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2014, rear view. The West Point post office and two
apartments are in the building to the right. |
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2014 |
On the left, up the rusting stairs, was the
illegal Section 8 apartment.
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Porch at the top of the stairs. |
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2017. After the building was left empty, someone
removed an air conditioner and destroyed part of the wall in
the process. |
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Yours Truly investigates an old freezer built
into this addition. It was a potential death trap for kids, and I'd
check it from time to time. |
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Detail of one of the top windows. |
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The same window in 2018. |
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March 2017. The slate covering the structure has
been removed.
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These bottom windows haven't seen the light of
day in over a half century.
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CHESTERFIELD BEST FOR YOU
King-Size Cigarettes. |
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What did they do with all the slate? |
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The diagonal planking is for strength and wind
bracing. |
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You don't see construction like this anywhere
today.
If these planks were particle board over 2X4s, the building
would have collapsed in the 1930s. |
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