LONGVIEW, Texas — Editor's Note: The video above aired in December of 2021.
The so-called Green Street Monster has gobbled 18-wheelers and other vehicles for as long as anyone can remember. And If the low-hanging underpass between Cotton and Tyler streets in Longview is associated with a noise, it’s the sound of locomotives trundling above or crunching metal from semi-trailers receiving a buzz cut below.
Zahck Israel, co-owner of Ollie’s Skate Shop and Solo Sandwich Co., had an “ADD moment” walking beneath the Monster last year. He saw an amphitheater. Green Street dips down sharply on either side of the underpass forming a natural seating area as well as an acoustic funnel amplifying sound.
Israel said he got to thinking about what an event staged at the infamous junction could look like.
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