Posted July 12, 201212 yr Seriously, this place is amazing! The Bomb Shelter vintage shop in Akron sells long-lost childhood treasures: Full House (video and gallery) By Julie Washington, The Plain Dealer AKRON, Ohio -- I was sitting in the parking lot at the Bomb Shelter, Akron's way-cool vintage/resale shop, when a rusted 1951 four-door Buick pulled in. A man with car tattoos up his arms got out, strode to the store and put his key in the lock. He turned out to be co-owner Damon Drummond, who, as I'd later learn, is the kind of offbeat guy who makes a 1951 Buick his everyday car. It was obvious, before I had even pulled out pen and pad, that my visit to the Bomb Shelter wasn't going to be an ordinary interview. The Bomb Shelter is all about giving a second (or third) life to the stuff from our childhoods, as well as offering the stuff we covet as adults. Once the store's two dogs give you an approving sniff, you'll enter a wonderland: wicker furniture, a finished "Last Supper" paint-by-numbers, a Wooster City Motel neon sign, coin-operated kiddie boat ride, glockenspiel, motorcycle suspended from the ceiling and a collection of rotary phones. Drummond, 46, is the picker. He was buying and selling at the Hartville flea market before eBay was even dreamed about. Now he drives around buying stuff from estate sales, auctions and flea markets. read the rest here: http://www.cleveland.com/insideout/index.ssf/2012/07/the_bomb_shelter_vintage_shop.html
July 12, 201212 yr Similar to Big Fun? Yes! Kinda like Big Fun, but on steroids. I mean it, it's something like 11,000 sf of awsomeness. Oh- and the best part is that co-owner Damon is an artist that sculpts fantastic retro-look robots and the like:
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