[milwaukee-electric] Re: 9th street

[Y Marti]

If anything the retro Milwaukee photo is no earlier than 1961. The  
public museum didn't have the groundbreaking until late 1960 and the  
state office building didn't have a groundbreaking until late 1961.  
Bother were finished in 1963.

If you were referring to the photo I posted of the yard area, I  
mentioned that that was from the late 40's. Most likely 1948 - no  
later than February 1949 when the Dresden and Vincent Flats at the  
southeast corner of 5th & Michigan were torn down.

> Referring back to the Retro photo:
> http://www.retrocom.com/retromilw/Mke-Downtown50s.jpg
> What was the large building at the SW corner of 10th and Clybourn
> (ending at Hibernia)?

That was the former Abel & Bach Trunk Factory building.

Yance M.

Quoting "Don L. Leistikow" <DLeistikow at webtv.net>:

> Gary:   Looking again at the Retro Milwaukee 1950's photo, ..  is
> somewhat difficult as the location of the then GE bulding is way over at
> the right side of this photo.
>
> I can see and identify Wells, Wisconsin, Michigan and Clybourn streets.
> Also evident, for our purposes are the Royal Hotel at 5th and Michigan,
> the MILW Trainshed, The North Shore Terminal and the intersection of
> 6th, Clybourn,and St.Paul streets.
>
> The Court of Honor (the boulevard on Wisconsin Avenue) is clearly shown
> thus identifying 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th streets.  Sliding over to
> the far right is somewhat obscured and fuzzy.  That could be a problem
> with my 'webber' and its limits.  However, it does appear that the east
> end of the then GE property is somewhat cleared.  A rather small black
> spot, could be the remaining entrance to the Subway.
>
> As for the 1963 photo, I have trouble with that date.  It looks like the
> RTL ramp up to 8th street, is still there.  As I was employed there (GE)
> in 1951, right after Speedrail shut down, that ramp was torn down.
> Furthermore, there was a very tall Line Pole, from the ground up to way
> over the track level.  There was a STOP board at the crossing, in both
> directions.
>
> There hung that STOP board, way up in the air, untouchable.  One day I
> came out and the very tall line pole... was down and cut in half...and
> that sign? ...... Intact !  That sign is now in my basement.  So, what
> I'm saying is, the yard was cleared in the late 1951-1952 era.
>
>
> Furthermore, this photo is older than 1963.  Look at the railroad cars
> at the bottom of the photo.  The tracks and Fowler Street LCL yard is
> apparently still there.  As I recall, that operation was ended when the
> railroads dumped the LCL traffic.  (LCL meaning Less than Car Load) as I
> had posted earlier.  The land was cleared, as I recall  That space
> became the site of the new, combined MILW and C&NW Passenger Station in
> 1965.
>
> As for a new buiding on Clybourn in the 700 block.... ??????     I doubt
> it.  What that is, I don't know.
>
> Don L .
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