File:1900 Hamilton Street looking east from Lumber Street.jpg
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English: Photo postcard showing Hamilton Street looking eastbound from Lumber Street about 1900. Lumber Street is a half-street between Eighth and Ninth. It is a busy day in the Central Business District, as many people are walking up and down the sidewalks shopping and doing other forms of business. Hamilton street is not paved, although it is double tracked for Lehigh Valley Transit streetcars. The Soldier's and Sailor's monument on Center Square is in the background, which was erected in 1899.
With the Windsor's closing, the property was renovated and operated as a retail store. The building, consisting of 815, 817, 819 and 821 Hamilton was used as retail storefronts and professional offices and storage for the next eighty years, going through many owners. The building was torn down around 2000 along with the Hess Brothers and H.L.Green stores. Today it is a grassy lot.
In late 1888, the property was sold to John Bowen. Bowen’s selection of exotic coffees from around the world was its hallmark product. He is also said to have been the first person to sell bananas in the city. Bowen's store operated there until 1926. In that year, the building was finally demolished in order to make way for the S. S. Kresge Company 5 & 10 store which operated on Hamilton Street until 1957. The Kresge building remains today, being subdivided into four smaller storefronts.
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Camera location | 40° 36′ 06″ N, 75° 28′ 27″ W | View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap | 40.601667; -75.474167 |
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