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Your Letters: Jan. 29, 2021
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Old downtown
Memories of a bustling business district in downtown Victorville came flooding back as I read in the Jan. 22 edition of yet another fire-damaged building on Seventh Street being demolished and disappearing as if it were never there.
In the early 1970s, my husband, Jim, and I opened the first bicycle store in the valley on lower Seventh. We were surrounded by full-of-life enterprises that still bring thoughts of sunshine to mind. The Downtown Café, Jantz Jewelers, Lee s Chinese-American Restaurant, Powell s Appliances, Cotton s TV (who could forget Pinky Cotton?), Layne s Women s Apparel, Western Outdoor Hardware, Victorville Chamber of Commerce. The list is long and nostalgic. Around the corner, on D Street, was Cal s Pawn Shop. Does anyone remember seeing Neil Diamond in “The Jazz Singer” walk past there and look in the windows?
DECATUR â Chris Heacox, owner of Decaturâs Downtown Cafe, said heâs been following the various COVID-19 regulations from the start. But with just curbside delivery and no indoor dining, itâs a stretch financially â especially when other businesses continue to seat customers, in violation of rules.
âI donât think people should be doing that,â said Heacox, whose business at 217 N. Main St. would have a steady crowd on weekdays before COVID. âItâs not fair to the people who are actually following the rules. It sends the wrong message.â
Since the March stay-at-home order, counties throughout Illinois have taken separate approaches to enforcing COVID-19 restrictions, leading to a patchwork effort of subduing the virusâs communal spread.