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Aggieville
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Aggieville is the name of roughly six square blocks consisting of college-age oriented bars, restaurants (including the world's oldest continuously-operated Pizza Hut), and shops in Manhattan, Kansas.
Before 1898, students at the Kansas State Agricultural College had to inconveniently purchase their textbooks downtown (this was before roads and cars). The college decided to build a bookstore (and dining facility) closer to campus, but it was shut down in June of 1899 after a political upheaval in the college's Board of Regents. That September, a group of students started the Student Co-Operative Association, and bought the bookstore among other efforts to cut down on the costs of college education. This bookstore on Moro Street became the foundation of Aggieville, drawing momentum towards business development, including the venerable Joseph "Guy" Varney, owner of Varney's Bookstore.
After World War I, Aggieville experienced enourmous growth. Trolly lines were built, and later paved over during the car boom of the 1940s. Aggieville was home to riots following pivotal football game rivalries, and home to the 1998 celebration/riot after the team's first defeat of Nebraska since 1969[1] — which included the tearing down of the goal posts and dragging them, en masse, to the rooftop of a local bar, Rusty's Last Chance.
- AggievilleLIVE Live webcams of Aggieville.
- Aggieville map
- Campus Corners and Aggievilles: The Distinctive Nature of College Town Commercial Districts, by Blake Gumprecht from the University of New Hampshire.
- Flikr photo by Jeff Croft of Lawrence, KS with notes on specific businesses.
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