Elmwood Shows Off A Little
Wednesday’s ‘Euro’ Car Show on Elmwood Avenue turned out to be one of the more interesting events of the summer. Though people have talked about hosting this type of draw to the street for years, the timing and site location could not have been better. The combination of promoting storefronts, mixed in with some unusual support structure, made for an inspiring first-time event.
Of course the cars (mostly Euro) were the main draw. But no one expected a DJ to be set up on top of the Elmwood Square Apartments (see photo). As music was piped down onto the street below, scooters arrived to fill in spaces fronting the new Bank of America. Across the street, NEO Gift Shop set up café tables in front of their building while Lu Modern anchored spectators with offerings of drink and food.
I would think that the event, sponsored by the Elmwood Village Association, would take place at least twice a year. The street traffic continued to flow while sidewalk activities kept people eating, drinking and shopping well into the evening. The business owners were pleased with the result and auto fans got their fixes of seeing some real beauties out on Elmwood.
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gman
A big thank you to Lou from Lu Modern for taking the lead on organizing this event. He is really working hard to make this block a destination. Let's keep supporting our local retailers. Shopping at local clothing stores instead of the mall only strengthens the local economy.
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scooter
lu modern has a pretty good clearance rack in the basement. good finds.
i liked the dj up on the roof.
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UnionAMG
I love the girl on the back of that lime green scooter... always see her riding around Elmwood.
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sarahatlumodern
I just want to thank everyone who came out Wednesday nite! If any one has pictures they would like to share please email them to the store!! lumodernclassics@hotmail.com Thank you again!!
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