PEORIA — An upcoming program on Peoria in the 1950s on WTVP-TV Channel 47 points out how much has changed over the years — while showing that some of the same challenges remain. The third installment ...

Editor's note: The following is an excerpt from a longer story about Downtown Peoria when it was a commercial powerhouse in the 1950s and '60s. In November 1975, a Journal Star columnist recalled ...

Take a nostalgic ride back to 1950's Peoria. Take a nostalgic ride back to Peoria just a few decades ago with WTVP's original production Main Street Memories: Peoria in the 1950's.Cruise along with us ...

Take a nostalgic ride back to 1950's Peoria. Take a nostalgic ride back to Peoria just a few decades ago with WTVP's original production Main Street Memories: Peoria in the 1950's.Cruise along with us ...

PEORIA — The place to be. The center of all activity. The finest shopping in the area. That's how reporters, authors and advertisers once described Downtown Peoria. In the 1950s and '60s, the Central ...