Baltimore & Ohio C-2124

B&O C-2124 outside the New York Central station, Painesville, Ohio last fall.

Crusaders

Today is the 44th anniversary of the last of the Allen Theatre concerts in the 70's. Two days earlier the theatre suffered some damage at a free Starz concert, one of the big mirrors in the lobby was broken, among other things. The theatre owners, Millcap Corporation had leased the theatre lobby to the Georgeadis Brothers for a restaurant ( The Old Allen, it was very good). Not long afterwards the seats in the auditorium would be removed for a laser dome (The Lazerium), Neither would last more than a couple years.

 From Scene, July 29 - August 4, 1976.

From Scene, August 12 - 18, 1976.

Auditorium, October, 1971, William Gesten/Foto Arts Inc. The 1961 renovation cut the capacity to 2,860.

Art

Spotted this ART behind McNichol's Plaza School last week. So click, I made my own, thanks Scranton School District!

Electric City Trolley

Philadelphia Suburban 76 at the south end of Laurel Line Tunnel last Friday morning. Excursions run Thursday - Sunday, at 10:30 AM, 11:30 AM, 12:45 PM, 2:00 PM and 3:15 PM Thursday through Sunday, through November 1st.

Illegal Dumping

No matter where you go, there's always some clown that's been there first and left their trash there. Maybe someday Scranton will have a mayor that cares about illegal dumping in town. City Hall has been pretty unresponsive about illegal dumping. If they can't tax it, why bother I guess. Crooked Cognetti has been a huge disappointment, way worse than the last guy. The city has been unresponsive not only about illegal dumping, but the fireworks in July as well. It's no fun being awakened at 2 - 3 AM by giant explosions in the street out front. I'm not talking about firecrackers, I'm talking bombs, window rattlers jolting people awake. If this type of activity was going on in the neighborhoods our elected officials live in, it would come to a quick halt. Little Miss Clueless surely wasn't jolted out of her bed by bombs in the middle of the night.

Stafford Meadowbrook

Stafford Meadowbrook on Friday morning, near the South end of Laurel Line tunnel. Creek is running pretty low.

Wooden Nickel Saloon

The Wooden Nickel, at 2537 St. Clair Avenue, popular in the early 1970's. From The Scene December 31, 1970 - January 6, 1971. Gene Jackson opened a show for us at the Allen, he really did sound like Jolson.