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Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Swank Hardware Building

Swank Hardware Building - Downtown Johnstown

6 comments:

  1. The clock is missing.

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  2. The clock is missing.

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  3. Such a shame they tore this down for an ugly bank and parking lot. Johnstown tears down all the history instead of fixing it like other cities!

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  4. Unfortunately most other cities in America also tear down the older buildings insteat of fixing them. I suppose it's cheaper for the builders. I currently live near Hershey PA and they are going to tear down part of the "old chocolate factory"... so hard to believe another part of history will be gone.

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  5. David - Also living near Hershey I agree with the writer above about tearing down pafrt of the "old chocolate factory. I would have thought maybe, just maybe, someone would convert the building into apartments. I think that would have been very cool.

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  6. My grandmother was a Swank. She's buried in Grandview Cemetery in Johnstown. I now live in California, and have never visited Johnstown, but I hope to someday.

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