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The bowling alley boasted four full-length lanes.
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Now this IS a waste...I know there's a market for bowling alleys and, believe it or not, you CAN move them! I saw where someone bought a decomissioned air force base and converted it to commercial use and cut up one of the bowling alleys to make a humongous confrence table - it was about 15' long and must have weighed over 1,000 lbs 'cause that's rock maple, edge laminated and VERY thick.
Mnementh
Fri 06-10-2005
Yeah, those lanes would be worth something. The lanes are never outdated, just the equipment gets updated. A bowling alley near me closed and all the lanes were very quickly snatched up by a guy in Florida. *bowler, grew up in various establishments in the South East*
Snowhawk
Mon 10-24-2005
As a fellow bowler, I love ancient bowling lanes. very 60s and simple. I know someone would love to have all of that equipment .
trent
Sun 02-12-2006
Motts, didja throw a bowling ball down the alley and get a strike?
Johnny Mac
Thu 04-06-2006
Nah, no bowling balls were left behind! There was a cop sitting outside the building too...
Motts
Fri 04-07-2006
As Camper Van Beethoven would say, "Take the schizoids bowling...take them bowling."
Danny Being Manny
Sat 04-08-2006
What a waste. My daughter used to be in a bowling league in school and they knocked down the whole building to put new highway in--pathetic!
Nancy
Tue 06-13-2006
Motts, i'm not sure when you went, but as of around a year ago you could still find bowling balls around the campus. We tried looking for one back in january but no luck, so i guess theyve all been taken
Dennis_C
Thu 07-13-2006
March 2005... didn't see any bowling balls unfortunately!
Motts
Thu 07-13-2006
There are some bowling balls we went bowling in what was it this just past November, I believe. A few pins as well, but not actual ones they were little kiddy ones. It was pretty fun...
J4ecks
Fri 12-08-2006
J4ecks, if the place didn't try to kill you (twice!) i would say we need to go bowling again!
Scarecrow
Fri 01-12-2007
Hey, where is the bowling alley located in the buildings?
MeetsWithGhosts
Sat 01-27-2007
its in the hilltop
mike
Fri 03-09-2007
it's actually in the recreation building directly across from hilltop.
Mad Dawg
Sun 06-24-2007
This was the rec hall, first building on the left past the main building. Played several games here in 1975-6 and got paid 10 cents a frame to reset the pins for other players as there was no automated pin set up.
tempus_fugit
Fri 06-29-2007
Last time i tried to bowl in there the lanes where so filthy it was impossible to bowl accuratly, but the game was still fun as hell.
Scarecrow
Thu 08-30-2007
That is the rec building right?
benz boy 903
Tue 12-25-2007
No, they kept the bowling alleys in the morgue.
CAS
Wed 12-26-2007
coolness .

i would love to slide down that thing in some socks .
it would be great .
apple
Sun 03-02-2008
Goodbye clean socks. Those lanes where so dirty it was impossible to play an accurate game!
Scarecrow
Wed 04-09-2008
So damn loud when we bowled there! I thought the cops would be rolling up any second.
Mad Dawg
Thu 05-08-2008
awesome! no one said anything about the freaky ghosts or the spectral lights at the other end!

oh, wait...
kittymao
Tue 07-14-2009
hey i was a patient at this place for 2 weeks when i was 14 yrs old
7karmageddon
Tue 12-21-2010

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