I drive by this old round-topped building each day as I go to the new RE/MAX building shown here in the background. Each day I wonder how much longer it will last. The tenant has moved and it does not have a "for rent" sign on it. Rumor is that it will be gone soon so perhaps it needs a little recognition.
I remember when this Mulberry Street existed but Beebe Capps Expressway did not. I think I remember, but hope I'm wrong, being in a car with a nutty driver who just drove across the elevated concrete platform with a carload of us silly riders. The platform is hidden behind the lattice work shown in the picture and the East entry to it must have been removed. It was narrow, raised and made for a fast scary ride, if my memory is correct.
So, tell me, Searcy Sleuths, what this building was (train ran in front?) and was it a Searcy tradition to go zipping across the platform when the trains no longer came this way? You know, sorta like when cruisin' the court square was the thing to do when my kids were young.
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