Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Green St /.", : ' x . v ' ,'vr By KAREN LEE beside L< Editor-in-Chief "They said Don Despite Green Street being driver c closed f6r four hours Mohday Theatre, night, the majority of drivers and Five Points merchants were not "IT IS inconvenienced by the closing. Points tl Barry A THE STREET was closed from diverted approximately 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. for Sumter a street dance. East-bound traffic Columbis was diverted at Sumter Street, H^cl beside the Longstreet Theatre and down on west-bound traffic was diverted at Both M r>..ll OA l t a. _# xl r* r duii oircci in ironi ui uie reugru ??.???? j building. manentlj Five Points merchants have "ie protested the permanent closing of fBK0*1 j the portion of Green Street in front JJSC stud of Russell House. The merchants. for years have contended that their businesses would be harmed by ..u detouring traffic. H1?^ 8'MM ^ Winston Drivers were approached for closing x their opinions as they stopped - but not r | I 1 '' ;>' ' ??5?: "Tfe."^' _ *3'~Sl 1 jMfijj^tt v . aHH/ffl H 1 H v '^j^ijf| - s-: ^ 1 -.v*1 1 .j..^^-' ^sapF1 A DDArnr m m m?m a "WJ . INEXPENSI' "COAT" FOR SCHO< | CAMP 7 Vests. They retain warmth most, yet allow for maximum flexibility You'll hardly know you have this vers and you won't believe how warm it will I 5 nnnH it firoat *Ar ?a anil ? ?1 ... iwi iv anu IIUIII 8U(IUi \ football games, skiing, you name itl Functional design features include no seams, two-way hand warmer pockets, insulation, tall collar and a long back. Y< shell fabrics; ripstop nylon for light weig Dacron/cotton for increased durability ar Come in and see this great "coat" t ithtt ifucan ] 11-7:30** . 040 HARDEN ST. 1OS Set. COLUMBIA, 8.C. MM reet closin mgstreet Theatre. One man said that the < should close it more," inconvenienced him, but zell Leak, an east-bound because he had not anticipat liverted at Longstreet "It slows you down only if y< not used to it. If you kno closed then you can come EASIER to get to Five ferent way. I think it shoi nis way," said student closed all the time. People loore, whose car was get used to it." from Green Street to One woman said she woi Street. "I've lived in slowed because she would h i for five years and I know go through another stopli? ker. Students slow you reach Five Points. Green Street." oore and Leak said Green OF THE FIVE establish ihould be closed per- open Monday night i 2a closed Monday night is j^l fj Sfe A 1 lately the same area that | | | g 1 1 ents have been requesting ^0 to be permanently closed. By DEBORAH JONES Gamecock Staff Writer i STUDENT and I think lid close it all the time," Columbia night club p Lane said. "The street may have been surprised /ill slow me down some, . city fire department officials nuch." strolling into their fn i- ^ watering holes Friday nigh h) According to City Fire Mi W.W. Golden, the visits to th did not constitute "raids,' The GAMECOCK Is th* St newspaper of the University of Carolina and Is published twice weel Monday and Thursday during the fa spring semesters and once week Thursday during both summer term: the ?xceptlons of tour times in Augui on University of South Carolina hoi are those of the editors and not those ^ University of South Carolina. Chan?* of addrm forms, subset' requests and other correspondence i b? sent to The Gamecock, Drawer A, Columbia, S.C., 2tm. Subscription are M per semester and S3 for the sui Third data postage paid at Colu >'J umw w :al, ( ve 3l ivvieg; where you need it ' of movement. atile garment on ? <eep you when you ? >!, around campus, sewn thru shoulder iilFri. & Sat. , prime duck down our choice of outer 30 o6pt>. - 1 OC ht and r-rimfnrt nr id water repellency. odayl rirn ^<Wi" Ugykim rino -pt i J?j x oujl u rrygeir _ MJ9-7W-7S71 1 J H a.'jiJ wmmmmmmmmnmmmKmemcaaBmmaummsa g not pr Jetour managers were contacted, only one said there was a signifi ed it. decrease in customers Mond; hi are ight. w it's Lombardi's on Green Street a dif- their business was notice; Jd be slower. would The manager of Lion's 1 Restaurant said Tuesday that lid be was very busy last night. It ave to not any slower than normal." ;ht to Groucho's manager agn saying his business was not rt affected by the street closing, ments "BUSINESS WAS slower, vhose some Monday nights just are ubs aet im "life safety inspections." He the department checked number of obstructions to atrons facilities, brightness and Iocs to see of lights over the exits and, n } come importantly, whether the nun vorite of persons in the clubs exce< t. capacity. arshall le bars FROM 150 to 200 persons ha ' but leave The Second Level at Devine Street because of o _____ crowding, said manager r udent Stoudemire. The club's capaci south 120. n'and Stoudemire said when he iy on nounced the fire departm< 1 order over the P.A. system, hell broke Ioosp " Hp sniH a(\ few moments and some ve tcock abuse from disappointed patr oithe people left peacefully. proximately 70 persons w? . an outside so they could return i the club became less crowdec Stoudemire said the < 'hoilw financial loss occurred when use, marshals ordered the bar cl down for half an hour to makt ,nm*r crowd clear out faster. mbi?, STOUDEMIRE said he tho the action unnecessary, but said, "I really can't comj Wr ir "KW? ilkRi tig it. - "PEG. beer 25*ev ftPPY HOU - -Bv U ?tested only some aren't. The dance had a lot to cant do with it because it lost us a lot of ay n students," the manager of the Stage Door, a bar and restaurant, said said. ably "It was a regular Monday night. There was not a big difference," lead said the manager of That Place, a ; "It liquor store also located in Five was Points. PDtmlmnn IT iU III A ? ' * Kiiuuiiaii IVCIIIICUI YYCSl oi me eed, Columbia Police Department said sally Green Street traffic flow was not as heavy as usual Monday night. "It but was a little lighter. People and probably knew about the closing." spected said because the club was extremely the overcrowded that night." exit Lyn Linder, owner of Almost ition Nuts, a newly established campus lore area club, said they were also Vw\r? lririt^ J iuv> vlouvu Mjf me iu<iisiicus rriuay ?ded night. He said fire marshals found "a few small things," but that they were only doing their jobs, d to In regard to the shakedown of 2011 area clubs, Linder said, "They ver- could be really nice to me, but a rom real s.o.b. to someone else." ty is "WE PASSED with flying an- colors," said Papa Ray, owner of Hit's Don's, located at 805 Harden St. "All Ray said the fire marshals told er a him Don's was the safest club they rbai had inspected that night. Ray said ons, Don's had also undergone in Ap- spection shortly after the Beverly lited Hills Supper Club fire in May. ifter CAPITOL COAL Co. and the 1. Electric Warehouse were also only inspected Friday night and both fire passed state fire code regulations, osed according to the managements. ; the Slaggard's Saloon was ordered to have the lights replaced over the back exit door. Clancy's was also light visited by the fire department, but he the management declined to )lain continent. I MT OWNER! '01 Rosewood Dr. 799-7605 STAL" ASUS" ery night m s-y