I pine for the days when travelers coming into Muncie had an abundant variety of lodging options, even though I live there and thus wouldn’t have any use for them. Sixty or seventy years ago, motorists could stay at the Delaware, Roberts, Kirby, or Braun Hotels downtown or try their luck at a smaller place like Gray’s, Maples, Star Lite, or Hill Top. Although it more closely resembled jungle ruins from a distant past in its final days, the Hill Top was one of Muncie’s best-known Southside landmarks for nearly seventy years. It was a colorful place!