The Virginian-Pilot
                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Friday, February 2, 1996               TAG: 9602020011
SECTION: FRONT                    PAGE: A10  EDITION: FINAL 
TYPE: Letter 
                                             LENGTH: Short :   18 lines

DOWNTOWN'S BEST

What a treat to start the week with a remembrance of what ``used to be.''

I am grateful to Guy Friddell for a mouth-watering memory! No highway mall could ever replace the joy of spending a day ``downtown.''

NELLIE R. GOTTLIEB

Norfolk, Jan. 29, 1996 by CNB