Old Grinner wrote:What was/is it?
I watched a program about Dayton yesterday . . ..
It was so great at one time and now it's like Detroit . . . a lot of cool older buildings and streets that were once bustling with commerce are now barely traveled. Many residences lay in ruins. NCR and GM had other ideas and left a lot of people unemployed after the early 2000's. Strange times.
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It seems most
downtowns in the USA are pretty much dead, even if the general area is doing OK.
The 60's were good times for city centers it seemed.
I came to Dayton after Vietnam - in the early 70's it had (two) block long, multi story downtown department stores with Xmas windows. NCR, GM and Wright Patterson employed thousands and thousands - with good pay, benefits and pensions for decades.
Nearby monster International Harvester ran 3 shifts, again for decades.
I don't know what happened - but I was "RIF'd" after 15 years, and then was very lucky to snag a 30 year State job with great benefits and a livable pension.
That big bldg. held the police and city offices....maybe a jail.
In the 70's it was still full of thriving shops, eating places, bakery, meat market, etc. Now there is a history museum in it, and the clock end has a pretty good coffee shop. No idea what's in the rest of it. Newish Marriott across the fountain from it.
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