Big State Drugs Irving
by Joan Carroll
Title
Big State Drugs Irving
Artist
Joan Carroll
Medium
Photograph - Digital Photograph
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I happened to run across a notice that this drug store was closing while I was surfing the internet looking for something else. I loved the picture of the sign that I saw so I went up to Irving TX before it got torn down to get a photo of my own. While the world has sped along, it is sad to see the symbols of the past just disappear. This is the notice that I read online: "Brian Smith will close Irving's Big State Drug for good Thursday. The owner of the 66-year-old pharmacy isn't sure how he feels about that. I've been through the emotions and everything already," said Smith, a pharmacist. "I guess I'm at peace with the decision. Thursday may be a whole other issue." Big State Drug, at 100 E. Irving Blvd. in Irving's Heritage District, was established in 1948 when Clay and Jean Burney bought the B&H Dry Goods Store and turned it into a pharmacy with a soda fountain, jukebox and air conditioning. Along with Highland Park Old-Fashioned Soda Fountain and Ben Franklin Apothecary in Duncanville, Big State Drug is one of the few soda fountains still operating in Dallas County. Customers paid tribute to the Irving institution this week by patronizing the store in droves. It is expected to shut its doors for good at 7 p.m. Thursday. "I can't get any work done for all the phone calls and all the people talking to me," Smith said. "It's been emotional to say the least."" And then I saw this several weeks after that notice... " Turns out that dream may not die. The new owner, Rick Fairless, of Strokers motorcycle bar/NOT gentleman's club, promises to "keep the Big State name and make it a true 1950s soda fountain shop." Perhaps he'll bring some of that Strokers charm to Big State Drug." Maybe I need to make another trip there to see what is happening!
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June 9th, 2014
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