Before the Uptown...

Before the Uptown opened in 1936, this location on Ohio was formerly "The Smoke Shop" from approximately 1905 to 1935.  The Smoke Shop not only offered tobacco products, but it also added billiards and even bowling lanes in the early 1930's.  The newspaper images below give more context to the history of this space leading up to the construction of the Uptown in 1936.