[PRCo] Re: so where was it?

Herb Brannon hrbran at cavtel.net
Thu Mar 1 10:42:55 EST 2012


And that would have the bus operating out of Collier Garage and the
telephone number out of the Coraopolis switching station on switch number
PITBPAMADS0.
Interesting is that the restaurant was still around, with it's castle look,
even after White Tower sued to stop the copying.

On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 07:33, Derrick Brashear <shadow at gmail.com> wrote:

> Right idea, wrong town.
>
> That number was the PNC Aliquippa Office.
>
> http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=XvAuAAAAIBAJ&sjid=o9sFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3528%2C4794617
>
> Right idea, wrong restaurant. Look closely at the blue thing in the
> window of the restaurant. Looks like a bell,
> doesn't it?
>
>
> http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=t7hRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=rWkDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5591%2C1955567
>
> Right name, right building. Here's the Joseph Building.
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/fan-t/5536060560/
>
> Where Hopewell Avenue intersects Station St.
>
> The thing you can't see right behind the bus? Route 51 (Constitution
> Blvd). Mystery solved.
>
> On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 5:55 PM, Herb Brannon <hrbran at cavtel.net> wrote:
> > Switching to Pittsburgh National Bank (now PNC) rather than White Tower,
> I
> > find that today there is a PNC bank at 500 Pine Hollow Road. That is
> where
> > Pine Hollow, Dohrman, and Singer come together. The 26-West Park used to
> > run down Dohrman and Singer. Could this be the location and the reason
> for
> > the silver line poles in the photo?
> > On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 17:13, Derrick Brashear <shadow at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >> On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 4:30 PM, Herb Brannon <hrbran at cavtel.net>
> wrote:
> >> > Should have been Tower not Castle. I see why they sued each other.
> That's
> >> > why I thought the building in the photo may have been a former one, in
> >> 1979
> >> > out of business, and not on your list.
> >>
> >> By 1979 there weren't many left. You can watch the dominoes tumble one
> by
> >> one looking in Google News Archives. Apparently there is but one White
> >> Tower left
> >> at all, outside Toledo. Maybe next time I drive to Chicago. Normally I
> >> don't do much
> >> fast food but understanding is important (to me).
> >>
> >> FWIW, found another of that 15, by the (pre 1956) New Ken town hall.
> >> Also not it.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Derrick
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> > --
> > Herb Brannon
> > In Cuyahoga Valley National Park
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Derrick
>
>


-- 
Herb Brannon
In Cuyahoga Valley National Park





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