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FLASHBACK 1996: Small businesses that once defined downtown Salt Lake City struggle for viability.
Snappy Service Lunch and Jim's Hat & Tailor Shop at this moment remain charming and colorful in an increasingly bland downtown, but charm doesn't pay the bills.
In commemoration of City Weekly's 40th anniversary, we are digging into our archives to celebrate. Each week, we FLASHBACK to a story or column from our past in honor of four decades of local alt-journalism. Whether the names and issues are familiar or new, we are grateful to have this unique newspaper to contain them all.
Title: Last of the Little Guys Author: Marsha Barber Date: June 27, 1996 Seventy-four-year-old Jim Basamakis has a shy smile and a quiet, gentle manner. He's a man of few words.
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