Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Streetscapes of the Burg, The 500 Block of Hamilton Avenue



Streetscapes of the Burg. The 500 Block of Hamilton
Avenue. As a Trenton High Alumni this scene was
very familiar to me long ago:)

5 comments:

SJBill said...

This row of buildings is across the street fromn the firehouse, isn't it?

Used to walk by these every day to THS.

Mack said...

Yes SJ:)
Here is a list of what places
were here in the 1950s.
(Some were still there in my
Burg day too).

HAMILTON AVENUE
551 Hamilton Sweet Shop
547 LaCasa Liquor
545 Jos Umberto Deli
539 Kropacs Bakery
537 Louis Bahr Tailor

Anonymous said...

My aunt and uncle Bill and Muncie had Kropac's back in the day. She's 89 and still bakes a mean dobos .

Anonymous said...

later there was "storky's"deli.and charlie paris's shirt shop,i remember "mannino"'s was one of the first of the pizzaria's to open in the area.by that i mean brother's and places like that.the older places were more like restaurants,papa's delorenzo's,joes,and maruca's by the olden theater.

Mack said...

Storkeys, Maninnos, Sweet Shop, & Eddies were all there in my Trenton
High days 77-80