — which moved a few years later from its original location here, to larger quarters a few doors north — is now Rye Ridge Deli.
So where did shoppers go, years ago, for athleisure wear, fancy furniture or art?
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