Word: palmer
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...lots of small galleries around town--most of them are on Newbury Street in Boston and are expensive and intimidating but some of the small coffee-shop type places in the Square have shows from time to time that are worth looking into, and the Art/Asia gallery on Palmer St. next to the Coop consistently has some of the most interesting exhibits in the area...
...Palmer-Dixon courts are Harvard's indoor tennis courts, but there are only two of them, and needless to say the varsity has preference in the winter...
There are a slew of outdoor courts in the area next to Palmer-Dixon, but they aren't the greatest, and the winds blowing across Soldiers Field often make them unsuitable even in good weather...
Even the few black pros who have made the big-time tour have had their troubles with the regulars at Palmer. After the 1967 Buick Open, Charlie Sifford made tracks for the old park. "He came here and lost four days in a row," remembers one regular. "Then he went to Hartford and won the tournament...
...Palmer Park became the most popular of Detroit's six city courses after Motown Recording Stars Smokey Robinson and Marvin Gaye took up the game in the mid-'60s. Today's players include a cross-section of teachers, policemen, doctors, auto workers and judges. There is no color barrier, however, and up to 40% of its players are white...