Monday, July 10, 2023

PI Update: A Stroll Down Hill Street Ten Years Ago

Let's cross this bridge one more time to beautiful Pleasure Island.....10 years ago this month!

A final view of Laffers Cantina and Comedy Warehouse shortly before they were razed. Not pictured but across the street from this view, BET Soundstage and Adventurers Club remained blocked but idle.

A we stroll down Hill Street, construction walls are everywhere. Curl by Sammy Duval store would relocate to the West Side and this building would also get demolished. The attraction Superstar Studios had occupied the building prior to Curl.

A quick look at 8TRAX. That front tan-colored section would get removed to make room for a strip of new retail stores. We're told the area immediately behind those new stores was never renovated and supposedly still looks like small section of 8TRAX caught in time. Further back, the rest of 8TRAX became part of the kitchen of Morimoto Asia.

This building that once housed Changing Attitudes, Orlando Harley-Davidson and Apricot Lane remains. A number of retail outlets occupied the renovated corner but they came and went. Current tenant Gideon's Bakehouse is immensely popular though.
Nearing the Hub, Fuego by Sosa Cigars remained operational in July. 2013.

But peeking over that left wall would show us where Motion and Rock'N'Roll Beach Club once stood. There were the first two clubs to be demolished.

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