Rainbow Fountain: ARCADE They came to America with the clothes on their backs and the vision to start anew in a land where anything was possible. For many, hard work and creativity transformed a dream into reality.

"The Pike was a wonderland of shops," an assembly of small family businesses built on faith and the dream of individual ownership and success against the odds.

The names of the shops and the personalities who owned them speak to the abundant diversity of the Pike. Pearl Rogers Pillow Shop, Charles Looff's Hippodrome, George Magruder's Original Salt Water Taffy, Mr. Shiply's Goat Cars, Studio of Fortune, The Weight Guesser, Wing's Chinese Arcade, The Crazie Maize, Puzzletown and Adam's Dodg'em are only some of the small businesses that provided a treat, a thrill or a souvenir - a memory of a shared experience with a special person.