2660 S 5th (1976)

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  1. Is that the same building? It looks like they remodeled it to make it uglier.

    BlogFreeSpringfield | Dec 11, 2007 | Reply

  2. The gentleman piano player wore a red and white striped shirt with a sleeve garter. He played Scott Joplin like all get out.

    Marie | Dec 11, 2007 | Reply

  3. I like the sign in the background for the Bel Aire. Was that place ever legit?

    Anonymous Communist | Dec 11, 2007 | Reply

  4. The Bel Aire used to be a nice place; my wife and I stayed there on our wedding night.

    Wait a minute . . . on second thought, it wasn’t our wedding night.

    And now that I think about it, that wasn’t my wife.

    Dammit. How do delete a comment on this thing?

    BlogFreeSpringfield | Dec 11, 2007 | Reply

  5. No, that was NOT your Wife, it was my Mother! Dad! How ya doin’?

    elijahiles | Dec 11, 2007 | Reply

  6. I ate a lot of cheap buffet pizza at Shakey’s. I think it was $3.00 for all you could stand.

    Paul H | May 31, 2008 | Reply

  7. I think it was Mr Rebbe that played the piano. And yes a long long time ago the Bel Aire was legit. Back before I 55 opened up and that was still a major part of America’s Main Street Route 66. But I guess with the Bel Air still there you can still get your kicks on Route66. In a weird creepy sort of way LOL

    justbob | Nov 24, 2009 | Reply

  8. Regarding the Bel Aire sign and comments. I was a child when we moved to Springfield in April of 1963. The Bel Aire was a very, very nice hotel. We stayed there overnight while we waited for the Mayflower moving van to bring our things from out of state. I believe McDonald’s was down the street and we had a hamburger from there…which was a treat in the early 1960’s (people didn’t do McDonald’s).

    I remember when Shakey’s opened. It was a neat place for a family to go. They had live music and the prices were reasonable.

    After this place was Shakey’s, I believe it was Henderson Auto Sales.

    Mike | Jul 1, 2010 | Reply

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