The Jersey Central Freight Station a couple weeks ago.
Thursday, June 30, 2022
Wednesday, June 29, 2022
Tuesday, June 28, 2022
Monday, June 27, 2022
Sunday, June 26, 2022
Lackawanna River
Looking upstream on the Lackawanna River from the Lackawanna Avenue Bridge last Saturday, St. Mary's Church can be seen in the distance.
Saturday, June 25, 2022
Friday, June 24, 2022
Addy's Diner
Last month we had a most unpleasant experience at Addy's Diner, in the Colonial (5th Street) Arcade, 530 Euclid Avenue. I don't know what the problem was, but from the minute we walked in we were greeted with hostility. They didn't have any of the three items I tried to order, so I finished my iced tea and we left. The entire time, I was being badmouthed by the waitress for not ordering the most expensive item on the menu. We went there because we'd heard good things about the place, big mistake. They didn't have three menu items at lunch time! I was willing to be flexible, but I wasn't going to order something I didn't want. We think they were hostile to us because we were from out-of-town, funny thing is forty-five years ago I lived in an apartment upstairs in the Colonial Hotel, there was a good restaurant in here back then. We'll avoid the Fifth Street Arcade in the future.
Thursday, June 23, 2022
Wednesday, June 22, 2022
Renaissance Park
We stopped by Renaissance Park on Saturday, despite what the sign says, not open. It must be a real challenge for the Park Service to send someone over to unlock the gate. Once again, the Scranton taxpayer is cheated out of a park they paid for.
Tuesday, June 21, 2022
Monday, June 20, 2022
Lackawanna Avenue Clock
A reminder the taxpayer funded Lackawanna Avenue Clock still isn't working, much like mayor Cognetti. Last week our trash didn't get picked up, great leadership Miss Mayor.
Sunday, June 19, 2022
Saturday, June 18, 2022
Friday, June 17, 2022
Thursday, June 16, 2022
Wednesday, June 15, 2022
Bloody Rock
The Bloody Rock on Susquehanna Avenue in Wyoming where over a dozen settlers had their skulls caved in by indians in 1778. From August 1997.
Tuesday, June 14, 2022
Monday, June 13, 2022
Sunday, June 12, 2022
17th Street
17th Street, looking south along the outside of the Palace auditorium. The fire escapes were the ones that were installed in 1977. The original ones were removed following the 1969 closing, rendering the auditorium practically unusable.
Saturday, June 11, 2022
Friday, June 10, 2022
Thursday, June 9, 2022
Wednesday, June 8, 2022
Tuesday, June 7, 2022
Monday, June 6, 2022
Sunday, June 5, 2022
Saturday, June 4, 2022
Allen Theatre" The Man and His Music"
Fifty years ago today, the first of two gospel shows produced by James Bullard.
Friday, June 3, 2022
Thursday, June 2, 2022
Wednesday, June 1, 2022
Keith's Prospect Fire
Today is the anniversary of the June 1, 1908, B.F. Keith's Prospect Theatre fire, which cost legendary actor Eugene Jepson his life.
B.F. Keith's Prospect Theatre, 619 Prospect Avenue, from the Western Reserve Historical Society.From the Plain Dealer, May 31, 1908.From the Plain Dealer, June 2, 1908.From the Plain Dealer, June 2, 1908.From the Plain Dealer, June 2, 1908.From Variety, June 6, 1908.From the Plain Dealer, June 2, 1908. A rare occasion to see vaude in the otherwise legit Colonial Theatre, 803 Superior Avenue.