THREAD CREEP ALERT!
Jerry, yeah, the towns had merged geographically, but not in a legal sense. Can't recall specific examples, but I know there were things you could do on one side of the street that was the main boundary between the towns but could get arrested for (or a ticket for) if you did them on the other side of the street.

(BTW, for reasons I never knew, the town's name is spelled "Champaign.")

I was in Urbana-Champaign from the fall of 1963 through the summer of 1969. I had a guitar and played and sang with friends whenever I could, but the only paid gig I recall having was at a bowling alley. They paid my partner and me $10 and a stack of their logo ashtrays! I did spots at a couple of "hootenannies," but in those days I hadn't gotten over my stagefright in front of big, unfamiliar audiences when I sang solo, so I'm sure I didn't play and sing my best in those spots. Steve Goodman was there, as a senior, in 1963-4, and he used to play at a coffeehouse called The Red Herring. Did you ever hear him, or had you left by the time he came to U of I?

Genie