1936: E. STATE ST. WOOLWORTH'S - W.T. GRANT - S.S. KRESGE

 

Historian Sally Lane Graf taught me to look at the architectural details of many of Trenton's old buildings wherein you will find very interesting history. Even though the building is long gone, the lower photo shows the "Metropolitan" building which I believe was a predecessor to today's "dollar stores." This was at 115 E. State Street and the above exploded view showing F.W. Woolworth, W.T. Grant, and S.S. Kresge will show that Grant's took over the building. By the way, that whole string of buildings is no more.

1946: BELLEVUE AVENUE BUS AT STATE & BROAD

I may have posted this earlier, but this time I zeroed in on Woolworth's, Grant's and Kresge's "five and dime stores."that were once a very familiar part of the downtown Trenton scene. Lunch at Woolworth's was a real treat.