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| Occasionally, the passage of time seems to have little effect on the built landscape, as shown by this photo and the one to the right, taken about 30 years apart. It is taken of Linden Street where... |
Posted By: Administrator
06-04-2009
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| The scene is not much different now. Even the billboard is still in place. But closer observation shows the automobiles are dated and the bridge has been replaced.
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06-04-2009
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| This impressive stone portal, shown above in 1911, is the gateway to Pittsfield Cemetery from Wahconah Street. Designed by J. P. Rinn of Boston and built of Great Barrington bluestone, it was erect... |
Posted By: John Reagan
04-16-2009
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| As you can see, the 125 year old gateway is still intact today (2009) and a few trees have grown in the area. |
Posted By: John Reagan
04-16-2009
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| Temple Anshe Amunim occupied the former Seventh Day Advent Christian Church building, above, from 1926 to 1964, when it built a new temple on Broad Street. The building, erected in 1890, was purcha... |
Posted By: John Reagan
04-16-2009
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| Samale razed the building for a parking lot, then renovated the classroom addition at the right for Samale's Pharmacy, which he operated until he retired in 1985. The building today (3/09) houses t... |
Posted By: John Reagan
04-16-2009
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| Morningside Baptist Church building at 475 Tyler Street in Pittsfield, is shown above around 1940,the time when most of us were born. It was built between 1911 and 1913 at a then cost of $45,528.Th... |
Posted By: Administrator
03-08-2009
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| In 2009, the Morningside Baptist Church remains essentially the same. A change in the top of the tower, the addition of a sign and the addition of power lines! |
Posted By: Administrator
03-08-2009
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| Dawes School on Elm Street. This picture was taken in 1982 just before it was demolished. Dawes School was named after Henry Lauren Dawes, a Senator from Mass. in the later part of the 19th century... |
Posted By: Administrator
03-02-2009
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| Dawes School was torn down and replace by this strip mall seen in 2008. Check out the gas prices. |
Posted By: Administrator
03-02-2009
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| Pilgrim Memorial Church at 249 Wahconah Streeet in Pittsfield, shown above in the middle of the 20th century grew out of a Sunday school established for mill children in 1863. The Sunday school gre... |
Posted By: John Reagan
03-02-2009
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| The church building was erected in 1898 on land given by Russell Manufacturing Co. and still functions as a church today, 2009. |
Posted By: John Reagan
03-02-2009
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