Keeeping mom and pop stores is so important, rather than Walmart, but what can I say. My grandfather had a businesses in Weirton and lived in Wellsburg. The transition from coal and steel to more modern technologies never really happened in Weirton. Politicians didn’t want to get voted out so they still to this day claim coal is alive. Weirton could have been a lovely tech community, just a commute from Pittsburgh.
Built in 1905 and still collecting tolls. Reminds me of a local bridge across the Missouri river when I was young that had the steel mesh deck. When Dad would drive over it I could look down through it and see the river.
So many memories. It's almost the same in many ways. Only the signs on the buildings have (sometimes) changed. If only I could step back 50 years to childhood and walk those streets. But this is surprisingly close to that. Thank you.
I think the middle of nowhere in Ohio needs a mansion house with living room, dining room, kitchen, bathroom, bedroom, movie theater room, game room, music room, musical room, sports room, pool room, workout room, library room, office, church room, laundry room, and garage.
There is a HUGE difference in now and then, when i was a boy every building was a business, personal and five and tens, Hills, buster browns, 4 dealerships, etc... trucks lined up picking up steel, it was safe with older generation, the new generation was destroying it all , my elders predicted the shut down of steel mills, and i left, i didn't want to but had to . Today it appears to picked up but they are all outside business corporate, that doesnt get spent in the city a regeneration of wealth. I was brought across state line from Paris to be born in Weirton general Hospital - things sure have changed since the 60s ... thanks for the memory !
