[PRCo] Re: Fourth and Stanwix

[James B. Holland]

Photos have revealed a twinkle of MrChieviousness in your eyes before  
--  your email below confirms same!       Guess I am forewarned!!!!! :-)


Jim



Edward H. Lybarger wrote:

> The Arcade was quite a place...a community, really. We used to joke 
> with the elevator dispatchers about starting a rumor on the 8th floor 
> just to see what it would sound like by the time it reached the first.
>
> Life was simpler then.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org
> On Behalf Of Matt Barry
> Sent: Friday, March 25, 2005 12:12 PM
> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
> Subject: [PRCo] Re: Fourth and Stanwix
>
>
> Ed,
> That is so great that you had an office in Jenkins Arcade.. My Mom 
> worked at Horne's and I recall going into the Arcade for the eye 
> doctor, baked goods, Palmer's restaurant, Ritter's, and wasn't there a 
> Gil's or a Rite Aid? Plus, it was great to cut through there coming 
> back from 5th Ave to Horne's when it was bitter cold outside. Really 
> enjoyed coming out of the Liberty Avenue side of the arcade to see the 
> East End PCCs making that wide swing from Liberty onto Fifth.
>
> Edward H. Lybarger wrote:
>
>> Yes, I had my business in the Jenkins Arcade until the tore it down 
>> (though I was operating from a branch in Mt. Lebanon at the end). 
>> Pittsburgh became decidedly less friendly for small business with the 
>> passing of the Arcade.      It's even more so today, and look at the 
>> city's economic condition!
>
>>
>> Ed
>