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Greyhound Bus Station
The Greyhound Bus Station sat on Summers Street in it's beautiful Art-Deco building. I can remember the restaurant inside, along with a shoe shine area. Many people from the area traveled by bus then, before it became somewhat dirty and dangerous. I once traveled from this station to New York City in the mid 60s. I also arrived (quite by accident) at this station the day the Piedmont airliner crashed at Kanawha Airport, Aug 10th, 1968. I was supposed to have been on that plane, and told my family what time we would arrive at the airport. To make a long story short, I decided to take a Bus into Charleston at the last second simply because it was "accidently" more convenient that day. I arrived at the station above and then walked home to where I found my family mourning my demise. I had no idea of what had happened until that minute. I've always said that you're not going anywhere untile your time comes.... TODAY
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