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>> THE APPEAL OF THIS STORE IS
THE '50s-, '60s-STYLE OLD SODA
FOUNTAIN THAT PEOPLE USED TO
COME IN AND GET BEFORE THE
FAST-FOOD STORES CAME INTO
BUSINESS, AND WE STILL ARE A
HOMETOWN PHARMACY THAT'S
FAMILY-OWNED AND OPERATED.
>> THE BUILDING WAS BUILT IN
1906 HERE ON CANAL STREET.
IT WAS ORIGINALLY A DRY-GOODS
STORE FOR MEN'S CLOTHING.
AND THE FAMILY, AS MOST DID
YEARS AGO -- THEY LIVED UPSTAIRS
AND HAD THEIR SHOP DOWNSTAIRS.
IT'S A HISTORIC PRESERVATION.
IN FACT, WE WON THE AWARD IN
2011 FOR RESTORING IT.
THE BUILDING IS, YOU KNOW, WITH
THE ORIGINAL FLOORS.
EVERYTHING'S ORIGINAL ON THE
BUILDING.
WE'VE JUST COME IN AND SANDED
AND RESTORED EVERYTHING THAT
NEEDED TO BE RESTORED.
>> THE STORE'S BEEN HERE SINCE
THE EARLY '70s.
I THINK THE REASON WHY PEOPLE
LIKE NOSTALGIA SO MUCH IS
BECAUSE THEY MISS IT.
THE HISTORY OF THE TYPEWRITER
GOES BACK SINCE ABOUT 1874 OR
SO.
THERE ARE SOME OLD, OLD
TYPEWRITERS IN THERE, AND SOME
OF THEM WEIGH MORE THAN A BOAT
ANCHOR.
AND THERE'S ALL DIFFERENT KINDS
AND DIFFERENT MANUFACTURERS.
THERE'S AN OLDER TYPEWRITER --
IN FACT, IT'S THE OLDEST ONE,
THE 1870s MODEL -- THE KEYS ARE
REMOVABLE, AND THAT TYPEWRITER
WEIGHS PROBABLY 75 POUNDS.
YOU KNOW, THEY REALLY BUILT
STUFF IN THOSE DAYS TO LAST.
IT'S STILL HERE.
>> THIS IS MY HOMETOWN.
I WAS BORN AND RAISED HERE.
I'VE BEEN HERE WHEN IT WAS A
MOVIE HOUSE, ENJOYED GOING TO
THE OLD SATURDAY MATINEES, AND
NOW I'M ABLE TO WORK HERE AND
ENJOY THE SAME OLD BUILDING.
NEW SMYRNA HAS ALWAYS BEEN KIND
OF A SLEEPY LITTLE TOWN THAT
PEOPLE ENJOY TO GET AWAY AND
RELAX, AND THEY DON'T HAVE THE
HUSTLE AND BUSTLE OF THE BIG
CITIES.
>> THE BEACHES ARE JUST
SPECTACULAR.
THEY'RE SAFE. THEY'RE BEAUTIFUL.
THE WATER'S THAT TURQUOISE
COLOR.
YOU CAN WALK OUT 300 FEET, AND
IT'S STILL UP TO YOUR KNEES, AND
I THINK PEOPLE LOVE THAT, AND
THEY LOVE COMING TO THE
HISTORIC AREA.
I'VE BEEN COLLECTING ANTIQUES
FOR OVER 30 YEARS NOW, AND I'VE
ALWAYS LOVED THEM, LIVED WITH
THEM, AND I'VE ALWAYS LOVED THE
HOUSE.
EVEN IF I'M NOT OPEN YET, I'M
ALWAYS IN THE GARDEN DOING
SOMETHING -- WATERING, WEEDING.
AND I HAVE PEOPLE STOP ME AND
THANK ME FOR BRINGING THE GARDEN
BACK, AND IT JUST MAKES THEIR
DAY AND PUTS A BIG SMILE ON
THEIR FACE.
>> A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO
CHANGE, AND THIS IS PART OF THE
AREA THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO KEEP
REJUVENATED.
PEOPLE ENJOY JUST COMING DOWN