This is a photo taken from the middle of So. Broad Street. I erroneously said that Sacred Heart Church is on the other side, thinking that it was in the same row of buildings in the 300 block. However, the correction from Mike Kuzma below advises that the photo is in the 400 block of So. Broad Street, out of the "Green-Mar" business area.
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Tom:
This photo is in fact looking south on Broad St. But it is the 400 block, one block south of Sacred Heart Church and the south side of the main line of the Pennsylvania railroad, and beyond where Center St. splits off at Sacred Heart Church. That is in fact The American Steel & Wire Shop building of US Steel.
The tall building just before it was the Hamilton Hotel. I worked for American Steel & Wire, and the brick building is where the Trenton Sports Arena now sits. I remember many of these merchants as a little kid in this neighborhood.
Another great job. Thanks
Mike Kuzma
Hi Tom, This photo appears to be South Broad looking South toward Hamilton Ave. on the left. If you look closely, that appears to be the John A. Roebling plant on the left at the traffic light. The first car on the left in the foreground, is a 1932 Chevrolet Deluxe Sedan. The panel truck is a 1935 Chevrolet, and the car further back, is a Ford Model A with it's side curtains attached. The car traveling away in the foreground, appears to be a 1933 Pontiac or Buick; that is my guess, with what I can see. Best regards, rayfromvillapark
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Tom:
ReplyDeleteThis photo is in fact looking south on Broad St. But it is the 400 block, one block south of Sacred Heart Church and the south side of the main line of the Pennsylvania railroad, and beyond where Center St. splits off at Sacred Heart Church.
That is in fact The American Steel & Wire Shop building of US Steel.
The tall building just before it was the Hamilton Hotel.
I work for American Steel & Wire, and the brick building is where the Trenton Sports Arena now sits.
I remember many of these merchants as a little kid in this neighborhood.
Another great job. Thanks
Mike Kuzma