Apr 21, 2011

Automobilia Gift Shop MovingBy Kansas.com

A new owner of the building where Automobilia is at 200 N. Emporia plans offices there, so the automobile gift shop has to move.

“I always say, ‘Never again,’ ” owner Gary Carpenter says.

He’s been in that space for 30 years.

“I was just a puppy.”

He’s moving the shop next to Bondie’s Old Town Antique Mall at Central and Mosley.

Automobilia’s space is dropping from 8,500 square feet to about 4,000 square feet.

“We’re going to make it work,” Carpenter says.

It’s a 1920s building.

“It’s all been refurbished,” Carpenter says. “It’s just beautiful inside.” He’s been moving for more than a week already, with no end in sight.

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