Decades Downtown

ID: 2938 ~ Source: Martinez, Santos “Tito.” Interviewed by Michael Woodward, April 11, 2014, in Waco, TX. Baylor University Institute for Oral History, Waco, TX. Access full interview here.
This file appears in: Tito's Downtown Barbershop

After fifty-seven years in the barbershop business, Martinez recounts his early career and the move he made between downtown buildings. In 2014, he had spent forty-three years in the National Lloyds Building location.

This file appears in: Tito's Downtown Barbershop

By Michael Woodward
Waco entered an economic slump in the aftermath of the 1953 Waco tornado, urban renewal in the 1960s, and the Austin Avenue Pedestrian Mall in the 1970s and ‘80s. Many businesses either moved or closed their doors permanently during this time. Yet…