Monies & Pughe

 Monies & Pughe in the 500 block of Lackawanna Avenue, from the Scranton Times, November 25, 1940.

 

T hanks to John Luczak for these articles.

Rock Cut

 A cut on the Pennsylvania Coal Company Railroad, near the Erie's Wyoming Division MP 15.5. From March 1, 2009. This would be near Plane 6.

Edgewater Drive

 Looking east on Edgewater Drive from West 117th Street last week. The weather has been keeping me indoors, the cold isn't as much of a factor as is the lack of clear sidewalks. Apparently few people in Lakewood know about snow shovels and rock salt, or calcium chloride. This view is in Cleveland, where it's not any better

RTA 3517

 RTA 3517 southbound on West 117th Street, south of Edgewater, last week.

Norfolk Southern 4793

 NS 4743 leading an eastbound stacker past the Hird Avenue crossing in Lakewood back on February 1st. I wasn't in the best spot, but at least I wasn't three blocks away like the last few times.

Cove Park

 Cove Park last Monday morning. Been staying close to home lately, hibernation mode til spring.

Superior Avenue

 Superior Avenue looking west from near 24th Street, June 21, 1987. We had mover down the street, off to the right, about a month earlier, neat place to live back then, really out of the way, yet still in town.

Washington's Birthday

 Today is George Washington's birthday. This day used to be a national holiday, now few high school graduates even know who he is.

I've had a few of these for years.

Carnival Defense Fund Benefit

 Thursday was the 46th anniversary of the Carnival Defense Fund Benefit at the RKO Palace. The councilmen were the victims of lawfare waged by the Kucinich administration against his fiercest critics, including council president George Forbes. All of whom would be acquitted..

From the Cleveland Press, February 21, 1979.

Construction

 Looks like the street was opened up on Lake at West 117th the other day.

Nickel Plate Road

 Looking east on the NKP from Thoreau Avenue on Monday morning.

Winter

 Spring can't get here soon enough. Park pavilion at Cove Park on Monday morning.

Stafford Meadowbrook

Looking downstream at Stafford Meadowbrook, and a Laure Line bridge, around mile 3.2, March 20, 2008.

Erie Railroad: Wyoming Division

 Bridge over an unnamed creek, approximately mile 13.9, looking west, February 17, 2008.

LaBelle

 Hard to believe this was fifty years ago, quite a night.

From Scene, February 6 - 12, 1975.

Roaring Brook

 Roaring Brook, looking downstream from Myrtle Street, February 10, 2008.

Clark's Eggs

 AT Clark's, from the Plain Dealer, February 23, 1925.

Cabeese

 Cabeese at Mauch Chunk, May 1999.

At a Theatre Near You

 From the Plain Dealer, February 23, 1925.

Luna Park

 Entrance to Luna Park under the Laurel Line row, January 1, 2007. This was the first time we were back there, off Matthew Street in the woods, next to I-81.

Chester Avenue

 Chester Avenue looking east from 13th Street, summer 1987.

Philadelphia Suburban 76

  PS 76 at the Steamtown boarding platform, February 15, 2020.

Vitaphone

 98 years since the first sound pictures ran in Cleveland at the Circle Theatre, 10210 Euclid Avenue. Jessel would be in opposition to himself when he opened the next day at the Hanna in the Jazz Singer. From the Plain Dealer, February 5, 1927.

Church of the Nativity

 Church of the Nativity on Orchard Street in South Scranton, from April 4, 2015.

Erie Railroad: Wyoming Division

 Water tower base along the Erie in Dunmore, near mp 16, March 1, 2009.

Tony's Market

 Tony's Market, 15400 Kinsman Road, from the Plain Dealer, February 2, 1945.

Abandoned Boxcar

 Abandoned boxcar along the Erie's Wyoming Division, just west of the bridge over the Lackawanna Railroad, about mp 17.5, from February 20, 2009.

Bolivar Road

 Bolivar Road, summer 1987.

Ohio Inn

 Ohio Inn, 11822 Detroit Avenue, on a rainy Saturday a couple weeks ago, formally the location of Maria's Roman Room.

February 3, 1959

 66 years....

Scranton Tribune, February 4, 1959.

Out A Window

 View of Elm Park Methodist Church from the trainshed at Lackawanna Station, January 28, 2017.

Moe's Bar

 Moe's Bar, 1740 East 17th Street, summer 1987.