- The City of Jackson has bought Keeder’s Show Bar in order to tear it down.
- It’s part of an effort to clean up the City’s East Side — an effort neighbors say is welcome.
- The lot on the corner of Elm and Page Avenues will remain green space but is available for development.
- Some nostalgia among neighbors is tempered by a sense of what’s appropriate for a residential neighborhood that needs to be cleaned up.
(The following is a transcription of the full broadcast story)
A surprising bit of nostalgia for an East Side show bar the City of Jackson has now acquired…in order to tear it down. I talked to the City as well as neighbors about the upcoming demolition of Keeder’s Show Bar.
“I mean, I had a great time in there, but not now — I’m getting too old,” says Vicki McGuff, who lives in the neighborhood.
McGuff says she was 21 when she wandered into Keeder’s with her mom and uncle. She remembers thinking: “Wow, this is not my cup of tea.”…