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| January 03, 2005 16:29:10 |
Downtown Starkville
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| January 03, 2005 16:30:50 |
Downtown Starkville now has fancy static-touch buttons for crossing the street.
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| January 03, 2005 16:31:04 |
The Chester Hotel (formerly the Guesthouse Inn & Suites, formerly the Statehouse Hotel) has a coffee shop on the bottom floor.
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| January 03, 2005 16:34:59 |
There's now a Quizno's on University Drive near downtown. Ahhhh, a little taste of Denver right here in Starkville.
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| January 03, 2005 16:37:12 |
A "French Quarter" style building in the University Drive area.
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| January 03, 2005 16:39:51 |
The Mississippi Research and Technology Park has now been made politician-compliant. (Here's an old picture from 1997.)
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| January 03, 2005 16:42:25 |
The new State Highway 12 extension to the new bypass can be seen from the research park.
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| January 03, 2005 16:44:21 |
The new entrance to MSU, across from the research park.
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| January 03, 2005 16:46:22 |
MSU students can now enjoy quality 24-hour dining at the Waffle House! Kids these days don't know how good they have it.
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| January 03, 2005 16:46:30 |
Highway 82 near the Waffle House.
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| January 03, 2005 16:49:18 |
And of course, the most significant change to Starkville is the new bypass around town. U.S. Highway 82 and State Highway 25 now bypass the city entirely. This picture was taken from the new Highway 82 at its interchange with the new Highway 12 extension.
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| January 03, 2005 16:49:34 |
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| January 03, 2005 16:51:02 |
There's an exit for Downtown Starkville! This is the interchange for North Jackson Street.
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| January 03, 2005 16:51:28 |
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| January 03, 2005 16:52:14 |
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| January 03, 2005 16:52:40 |
Here, northwest of town, is the interchange where the new Highway 82 meets the new Highway 25.
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| January 03, 2005 16:54:34 |
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| January 03, 2005 16:57:14 |
I drove further on Highway 82 before turning around to backtrack to Highway 25. Here's a shocking sign: "Starkville NEXT 3 EXITS". I guess Starkville isn't a small town anymore!
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| January 03, 2005 16:57:29 |
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| January 03, 2005 16:57:54 |
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| January 03, 2005 16:58:20 |
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| January 03, 2005 16:59:31 |
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| January 03, 2005 17:00:16 |
The new Highway 25 has an interchange for the old Highway 82, which has been renamed to State Highway 182.
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| January 03, 2005 17:01:07 |
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| January 03, 2005 17:01:21 |
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| January 03, 2005 17:01:33 |
The new Highway 25 interchange for Highway 12, near the new Wal-Mart.
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| January 03, 2005 17:01:46 |
The rear of the new Wal-Mart.
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| January 03, 2005 17:07:08 |
Highway 25 becomes two-lane north of town. Maybe some day this route will be four-laned all the way to Jackson.
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| January 03, 2005 17:17:29 |
This is the apartment complex that I lived in for a while, back in college. Rent was $250 for a two-bedroom apartment back then, but rents have recently skyrocketed to $385.
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| January 03, 2005 17:17:35 |
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| January 03, 2005 17:23:30 |
A dark, blury picture of 706 McKee, another place I used to live.
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| January 03, 2005 17:28:45 |
Guess what store is occupying the old Wal-Mart site, now?
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| January 03, 2005 17:55:14 |
You can see all of Starkville from the glass elevator in the downtown Chester Hotel!
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| January 03, 2005 17:59:33 |
My hotel room at the Chester Hotel.
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| January 03, 2005 17:59:45 |
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| January 03, 2005 17:59:53 |
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| January 03, 2005 17:59:59 |
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| January 03, 2005 18:00:23 |
Unfortunately, the ethernet jack was on the opposite side of the room from the desk.
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| January 04, 2005 09:49:23 |
Starkville Cafe is open 24-hours once again.
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| January 04, 2005 09:53:21 |
City workers remove the holiday decorations from downtown.