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Monday, July 24, 1972
University Summer Kansan
Sidewalk Bazaar Success--Without the Sidewalks
By BECKY PAGE
Kansas Staff Writer
The success of Thurday's sidewalk raid was supported by the Lawrence merchants, was to some people, a surprise.
Jim Schubert, director of promotions for the Bazaar, described the turnout as excellent.
Although there is no precise method of determining just how successful the sale was, Schubert bought merchants and good results. A few had increased sales over the months of sales for last year's Bazaar.
Schubert admitted that he and other merchants had been
worried about how successful the sale would be because of the condition 'of Massachusetts Street.
"IN PAST YEARS we roped off about a two-block section of our apartment in the street," said Schubert. "This zear, merchants had to improvise and put up their displays where it was con-
More Sales, Fewer Sidewalks
Rather than hinder the success of the Bazaar the unusual conditions caused by the street work being done near sea may have triggered the Bazaar.
Wooden planks which provided walkways over torn up sidewalks and steps in the garden springboards or trampolines for the young—and the not-so-young
Free entertainment was provided by the Paul Gray Dixieland Band which roamed the downtown area during the afternoon. The band helped draw attention to festive atmospheres in the area.
THE MANY refreshment stands operated by various civic groups provided hot dog lovers
with their favorite food.
THE SIDEWALK, crumbling into the dirt street, were crowded in the street where fastest balances to their children to keep track of them in the crowds and to keep them quietly out there. We had a full of hot dogs soda pop and cookies. Meanwhile the sale shop kept mothers entertained.
AS THE hot afternoon wore on, people slipped in and out of the air conditioned stores, but mostly kids. "We were the only people entered one store to escape the heat and found a folk singer playing a guitar. They listened for a while, and no one stopped." They didn't see that they didn't buy a single thing
Sometimes it was hard to tell who was doing the buying and who was doing the selling. At one store, a man in a business suit was the customer and a man in his panama hat was the salesman.
In addition to wooden plank bouncing and hot dog eating, another popular sport among the shops was dump truck
dodging. The average shopper would stand at the edge of the sidewalk and survey the journey to reach the store, then to reach the store's side of the street. After a few minutes of making sure that the door was locked, they equipment and dump trucks, he would cautiously creep down into the dirt valley that was once the path to the store and would begin his journey.
Just when the weary shopper reached the middle of the street a man in white coat approached him. At this point, the average shopper dropped his helmet on the man's land as fast as he could. The expert dump truck dodger, however, refused to be bullied by the man. He calmly away from the truck that was about to run him down, and approached the truck with an air of superiority:
In all, the Bazar turned an ordinary day into a different and an extraordinary one, little confusing at times, but most people were pleasant and funny.
Street Band Works Without Streecet
Crowds Funnel Down Boardwalks
Text by Becky Page Staff Photos by Hank Young
Sale Prospers Despite Conditions
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