1939: HERE ARE TWO VIEWS OF NO. WILLOW ST. IN THE BANK-SPRING STREET AREA

How that area has changed! I recently found myself detoured from Hamilton Avenue due to a very large traffic jam at the Arena on Hamilton Avenue. I took a Route 29 detour and exited on Perry Street and out of curiosity wanted to see the area as it is and at the same time remembering it as it was. Negotiating the one way North Warren Street area and ultimately ending up in the Bank Street, Spring Street, North Willow Street area was a sobering realization of just how the face of the city of Trenton has changed over the past 50 or 60 years. The top photo is the original from border to border. The lower has been extracted and enlarged in order to get a closer view atof the 

Mike Kuzma wrote:

Tom:
To put things into perspective, the large building on the left just past Spring St. is where the Carver YMCA originated. Many of the fine young African American athletes of the day honed thier skills there. Prominent among them were the Groom brothers, Ronnie, Mel, and the other escapes me.
The railroad crossing you see in the distance is the old Reading Belvedere line emenating at the terminal across from the Battle Monument.
I was a "used tire" customer of Callen tire. You can see the bridge over the canal feeder just up on the right. The "Restuarant" became the home of Benny Taylor's "Night Club" His wife Gloris and I worked together at the NJ DCA.

Fond Memories

Mike Kuzma

Your insight and experience as a veteran Trentonian adds a lot to the posts on this site, Mike. Much obliged!

Tom

Thursday, November 21, 2013