Comments on: 400 Block of Monroe (1975)

By: Laurie

Laurie — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 19:12:10 +0000

I took piano lessons from a studio whose entrance was just to the right of Ackerman’s Music. Up a long stairway to a main sitting area. Miss Verco (sp?) taught me there. I think she played piano for a Presbyterian church….

By: Lynn Horrighs-Hatcher

Lynn Horrighs-Hatcher — Mon, 18 May 2009 03:58:47 +0000

I don’t live in Springfield anymore. I live in Florida and looking at these old pics make me so miss old bldgs. I love the tops of old bldgs.

By: Elaine

Elaine — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 02:30:37 +0000

Well, somebody named Tony is still there, must be his son or some other relative.

By: Scott

Scott — Fri, 09 May 2008 17:46:54 +0000

I believe Tony retired due to health reasons in the late 1990s. I thought I heard that he passed away, but I could be wrong. The last I saw him in 1998 or 1999, he appeared to be having great difficulty doing the work he did effortlessly before. If he is still with us, I can’t imagine that he’s still working the register like he used to. In any event, he was a great character. It was always fun to grab lunch at the Food Mart and chat with Tony.

By: Elaine

Elaine — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 02:05:05 +0000

Paul, I think the same Tony still runs the place today, and he still has great food too!!

By: Paul Davison

Paul Davison — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 03:01:08 +0000

If I remember correctly, in the early ’70s, the “Food Mart” in the center of the 1975 picture was owned by a man named “Tony.” I worked as a stock boy at Reisch Shoe Shop on S. 5th fron 1971-73 and they would have me go up the alley to the right of the store to get things. As I don’t leave in Springfield anymore, I have no clue as to whether the same family owns the store. (Reisch’s is now a parking lot.)