St. Patrick’s Day in Decatur: 1945

Decatur Metro | March 18, 2010 | 2:01 pm

Want to see a St. Patrick’s Parade marching down Ponce, from Clairemont towards Church Street, circa 1945?  Next Stop…Decatur’s got the goods! (courtesy of the DeKalb History Center)

Make sure to check out the streetscape…DeKalb Theatre, Woolworths, etc…

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8 Responses to “St. Patrick’s Day in Decatur: 1945”

  1. lumpintheroad says:
    March 18, 2010 at 2:09 pm

    Subtract nine years and you’ve got it.

  2. Karass says:
    March 18, 2010 at 2:13 pm

    I miss the St. Patrick’s Day Parade that the DBA used to sponsor. It was mostly just little kids and lots of green but the kiddies liked it.

  3. Maggie says:
    March 18, 2010 at 3:05 pm

    Oh how I wish we had a small theatre on the square nowadays. If I had some cash money I would open one myself.

  4. Scott says:
    March 18, 2010 at 7:20 pm

    Yes, DM, you are clearly tried.

  5. LovesDogsInDecatur says:
    March 19, 2010 at 1:39 pm

    A cinema would be so great….in my mind I see a small, intimate, old time cinema, maybe even slightly worn…a dimly lit lobby with a tiny counter for popcorn/candy and drinks in sizes that are proportional to human race… One (1) screen showing One Movie for a specific date range… a fair ticket price…and BYO Snacks/Drinks (sorry, that was an add-in of mine). A place to hide when you call in sick to work, a place to spend a rainy Sunday afternoon. The place you go to regroup after an argument with your spouse, and also where you go to make out with them to make up… Sigh.

    Instead we have the multiplex… where some families arrive together but split up to see different movies. Places where roving bands of teenagers throw up gang signs as you walk by, or call each other on their cell phones while standing just feet from each other… places where there are 24 different stadium-seat theaters. At the concession stand, everything comes in two sizes…either (a) minute or ( b) gargantuan (nothing in between) and the concession pricing is obscene…purchasing snacks for just you and a date requires a second mortgage. You may as well purge the phrase “dinner and a movie” from your vocabulary- that would bankrupt just about anyone. They should institue a “recession stand” at the dream theater, were someones mother lays out toll house cookies and milk. Multi-plexes are sooooo 90’s and in my opinion are quickly losing their lustre.

  6. Next Stop...Decatur says:
    March 19, 2010 at 6:42 pm

    UPDATE on my post.
    The Year was 1946, I did more research to find out for sure, after reading the first comment above.
    http://nextstopdecatur.com/