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Editor’s Corner Glory days Steve’s Tower in the Sky, a double feature at the drive-in and a homemade hamburger from Point News, but, alas, these were well before my time. For the record, I did grab an order of onion rings at Pappas Drive-in on closing day and interviewed Mrs. Helen Ward of orangeade fame. I could also tell you about the heart-shaped tub at Beck’s Love Motel – from a journalistic standpoint, of course – but perhaps that’s a tad inglorious. To paraphrase The Boss, those glory L days pass you by, but it’s fun trying to recapture. And summer seems the perfect time for a little nostalgia. For me, it starts with our cover shot by photographer Steve Aldridge – my grandmother had chairs just like that – and rolls right into Nomee Landis’ story about Fayetteville landmarks that once were part of our landscape. Our staff has also compiled a timeline of 50 critical moments in our city’s history. We must give a heartfelt thanks to local historian, teacher, photographer, musician and inventor Weeks Parker Jr., who took the time to make prints from his personal collection of Fayetteville photographs and postcards. Historian Bruce Daws dipped into his personal archives as well. We hope that this issue conjures fond memories or teaches you something new about your city. 10|June/July • 2009 ately, I’ve found myself wishing for a ride on a Fayetteville streetcar, a glimpse of Hay Street in its heyday, a cruise around For anyone who thinks Fayetteville followed Fort Bragg might be shocked to discover that Fayetteville was once the second-largest city in North Carolina, a city just one vote shy of landing the seat of state government. You could even say that one of the state’s finest universities did not get its start in Chapel Hill, but right here in the Sandhills. And Fayetteville continues to surprise us to this day. We never imagined that a serene Asian teahouse and garden could be found in the suburbs of western Fayetteville, but there it is. You can find it in our photo essay on pages 29-31. Melissa Goslin Collins takes us into one of the city’s few Craftsman-style homes. Skip Maloney tells the story of a world-famous sea turtle who just happens to be taking up residence right down the road. Stephanie Brigman wants to know what it takes to keep a business running for 50 years straight. And Nathan Walls finds that it is possible to recapture a little of the glory after all, especially if you’re a member of the Fayetteville Jazz Orchestra. Fayetteville has staying power. And from what I can tell, there are more glory days yet to come.CV Allison Williams, Editor

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