Places of note in Phoenix...

Ok...so as a kid growing up in the 70's and 80's, I watched a lot of tv...A LOT of tv. I liked just about everything..and we pretty much watched everything..especially on prime time. One show in particular was Alice. It starred Linda Lavin and Vic Tayback as Alice and Mel ..she the waitress and he the cook/owner. A pretty funny show..at least at 10 or 11 yrs old for me anyway. Well I find out that the shows opening credits were filmed right here in Phoenix! There's a Mel's diner right on Grand Avenue..not far from downtown. Over the years it's changed hands a few times,and even had its name change too. Now it goes by Mel's. The Marquee has been altered a bit from the time when the show was filmed which was 30+ yrs ago. You can notice the difference where the oval piece at the top with "Mel" is now missing from the sign .The letters that say "diner"are missing as well. The coffee cup is still there though the lightbulbs that run along either side are no longer lit. John and I went by there and took some crappy pics of the diner at night.We took ours from the east side, so that's why the cup is pouring in the opposite direction. It's not located in the best area of town,although I have to say that there's been a lot of revitalization with cafes and galleries opening nearby. I guess they do pretty well although they're only open for few hours each morning. Maybe it'll get restored to it's former glory when the other businesses are really up and running. I'll prob go back and get some better pics in a few weeks. I'll also try to go to Mr
Lucky's too. Mr Lucky's is an old dance club/bar on Grand Ave that in it's heyday was one of the premier spots to go to on Friday and Saturday nights. It had Country music upstairs and rock and roll downstairs.It later became a latino club after it was sold by the owner. Now it sits vacant with a fence around it. It looks sad. At least the marquee is still out front.I have to say that I never went there when it was popular. I was supposed to go a few times,but I always ended going to Graham Central Station down the road on Indian School. I hope I get there before it's all torn down. I don't think that'll happen for a while as it's been in it's current state for a couple of years now. Phoenix needs to take stock in it's history,no matter how trivial it may seem. Am I wrong?