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Originally Posted by phenomshel
I don't know what they did about housing, but as I recall, downtown Amarillo in the early '80's was mainly government offices, banks, the civic center, and St. Anthony's hospital. I know that St. Anthony's later merged with High Plains Baptist hospital to become Baptist St. Anthony's (BSA) and the last time I saw the place the size of the hospital downtown had about doubled - but I guess from what Google is telling me now, they've moved the whole mess out to Coulter (west edge of town). That looks to be a whole medical complex out there now. I also seem to recall part of downtown Amarillo being involved in a Route 66 restoration plan in...maybe the late '80's?
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eegads! Baptists and Catholics cohabitating! What's next!