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[internetworkers AT lists.ibiblio.org (Roger Austin)]

  I was a frequent visitor to the bars in the Cameron Village subway 
through the '70s/80s and it was a hub of debauchery. The Frog and 
Nightgown was down there for a while. The Cafe Deja Vu was one of my 
haunts. The Pier was down there where you could get overcharged for bad 
bands that were so loud that it really didn't matter if they were bad. 
They also had some good bands too. There were some other shops and a 
disco after the cool places ended their run, but after a while it just 
fizzled out.
  I think that the owners decided that the bar scene was too much for 
them. There were a lot of complaints similar to those from the home 
owners in other areas where bars are. I doubt that a bar scene will 
return to the way it was in earlier years. Getting drunk and rowdy has 
gotten a bad name for some reason.

> Many years ago (well before the boom, late '80s I guess), I was fishing
> around for studio space in downtown Raleigh and especially in the old
> "underground" at Cameron Village. For those who don't know, this is an
> entire *level* of shops and clubs beneath the section that now houses the
> public library.
> 
> I'm told that for decades, this was a thriving part of Cameron Village, with
> good music and whatnot. For some reason it was sealed off and eventually
> even the glass entry was removed, leaving just an empty parking lot.