They're Tearing Down ROCK HILL , SC! Also Building Some Things. Historic Trade St. Is Long Gone!

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@paulclarke7571 9 месяцев назад

The most amazing part of this video is that, that is Ron playing the piano during the show! WOW! He can fix pinball machines, radios, etc and can play some mean licks on the piano! Way to go Ron! ;)

@nsxfever9513 9 месяцев назад

A shame that 2 level train station was not preserved. It looked pretty neat. Thanks for sharing this.

@LyonsArcade 9 месяцев назад

There weren't many train stations like that because of where it was set up, if you look, there was a downstairs for the trains that were going east/west, and then there's a train tressle that crosses over the top, going north/south... so the top level, handled the train up top and the bottom level handled the trains on the bottom. Very unique setup. Destroyed in the 70's.

@kellingc 9 месяцев назад

This was a nice change of pace. Thank you for the tour. I love to learn about locals.

@macdaddyns 9 месяцев назад

Progress? Ron, We had some cool stuff in Down Town Halifax, I remember as a Kid seeing these old round structures near the old coal power plant. They used to be circular wooden buildings that contained the coal gas from burnt coal. The buildings used to float up depending on how full they were with the gas. The gas was then piped throughout the downtown to light the street lights. All a memory now.

@frankgagliano9677 9 месяцев назад

Great video of beautiful downtown Rock Hill SC. Where did the Rock Hill come from? Ronnie do not let tear Joe's Classic Video Store. See you on the next video.

@pezjohnson 9 месяцев назад

Thanks for sharing the history of your town.

@WornGuy 9 месяцев назад

To me this reinforces your passion for the things that where made before most of us were born. 1950 here.

@rickschill9008 9 месяцев назад

Thank you for documenting past history of Rock Hill. The video footage was recorded sometime between August 2019 and January 2021.

@TomMannCenturia 9 месяцев назад

Some lovely trees, really adds to the aesthetics of your town.

@hestheMaster 9 месяцев назад

This is right near your store, about two blocks roughly north along E.White St. The Exchange at Rock Hill was built in the area of all those buildings basically tearing down city history for modern condo high rises. They call that progress! At 14:36 in the video the aerial photo just shows how cool this place was back in the day. The train carousel you are referring to is actually called a turntable. Common when steam engines were used back then. They turned the steam engine to face back from where it came from for a return trip. Sad to see so much history gone Ronnie. That is a 1958 Chevrolet Impala Sport Coupe. It says fuel injection on the front side quarter panels so I bet it has a 283cc V8 in it .

@michaeljoyner2934 9 месяцев назад

Thank you for the tour of Rock Hill. I’ve never been there but some of my family is from that area. Looks like a neat place.

@asleeds 9 месяцев назад

Cool change of pace.

@markjackson1444 9 месяцев назад

A few great old buildings there. ….One of the enduring disappointments of my life was when they tore down the local Movie Theatre in Auburn….It was a grand old building and gave the suburb some status and some class. It was heartbreaking to me, and in some ways I’ve never gotten over it. ….It’s been gone now about 40 years. It was very interesting to take the tour with you Ronnie and get a feel for some of what’s in your town. There’s a reason why folks think about and talk about their “old home town”. …..it’s supposed to be old. If they keep tearing it all down it will turn into “my new home town”. Thanks for sharing this history with us.

@Zepphd2 9 месяцев назад

Great video Ronnie! Thanks!! The history along with the piano accompaniment made me feel like a kid watching Mr. Rogers!

@TheJimbodean67 9 месяцев назад

Diving a truck for a living and having done mobile service work for 25 years before that, I see it all over small town America. Big companies make it impossible for smaller business’s to stay competitive. And when folk retire and have no one to take over and run the business they spent the last 40 years building and move to Florida, the property gets bought up cheap and isn’t maintained causing the buildings to fall into disrepair. Then someone comes in scoops it all up and builds a Walmart.

@HotOneRecordz 9 месяцев назад

Yup... I've only been driving truck for 3 years and I've seen places one week and the next month it looks like a ghost town. We're losing America 😔

@800acceptnoimitation 9 месяцев назад

You go Ronnie! As an architect, I like this as much as arcade and pinball machines. It's been a while since we've heard from Joe. I hope he's okay.

@meltysquirrel2919 9 месяцев назад

Think of all the wallets that could've been in the attics of those old buildings they tore down! ;-) I hope things are getting better for your town - looking forward to the next video! :-)

@emprsnm9903 9 месяцев назад

Holly Cow! I went on google maps, then street view....Its all gone, and giant lease apartments. I was not expecting that!😄 Did you record this 2+ years ago? Only a sliver of that 'restaurant' space still exists, now called _Hoppin'_ ..even the train museum building is gone.

@ISLEOVUE 9 месяцев назад

Nice, sightseeing walk. thanks for sharing

@chipholland9 9 месяцев назад

I went to Winthrop and stayed in the Winthrop Lodge on Oakland Avenue. It was the best dorm on campus because it had it's own kitchen and the ladies that cooked for us did an amazing job. The food was cooked fresh, while the one in Phelps was your standard steam table food (meh). They tore down the motel rooms several years ago to put up a parking lot for the school, but the front office (where the dining room was!) is now a law firm and they have redone it and it looks nice. Hopefully the downtown area will bring in some folks living down there.

@LandrysPinball 9 месяцев назад

Sad to see so many historic buildings falling to the way side and being torn down.

@cklinejr 9 месяцев назад

Neat video. That 2 level train station would have been cool to visit. Great music too, how did you know I've been listening to more Jazz lately?

@xdibblerx 9 месяцев назад

Yeah, just like my town. Back in the 70's it was cool to tear down as those old buildings and build new modern buildings that didn't age well. We had so many neat old buildings and most are gone and we're left with ugly 70's style buildings. Neat video.

@davidhollfelder9940 9 месяцев назад

Seeing these kinds of areas reminds me of Better Call Saul .. where’s the blow up Statue of Liberty? Always a sense of nostalgia for stuff from times gone by .. just cant last forever .. can we reinvent for the better with new?

@timbober1 9 месяцев назад

Progress? Are you going to get your hands on some of those bricks? Used to be brickyards everywhere, when we moved to our house in the 90s there was brickyard within a couple miles of our house. I can’t be certain but we have a small patch of brick in the front of our house that probably came from there. The bricks from different towns had their own characteristics. I suppose no one gives a crap about that, I think it’s interesting. It’s good you have documented the changes that are about to happen “Rocky Hill”. History has always been one of my biggest interests.

@webbfaze124 9 месяцев назад

I was thinking the same thing. I’m sure they will grab some brick.

@w00tDr 9 месяцев назад

They need to save one of those warehouse building walls, for Ron's 100 foot tall projector screen, where he can host neighborhood Gauntlet and Samurai Showdown tournaments. 😉

@Scrubbasteve 9 месяцев назад

They tore down the 2 maybe 3 story Burlington Northern train station in my town, Galesburg Illinois, in the middle of the night back in 86. It was before my time, but many of the old timers are still mad about it. I wish I could’ve seen it

@OhRonaldo 9 месяцев назад

Geeze Ron, i know you said you and Donnie were gonna start a new property from scratch but an entire city block? Wow! 😂

@brad9529 9 месяцев назад

The whole lot would be perfect for a big box hardware store

@junkhead12 9 месяцев назад

I think that old mayor confused revitalize for decimate. "see where all those parking lots are... they all use to be buildings.."

@samphillips4925 9 месяцев назад

I wonder if Georges pool hall had any pinball machines in it?

@LyonsArcade 9 месяцев назад

I'll bet it did!

@simondempsey1 9 месяцев назад

What an interesting video

@zyxxy 9 месяцев назад

Looks like ROC renew our community building (1920) and the rest was renewed into a swish looking set of housing developments.

@rb2184 9 месяцев назад

What a cool place

@2011MoJo 9 месяцев назад

Was the blue chevy at the end yours? I bet it was, seems like something you whould own... loved the video.

@retr0bits545 9 месяцев назад

The rail line still there? Also love the vintage Chevy, got a 41 Cadillac myself.

@AllanSitte 9 месяцев назад

Looking at Google Earth today, it seems that Ron recorded this video awhile back. It looks like they made that area look fairly nice when the Google camera drove by. Looks like there is a caboose display in a park like scene where the old credit union building. A few months ago I returned to my childhood home town. Very little looks the same anymore. If there is one thing that is constant in our universe... it is the change that occurs over time. Thank you for sharing this Ron. Happy New Year to you and your family.

@FishDS9 9 месяцев назад

He referenced 2020 in the video when he was looking at the classic car.

@cklinejr 9 месяцев назад

Way to spoil it for yourself, he said it was 2020 in the video.

@_JellyDonut_ 9 месяцев назад

Save the clock tower!

@danotten3344 7 месяцев назад

Do you think the front of the train station is part of the original station ? It looks it to me, especially the roof...

@LyonsArcade 7 месяцев назад

I thought I figured out at some point it's in a slightly different spot and was just built as a little room to display pictures and things of the original station, but I haven't tried to figure it out in a long time.

@danotten3344 7 месяцев назад

@@LyonsArcade What stands out to me is the color of the Roof looks the same, the roof tiles are the same and the front pillars are there. If it is part of the same building, then the front has definitely been renovated at some point. Great job on documenting this though, I wish more would do so and share it out what they have.

@mfranzusan3014 9 месяцев назад

Progress. It happens everywhere, unfortunately. My home town has been taken over by people that moved out of Toronto and other major cities and they've almost completely changed it. The annual festival we used to have got canceled indefinitely because everyone responsible for organizing it has either passed away, moved on, or can't get the support of new residents/volunteers. The newer businesses in the area complained that it's one day they can't get any business, meanwhile the one high-end restaurant in town would generate half their revenue for the year on that day. Residents complain and the solution is to just forget it all together. I know how you feel.

@brad9529 9 месяцев назад

It's odd that they knock stuff down and never replace it with anything, just empty space

@LyonsArcade 9 месяцев назад

I could get all into it but the short answer is like this: 1. Everything used to be in all the downtowns 2. The cars were invented 3. People moved out of downtown since they now had a car (or a trolley, or whatever) 4. Prices of the empty buildings go down, poor people live or run businesses there 5. The government decides to fix the problem by making the taxes cheaper on parking lots than empty buildings 6. This makes people either tear down buildings, or the government buys them to build roads the mayor then names after himself The road running through there is called Dave Lyle blvd, named after the Mayor who built the road

@brad9529 9 месяцев назад

@@LyonsArcadeThanks for the detailed answer. It's clear they need to change those laws, perhaps offer tax incentives to build nice appartments to bring the people back.

@carlstanland5333 9 месяцев назад

If this was from 2020 we need an update video!

@LyonsArcade 9 месяцев назад

Patience young grasshoppa

@cklinejr 9 месяцев назад

I believe it said "turn in next week for an update" at the end of the video ;)

@cliffordmaxwell9802 9 месяцев назад

This was a great video sad to see so much of what was once a vibrant hub of activity now abandoned, decimated. Do you know why the businesses and people left. We have lost so much industry from jobs being sent out of the USA for cheap labor and laxed environmental safety regulations.

@jasonmushersee 9 месяцев назад

my town in 1990 they tore down our turn of the century high school my class was the last i got pickup loads of chairs with lifetime supply chewing gum hallway lockers and the teachers lounge swinging doors still strong with cigarette smoke are now extensions on my craftsman table saw the building & its asbestos everything was buried in gravel pit down the road from me hard rains are beginning to erode topsoil can see familiar blockwork and dangerous staircases we all got hurt falling down i tried to get old record players overhead projectors apple2 computers dot matrix printers but they were gone early morn 1st day of picking today the lot is still empty and next to it 1800's lumber yard whom town was named after and remodeled many times recently shut down because new owner a large out of state corporation had to submit soil samples revealed arsenic under abandoned railroad that ran from duluth to minneapolis

@bhuff123 9 месяцев назад

You should’ve finished the video by walking into your own store

@95SLE 9 месяцев назад

You could use a golf cart for this type of video.

@leaveempty5320 9 месяцев назад

I don't think it's even old!

@t.c.bowling1934 9 месяцев назад

The plastic marquee needs saved...

@leeroykitty758 9 месяцев назад

Hopefully Walmart doesn't come tare it all up like they did here.

@rickschill9008 9 месяцев назад

2020 Joe comments around 23:16.

@ocsrc 9 месяцев назад

GET THAT SATELLITE DISH OFF THE ROOF That is a Ku band satellite dish

@OhRonaldo 9 месяцев назад

Probably for credit card processing by the auto shop?

@MichaelWhitley-n9y 9 месяцев назад

It is sad it's like part of your childhood is being taking away

@lileveretteyoakumiii 9 месяцев назад

Yodelayheehoo

@ocsrc 9 месяцев назад

I hate how Corporate America has destroyed home towns and now everywhere looks the same with box stores and chain restaurants 😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢

@emprsnm9903 9 месяцев назад

Don't forget the mass-housing apartment mega-complexes. All cheaply made, and wont see the year 2100 due to material life-expectancy. Bricks were better, the buildings outlived their purpose/sometimes even usefulness.