Looks like Gables Shop Ctr. in fall 1972 when I was a freshman at VT ** -- Hokie1976 08/20/2021 11:38AM
Mick or Mack and A&P ** -- VT_Retiree 08/19/2021 3:23PM
People with no "active shooter" training. ** -- wwhokie1 08/19/2021 3:22PM
WAR Leggett! ** -- merlundhokie 08/19/2021 1:10PM
Gucci kroger ** -- OrangeHokieFan 08/19/2021 12:58PM
Maybe the 80s will be like radical or something. ** -- lchoro 08/19/2021 11:28AM
That would be a great building to make into a Kroger Store. ** -- santafe 08/19/2021 10:47AM
How many cars can you ID? -- EDGEMAN 08/19/2021 09:54AM
AMC, the “Winger” of car companies -- GCHokieof91 08/19/2021 1:11PM
Believe GM manufactured the engines for AMC. ** -- RJHokie 08/19/2021 1:14PM
Are you sure? We had a 1980 Jeep Cherokee -- GCHokieof91 08/19/2021 1:18PM
I’m pretty sure GM built the AMX and Javelin engines. -- RJHokie 08/19/2021 1:37PM
I loved mom and dad’s Cherokee. -- GCHokieof91 08/19/2021 1:45PM
If you’re commenting with nostalgia, you’re older than dirt. ** -- Pride_and_Joy 08/19/2021 09:49AM
If this is 1970's its almost 50 years ago -- Mercury 08/19/2021 09:01AM
That can't possibly be right - the 1970s is not 50 years ago - you lie! ** -- BigDave 08/19/2021 11:06AM
Can't anyone be generalize and not be picked to death -- Mercury 08/19/2021 2:05PM
I'm quite sure the 1970s is only 20 years ago. Maybe 30. Definitely not 50 ** -- BigDave 08/20/2021 07:03AM
Lol w/you. Math majors all. :-) ** -- seacain 08/19/2021 7:08PM
South Main ** -- banishedtothelounge 08/19/2021 08:57AM
Morning run to the ABC store, and after game steak at Bonaza ** -- Mercury 08/19/2021 08:55AM
Went on Friday to av ** -- Motor City Hokie 08/21/2021 8:05PM
Went on Friday to av ** -- Motor City Hokie 08/21/2021 8:05PM
Went on Friday to av ** -- Motor City Hokie 08/21/2021 8:05PM
Went on Friday to av ** -- Motor City Hokie 08/21/2021 8:05PM
Went on Friday to av ** -- Motor City Hokie 08/21/2021 8:05PM
Went on Friday to av ** -- Motor City Hokie 08/21/2021 8:05PM
Late 60’s, my apt (perry st) buddy literally jogged to ABC everyday ** -- ridgecreekhokie 08/20/2021 2:15PM
Bonanza became the ABC for a while ** -- UEMcGill 08/19/2021 5:36PM
Bonanza was still there in the early 80s. Remember going with classmates ** -- Burke Hokie 08/19/2021 09:28AM
I see a Toyota Celica! -- EDGEMAN 08/19/2021 08:42AM
They came out in '71, so after that. ** -- DRR72 08/19/2021 11:36AM
I don’t think it’s a GT b/c it doesn’t have -- YardBird 08/19/2021 09:37AM
Didn't have a car, too far to walk to. ** -- 1980VT 08/19/2021 08:07AM
"A Nickel Ain't worth a Dime Anymore!" - Yogi Berra ** -- jonnyhawk 08/19/2021 07:56AM
Yikes, thats way before my time. They also misspelled Belk as Leggett. ** -- TekkNerd 08/19/2021 07:45AM
The last time something cost 5 cents🤓 ** -- VPI63 08/19/2021 04:55AM
le gette - America's french fashion stop in ze 'burg. oui? ** -- HtownHokie 08/18/2021 9:39PM
The remaining days of the "station wagon" era ! ** -- FLKEYSHOKIE 08/18/2021 8:48PM
Worst car years in US history. ** -- IB4TECH 08/18/2021 8:37PM
Yes, I think I see a Pinto parked behind a Gremlin, but can’t be sure. -- VPI63 08/19/2021 05:00AM
I see a Vega in the lot. ** -- EDGEMAN 08/19/2021 08:43AM
That Vega must have had a lot of “options.”😆 ** -- VPI63 08/19/2021 1:10PM
I believe it had the "diesel" option. ** -- EDGEMAN 08/19/2021 4:40PM
Wasn't the ABC store in there? Not that I would personally know that. ** -- UsherDog2008 08/18/2021 8:24PM
It was a Ponderosa Steakhouse back in the day. ** -- HokiesChemicals 08/19/2021 1:27PM
Isn't it fitting that both Ponderosa and Bonanza are owned by -- seekoHoG 08/19/2021 3:24PM
I see above it was a Bonanza..same shoe leather steaks. ** -- HokiesChemicals 08/19/2021 1:28PM
Photo appears to be taken from roof of ABC store -- LaneRat 08/19/2021 09:45AM
There was ABC store late '70 -- HokieDelNorte 08/19/2021 10:26AM
And the Sears catalog store ** -- Vienna_Hokie 08/18/2021 9:06PM
It was and still is.....** -- RJHokie 08/18/2021 8:32PM
Did A&P grocery move into where leggettes was? -- Hokie`79 08/18/2021 10:02PM
Might have. -- RJHokie 08/19/2021 08:26AM
.good spot for a future gucci kroger ** -- squarerootofone 08/18/2021 8:16PM
It’s Gucci now. ** -- BaldHokie 08/18/2021 7:47PM
What is Gucci ** -- eokhokie 08/18/2021 8:52PM
There's my Dad's old station wagon! ** -- MDHokie79 08/18/2021 6:25PM
Where's Famous Anthony's?* ** -- VTBoar 08/18/2021 6:22PM
Across the street? ** -- RJHokie 08/18/2021 6:24PM
Isn't that Gables? ** -- bburgnative 08/18/2021 6:21PM
T. ** -- bourbonstreet 08/18/2021 6:32PM
Mid 70’s? ** -- RJHokie 08/18/2021 6:25PM
Has to be 75 or later... -- HokiesChemicals 08/19/2021 1:31PM
Earlier than that I believe ** -- bburgnative 08/18/2021 7:58PM
Sept 75 at the earliest based on -- Femoyer Hokie 08/19/2021 08:15AM
No way. I left Bburg in 1977 & that shopping center was -- bburgnative 08/19/2021 10:32AM
Sorry. I was trying to date the photo. ** -- Femoyer Hokie 08/19/2021 10:45AM
Early 70’s; gone by ‘75 ** -- Hokie`79 08/18/2021 7:51PM
Old pic with old cars ** -- hokieblitz 08/18/2021 6:13PM
Before University Mall… ** -- scoop76cs 08/18/2021 6:05PM
Nope. Before University Mall was nothing but farmland. ** -- bburgnative 08/18/2021 9:01PM