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Downtown Hopkins spruces up its image with antiques, great deals
- Article by: John Ewoldt , Star Tribune
- Updated: October 14, 2005 - 11:00 PM
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Originally published 07/11/02
Floyd Lawson, Mayberry's barber, would love Hopkins. He could buy
Jeff's Barber Shop on Mainstreet and double his business. It's a
multiple-chair shop. Says so right in the window - two chairs.
Goober would marvel at all the car lots, although their numbers are
dwindling. "Hopkins used to be called the town of car lots and low
overhead," said Richard Larson, part owner of the Original Antiques
Gallery of Hopkins.
Today, Hopkins is more often called a small-town success story,
with theaters and specialty shops, 13 antique stores, a Mexican
mercado and a variety of restaurants.
It wasn't always so. Forced to deal with excessive car cruising
and loitering in the early 1970s, the Hopkins City Council
redesigned Mainstreet as a serpentine mall. Parking was eliminated
and people stayed away in droves. Businesses were snuffed out one
by one.
Things didn't really pick up until 1990, when Mainstreet was
reconstructed and parking was restored. In 1996 and 1997, the
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