Salvation Army Building - Photo Update

[jay]

GONE!   

[AllanY2525]

Yes, the photo below IS a nice [new] view of the B. and O.
Now what they need to do is get a nice, illuminated sign
put up on that side of the building, facing Mahoning
Avenue.  Something on a 20-40 foot tall poll would be
great - it would be visible for some distance up Mahoning
Avenue.

[yfdgricker]

Too bad they couldn't haul that concrete and construction debris up the Y&S railroad. They haul C&D materials to a landfil along the line in Columbiana County. Seems to me it would be quite easy to drop a couple cars off on the side track there and just use the backhoe to load the cars up then connect up with the Y&S and run them out to the landfill. Hopefully they used a local company so the money stays here in the area.

[Towntalk]

That is also a great view of the B&O. I use to take the train out of there back in the days when I worked in Pittsburgh back in the 1960's. Would take the train out of Pittsburgh Friday evening and go back Sunday evenings. Those were the good old days.

[jay]

The Salvation Army building is only a pile of rubble now.  The demolition crews are salvaging the scrap steel  and hauling the thousands of tons of cement /brick debris to a landfill.

[jay]

Westsider,

Here is your photo.  It was taken this morning

[northside lurker]

When going by this morning, only the elevator tower remained.

[northside lurker]

There was even less of the front, when I passed it last night.

--edit--

I think I spoke too soon.  There seemed to be a lot less last night, but it looked much like your picture this morning.

[jay]

The Salvation Army building has now been cut in half.  The column to the right contains the freight elevator.