Wayback Wednesday: 400 Block of N. Liberty Street, 1971.
Let’s travel to May 1971, and take a look at North Liberty Street. The photo above shows the businesses that line N. Liberty Street, looking north. On the right side of the street, you...
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Winston-Salem Visitors: “Amos” and “Andy”
Spencer Williams and Alvin Childress came to Winston-Salem in September 1958. Better known as the television characters, Andrew (Andy) Brown and Amos Jones, in the successful television program, “Amos ‘n’ Andy,” the men came...
March 7,1972: Center Theatre Ends its Run
The Colonial Theatre opened at 427 North Liberty Street in 1926. For the slim price of 35-cents, adults could see the theatre from the inside, and watch the feature film, Lady Windermere’s Fan. They...
February 8, 1926: Colonial Theatre Opens
On this day in 1926, the Colonial Theatre opened at 427 North Liberty Street, trademarked by its white columns reminiscent of a colonial mansion. For the slim price of 35 cents, adults could see...