Buckingham MidWest

[fish]

How'd you like to roof this sucker!



Especially up there...




It's slate with copper gutters.

Fish

[Old Grinner]

What was/is it?

I watched a program about Dayton yesterday . . ..

It was so great at one time and now it's like Detroit . . . a lot of cool older buildings and streets that were once bustling with commerce are now barely traveled. Many residences lay in ruins. NCR and GM had other ideas and left a lot of people unemployed after the early 2000's. Strange times.

[WhiteNoise]

Oh, that be Big, Very Big. Go on fish, Get started. We'll see ya When "We Get There"
(Truly, I wouldn't know where to start. I'll be running late)r) or....Not running at'all
Good day gents

[fish]

What was/is it?

I watched a program about Dayton yesterday . . ..

It was so great at one time and now it's like Detroit . . . a lot of cool older buildings and streets that were once bustling with commerce are now barely traveled. Many residences lay in ruins. NCR and GM had other ideas and left a lot of people unemployed after the early 2000's. Strange times.

It seems most downtowns in the USA are pretty much dead, even if the general area is doing OK.
The 60's were good times for city centers it seemed.
I came to Dayton after Vietnam - in the early 70's it had (two) block long, multi story downtown department stores with Xmas windows. NCR, GM and Wright Patterson employed thousands and thousands - with good pay, benefits and pensions for decades.

Nearby monster International Harvester ran 3 shifts, again for decades.

I don't know what happened - but I was "RIF'd" after 15 years, and then was very lucky to snag a 30 year State job with great benefits and a livable pension.

That big bldg. held the police and city offices....maybe a jail.
In the 70's it was still full of thriving shops, eating places, bakery, meat market, etc. Now there is a history museum in it, and the clock end has a pretty good coffee shop. No idea what's in the rest of it. Newish Marriott across the fountain from it.

Fish

[JohnL]

Is that Buckingham Palace??

[fish]

Is that Buckingham Palace??

Sure.
Fish

[Mel46]

It is Buckingham...ish. No fences or walls to keep you out, but lots of hope that you will come in...unlike the REAL Buckingham Palace, which no one seems to understand but lots of people like to look at from the outside. (Sort of like a gilded cage)

[Old Grinner]

Two places I remember being in often growing up and now are no longer in existence . . ..

A lesson in life . . . cycles are a reality.

Burger Chef - Had to hurry on down to Hardee's . . ..

A & P - Where economy originates?