It might be hard to believe that a bowling alley was once located right at the intersection of Griswold Road and State Route 57. But that's where
Turnpike Lanes was located, right at what was then called Turnpike Plaza.
I wrote about Turnpike Lanes back here in 2019, noting that it had opened back in 1961. Here are clippings that tell the story leading up to the Grand Opening on Nov. 3, 1961.
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| March 18, 1961 |
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| April 22, 1961 |
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| June 21, 1961 |
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| August 4, 1961 |
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| August 26, 1961 |
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| Sept. 29, 1961 |
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| Oct. 6, 1961 |
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| Oct. 20, 1961 |
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| Nov. 3, 1961 |
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| Nov. 3, 1961 |
And sixty years ago this month,
Meyer Goldberg took over the property, opening the fourth store in his grocery empire.
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| April 5, 1961 |
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| April 6, 1966 |
Looking at the location today, few Lorain Countians probably remember that Turnpike Lanes or Meyer Goldberg were ever there. They're more likely to remember (like me) when
Booksellers Paperback Exchange called it home.
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| Sept. 2025 view of the property |
I spent and earned many a dollar at Booksellers over the years, buying and trading in books, renting videos (with those bulky orange players), and buying cassette tapes; I particularly remember a rainy Sunday afternoon in 1989, going to Booksellers to buy a cassette of Todd Rundgren's newest album.
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