Looking down Fifth Avenue West in Duluth
The image above is from two weeks ago; the image below is from about 100 years ago.
The Romanesque-style building on First Street between Fourth and Fifth avenues west opened in 1894 to serve as the central Duluth post office. The new federal building was completed in 1930 and since then has served as the Downtown post office. The post office building in the image above was razed in 1934.
The Holland Hotel opened in 1910, closed in 1961, and was demolished to make way for the new Radisson Hotel.
I like picture B.
The older building designs are certainly cooler, but the greenery in the top image makes the present day seem more vibrant.
Would be cool to have a “Then and Now” tag so posts like this that highlight side-by-sides across history are easily searchable. I realize this would just be a subcategory of history and you might be trying to limit the number to categories…my point is I think these comparisons are really cool.
I have added a Then and Now tag. I’ll have to remember what other similar posts there have been in the past and tag them retroactively.
Here is a better look at the old post office.
Two more.