Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: SUNDAY, May 27, 1990                   TAG: 9005270175
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: C-12   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: Greg Edwards
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FOR SALE: A PIECE OF HISTORY

Tim Moser, an entrepreneur who isn't eligible to exhibit at the crafts show, decided to take advantage of the festival crowds anyway.

The teacher at the Highland Park Magnet School sold packaged pieces of the Hunter Viaduct, which is being demolished to make way for a new office tower. He was set up in a spot rented from Allright Parking next to the fountain across from the Roanoke City Market.

The packaged concrete is the first product of a new company, Innovative Ideas, Moser said he formed with another teacher, John Palmeri. By mid-afternoon, Moser had sold seven packages at $2 a pop.

The piece of viaduct comes with a certificate of authenticity signed by Palmeri, who is listed as president of the company.

People seem to want the viaduct pieces for two reasons, said Moser: to save as a memento or to throw at city officials.