EDITORS — With the Tokyo Olympics postponed for a year because of the coronavirus pandemic, The Associated Press is looking back at the history of Summer Games.
This story was published in the Huntsville Times on August 7, 1980. The story is published as it appears in the newspaper.___Life in Moscow may never be the sameOlympics May Cause Cultural ShockBy DAVID MINTHORN, Associated Press WriterLife in Moscow is winding down after 16 days of Olympics euphoria, but Soviet society is likely to feel effects of the Summer Games for years to come.
Moscow was physically altered for the Olympics by construction of nine hotels and eight sports centers, and coats of bright paint on every major building.Traffic is flowing freely again and open markets.