tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19041693.post1203462326506248535..comments2024-03-09T12:18:51.016-05:00Comments on TOM GLOVER'S HAMILTON LIBRARY SCRAPBOOK: LOCAL HISTORY WITH A PERSONAL TOUCH.: 1939: GREENWOOD AVENUE Tom Gloverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01749723834326832799noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19041693.post-43348560005612281422012-11-29T10:58:48.584-05:002012-11-29T10:58:48.584-05:00Ten Years after this photo was taken, I crossed th...Ten Years after this photo was taken, I crossed this path enroute to my first year at Trenton Central High School. It was some experience, crossing over from South Trenton when you took Greenwood Ave. diagnally across from Sacred Heart Church and wound up on Mansion Row beginning at the corner of Greenwood and So. Clinton. This photo depicts a few of the grand mansions that graced Greenwood Ave. They were the homes of Trenton's Elite!<br />Sadly, 20 years after this photo in 1959 I began my career in Government with the City of Trenton Health Dept. as a Health Inspector. I was assigned as a "rooming house inspector, which took me into many of these former mansions which had been transformed into Rider College Fraternity Houses, rooming houses, and sheltered care homes.<br />It did not take long to deem many of them unfit for human habitation, and they became boarded up hulks, and eyesores.<br />Thanks to careless kids, and greedy landlords.<br /><br />I guess there is very little to aspite too in Trenton these days.<br /><br />Best wishes<br /><br />Mike KuzmaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19041693.post-43468842080554644162012-11-29T01:59:45.601-05:002012-11-29T01:59:45.601-05:00I remember this bridge oh, so well. I crossed it ...I remember this bridge oh, so well. I crossed it many, many times to visit my uncles and aunts on South Clinton. My trip originated on Jackson St.then crossing over Greenwood. Unfortunately,one time I was hit by a car on Greenwood and dragged by said car over the railroad tracks. When all was said and done, I ended up with the brush burns of all times on the left side of my body.<br />Indeed, there are memories!<br /><br />Warren RueAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com