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University Daily Kansan, August 20, 1981
Video games, theatres, food fill Lawrence
By JILL M. YATES Staff Reporter
When the fast pace and pressures of school get to be unbearable, and fast food just doesn't fill the bill, Lawrence also provides quiet restaurants with relaxing atmospheres, escapes into outer space with the latest in video games, and several theatres that offer a variety of films.
LeMans Family Fun Center, 1601 W. 32rd St. features several video games and pinball machines. Bob Hall plays golf, which proximately 45 games, all of which cost
ANOTHER SOURCE of similar games is J. Watson's Amusement Center at Hillcrest Shopping Center, 935 Iowa St.
25 cents. LeMans is open weekdays from 9:30 a.m. to 1 a.m., Fridays and Saturdays 9:30 a.m. to 2 a.m., and Sundays noon to midnight.
Watson's features 22 electronic video games, including eight electronic pinball games; 18 pool tables; Rex Evans, manager, said. Watson's also serves beer, soft drinks and snacks. Evans says you must be 18 years old to enter, and identification is checked.
night Monday through Saturday and noon to midnight on Sundays.
Watson's hours are 10 a.m. to mid-
The New Yorker, 1021 Massachusetts
with an arcade its own,
with video games and
wilderness.
THERE ARE 30 to 35 games available at the New Yorker, according to Chuck Eads, manager. The New Yorker is open 10 a.m. to 11:45 p.m. Monday through Saturday, and noon to 10 p.m. on Sundays.
- Granada Theater, 1020 Massachusetts St.
Lawrence also offers eight theatres, including one drive-in. The following is a list of the theatres and their locations: Twin Taen Theaters, 31st and Iowa streets.
- Varsity Theater, 1015 Massachusetts St.
- St.
· Hillcrest Theaters, Ninth and Iowa
streets
- Sunset Drive-in Theater, RFD 1 (on west Sixth Street).
In addition to many fast food
restaurants, also has
several restaurants for dining
Nabib's, at the Hillcrest Shopping Center, 935 Iowa St. features continental European cuisines.
THE ELDRIDGE HOUSE, 7th and
The Cornucopia, 1801 Massachusetts St., caters to the more health-conscious and has an extensive salad bar. It offers a variety of natural foods.
Massachusetts streets, has specialty and traditional menu items.
Russell's East, 3400 W. 6th St., has a traditional and diverse diet.
An new restaurant at 2220 Iowa St.. All Baba, middle Eastern cuisine in an authentic atmosphere, often including belly dancers.
Most of the restaurants also include clubs or lounges where alcoholic beverages are served.
Memberships are required for patrons to be served alcoholic drinks.
Houses in Oread area distinctive
By CONNIE SCHALLAU Staff Reporter
They were originally built as single family homes for Lawrence's wealthy families. As the houses aged, the homeowners moved in and they were turned into apartments.
Many of these homes in the Oread Neighborhood are now being returned to their original state. Eighty percent of the homes on the 1000 block of Ohio State University, according to Jeff Southard, president of the Oread Neighborhood Association.
THE HOUSES IN THE Oread neighborhood, which is northwest of the KU campus, are architecturally diverse. Gothic windows, front high
porches and gingerbread siding abound.
Some of the homes are also renovated for their historical significance.
The Oread neighborhood has three homes that are on the National Register of Historic Places: the Colonel Blood house, 1015 Tennessee St.; the Ludington House, 1613 Tennessee St.; and the John Palmer Usu House, 1425 Tennessee St., which is now the Beta Theta Pi fraternity house.
"I like older homes because of the quality of the work and the features,"
Mike Fountain, a Lawrence architect, is currently renovating a home at 1408 Kentucky St. that was built in 1870.
These homes were built between 1860 and 1872.
Fountain said. "The house has hardwood floors, wood trim and high ceilings. To reproduce this house would cost a fortune."
Another Oread resident said that she fell in love with the features of her 19th century home.
"I had contractors do the major and I've done things like taking plasterers out."
"I immediately fell in love with the porches, 'Mayer Marci Francisco,' 11th floor," she said.
FRANCISCO SAID THAT her house was built around 1800. She said that it had required renovation of the foundation, walls and stairways when she were there in 1976. She also said that the old writing and plumbing had to be replaced.
Renovating a house involved a lot of dust, plaster and sawdust, she said.
"I don't think my house will be renovated in my lifetime," she laughingly predicted.
Fountain, whose company, Design Build Architects, has renovated several houses, said that there was a lot of work and expense in renovation.
"Foundation cracks are the most expensive repairs," he said. "Other repairs, such as in walls and wiring, are also expensive."
He said that the average renovating cost was between $3,000 and $4,000.
"That's on top of the purchase price of around $50,000." Fountain said.
"Because of the rental potential in this neighborhood, a house in this
neighborhood that would cost much less in another part of town costs $50,000."
THE OREAD neighborhood is the most densely populated neighborhood in Lawrence. About 7,000 people live there, many of whom are students.
Having so many people in the neighborhood has advantages and disadvantages.
"It is a culturally diverse neighborhood," Tim Miller, 936 Ohio St., said. There are students, faculty members, people and old people in the Orland.
But he also said that the high density contributed to crime and a lot of traffic.
"You have to weigh the good with the bad," Miller said. "The location is overwhelming. You can get anywhere in five to ten minutes on a bike."
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