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Arts District Is No Longer "Crazy"

By Ed Fuentes
Published: Monday, February 01, 2010, at 07:58PM
Crazy Gideons Ed Fuentes

A quiet scene at Crazy Gideon's, where final merchandise was auctioned off on Saturday.

Traction Ave is a little bit quieter today.

Our obsession with the closing of "Crazy" Gideon's has little to do with measuring consumer demand of electronic goods, and much more to do with fascination with the idea that the warehouse could really shutter its doors after 35 years of operation.

It could.

Reports are that items moved briskly during Saturday's auction, which apparently became a little heated in the evening as flea-market buyers became competitive with the general public.

As for Gideon, he certainly will go down in local television lore for his late night commercials: one part sales, one part performance.

As we saw back in September, though, Mr. Gideon Kotzer still has that salesman's touch. When his adaptive reuse project does someday go through, you know that he'll be ready to use it.

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Guest 1

Crazy Condos on February 01, 2010, at 08:16PM – #1

That's some good video.


Guest 2

Fabricio on February 01, 2010, at 09:51PM – #2

I like his spirit... Hopefully he stays around. He managed to have a business for all those years. He'll do fine.


Guest 3

Romer on February 02, 2010, at 05:49PM – #3

We were at the beginning of the auction. The Rolls Royces were awesome. I sent a pic of the Smart Car to my friend so he could hustle over and bid on it. I was in the spirit, but couldn't get myself to commit on a bid for 9 boomboxes or 24 home theater system speakers.



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