[PRCo] Facebook page for posting photos of old and abandoned buildings in Western Pa.

[Fred Schneider]

You know you are old, Bob, when someone asks "What's a McCrorys?"  Think of all those old store names that are no longer there.  I will confine myself to western Pennsylvania … Woolworths, Gimbels, Kaufmans, Joseph Horne, Rosenbaums, Boggs and Buhl, Isalys.

Yup….   And you now have to be in your 40s to understand what communism was like in eastern Europe.   In a way, I guess I am rather glad that I vacationed in East Germany before the wall came down and saw it.   I guess, as ugly as history can be, I guess it was also good for me that I experienced the segregated southern states … black and white drinking fountains, toilets, restaurants, etc.  

Now, how the hell do I explain to my granddaughter and her husband, who is of African descent, what it would have been like living in this country 60 or more years ago?   


On Apr 4, 2013, at 1:19 PM, Bob Rathke wrote:

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> Here's a Facebook page containing photos of old and abondoned structures in Western Pa.  It contains a few rail photos. I've posted some of my 1956-82 photos in the section for, "Recent posts by others". 
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> https://www.facebook.com/pages/Abandoned-Old-Interesting-Places-Western-PA/237114536307967?sk=photos#!/pages/Abandoned-Old-Interesting-Places-Western-PA/237114536307967 
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