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Wednesday, July 13, 1988 / University Daily Kansan
The Crossing: new face, same crowd
By Paula Messbarger Kansan staff writer
The Crossing is getting a face-lift. That is what John Nevin, Lawrence resident, called the renovation of the 63-year-old bar at 618 W. 12th St.
Lida Martin, the bar's owner,
and Tom Conroy, the manager,
had repairs started on the Crossing's roof about three months ago.
As the roof repairs progressed, Conroy and Martin decided to go through with a complete renovation.
In addition to the roof repairs, the windows, the siding, the parking lot and the bathrooms have been renovated. Also, insulation and new lights have been installed.
Conroy said the bar may have air conditioning by next week, and he said he considered further renovation on the bar's interior.
"I thought it was the best way to get a lot of new people in," he said. "Not that I would want the old, the iid." He quickly added.
Tony Backus, a carpenter who helped renovate the building for the last three months, called the Crossing a "dirty old bar" and a "filthy mess."
"It's in a lot better shape now," Backus said. "We've been done about six separate times. We just keep starting new projects."
Martin said that the renovation costs were at least $15,000.
The Crossing opened as a soda fountain, the Rock Chalk Stand 2, in 1925. By the late 1968 it was a tavern named the Rock Chalk, and a restaurant called Rock Chalk It became the center for the drug culture in Lawrence.
CBS newsman Dan Rather once visited the bar to do a story for "60 Minutes" on drug problems on college campuses.
On March 13, 1971, Vern Miller,
then Kansas attorney general,
closed the Chalk, calling it a public nuisance. Five months later, it reopened as the New Haven.
The bar often has changed owners and names. It has been called Flagship International Sandwiches and the Ark. In 1980 it was given the name the Hawk's Crossing by its owner at the time, Jeff Morrow.
The Crossing's atmosphere, even with the changes, still attracts an alternative crowd.
Ozzie Backus, Lawrence resident, works on the new deck at the Crossing. The deck is part of an extensive renovation of the bar.
Mark Ramirez, a tie--dye T-shirt maker and salesman from Boulder, Co., said he liked the Crossing
because of the people.
because of the people.
"You see pinks, rastas (rastafarians), hippies, even fraternity
and sorority people," Ramirez said. "There's no dress code here."
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