Adventures in Uptown

Featuring Seniors Kate Hollingsead, Amanda Swift, and Katelin Dirr, Staff Reporter Rachel Leman follows how friends can have fun in Uptown Normal.

Rachel Leman, Staff Reporter • May 17, 2016

Uptown Normal isn’t very large, but it can be confusing. There are maps at various points throughout Uptown that can help explain the layout.
Uptown can be a spot for friends to hangout and relax, especially during the summer.
Many of the shops in Uptown are designed differently than shops in other parts of Normal. For example, shops like The Pod, and Windy City Wieners have brightly colored doors.
Those who own, run, and work stores in Uptown all give the area a small-town feel with their kindness and reliability.
The various businesses in Uptown offer trademark shops, diners, and in some cases, like The Garlic Press, both in one.
The outside of shops in Uptown are lined with various benches and tables, making it a perfect summer hangout for groups of friends.
Uptown offers customers opportunity to buy things that can’t normally be found at a classic retail store.
Uptown is home to a record shop (Waiting Room Records), a comic book store (Acme Comics), and a store entirely dedicated to guitars (Guitar World).
For decades, Uptown has housed the Normal Theater, which regularly shows old, new, and all other types of films.
Uptown can relax people and give them time to wind down from life.
It can also be a place for connection with friends.
Uptown Normal holds the entertainment of the big city with the stress-free style of a small town.

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About the Contributor

Rachel Leman, Staff Reporter

Rachel Leman is a fourth-year student at Normal Community High School and a member of the NCHS Marching Ironmen. This is her first year at the Inkspot, and she takes the role of a staff reporter. I tend to be the most comfortable in front of a computer, when I feel like anything is possible because of new international reach. The Internet has changed the way we communicate, and communication between cultures, lifestyles, and personalities is what inspires me the most. The central hub of cultural-blending is an urban city life, which is why my dream is to spend my days writing in New York City, Washington DC, Seattle, Los Angeles, Chicago, London, Paris, or basically any big city across the world. I would even learn a new language if it meant I could write in Dubai, Cairo, or New Dehli, but at this point, the farthest I’ve been from home is NYC.