“They keep remodeling and changing the name of the place.”
Oh, how some things never really do change. That’s a snippet of dialogue from two dudes rollin’ around Kent in 1980, revisiting their alma mater. The video (embedded below) is a terrific look into our past and into the progress of America.
They lament gas prices, new road construction, the lack of active protestors, and everything else that’s different from the Kent in their memories.
For anyone who’s ever lived in – or even driven through – Kent, this is a pretty great trip.
This article appears in Apr 23-29, 2014.
Downtown Kent is pretty awesome today. Lots of new construction and locally owned and operated businesses that seem to be thriving.
It looks exactly the same.
Well, that was pretty boring. I was hoping they’d go into the part of Downtown Kent that has been torn down and completely rebuilt as I can’t remember what all was there anymore, but they didn’t.
Ha I was a mere freshman at KSU in 1980!
This was filmed in 1980 squid
Me too mare was in manchester hall
I was there in 1946-1950 so you cannot picture the many changes from that era