[Barnacle (Bill)]

Originally Posted by toc

I have rather vivid memories of the Mid City Arcade store - and lusting after the Meade and Celestron 8 inch scopes in the Window.

Thanks for sharing, me too! I have vivid memories of frequenting there as a kid, standing outside Astro-Optical Mid-City arcade shopfront glass, forever remembering its line of precision-made Vixen refractors and reflectors, and THAT hanging 6 inch tin Moon globe with its 'Not for sale' sign.

PS: Still don't have a Vixen frac nor a Moon globe.