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D-allis Iowa 
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Posted: 29 Aug 2010 at 7:18pm |
Does any one of you guys know what 70th and Greenfield looks like today?
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gleaner1
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Posted: 29 Aug 2010 at 7:23pm |
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wow , great pic thanks for posting it, in that corner the building is gone, there is a brick fence made from the bricks of the buildings, and the city made up a sign of a brief history of ac. its been posted here a few times.
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Brian G. NY
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Posted: 29 Aug 2010 at 7:24pm |
No, but I wouldn't mind going back in time for a day just so I could tour the plant and maybe have lunch in that "luncheonette". Looks like that W in the far right of the picture mihgt be a Woolworth sign? ' can't make out what the neon sign above the W represents.
Love the picture anyway. Thanks for posting it.
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TomYaz
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Posted: 29 Aug 2010 at 7:29pm |
Behold the power of the internet (google to be more specific)
http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&q=70th+and+greenfield+west+allis+WI&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=W+Greenfield+Ave+%26+S+70th+St,+West+Allis,+Milwaukee,+Wisconsin+53214&gl=us&ei=j_l6TPHoGcb_lgetsNivCg&ved=0CBkQ8gEwAA&ll=43.017933,-88.000574&spn=0,0.005262&t=h&z=18&layer=c&cbll=43.016676,-87.999609&panoid=2QvBwEnQxZxniA6EH4ioLA&cbp=12,266.32,,0,-0.74
Not sure if I am facing the right direction, but you can pivot easy enough
I think this is the correct view...all newer stuff one would expect placed on old factory grounds.
http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&q=70th+and+greenfield+west+allis+WI&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=W+Greenfield+Ave+%26+S+70th+St,+West+Allis,+Milwaukee,+Wisconsin+53214&gl=us&ei=j_l6TPHoGcb_lgetsNivCg&ved=0CBkQ8gEwAA&ll=43.016674,-88.000134&spn=0,0.005262&t=h&z=18&layer=c&cbll=43.016672,-88.000254&panoid=Zm93Pk9MsQeWRMJ6ZeHPcw&cbp=12,110.64,,0,1
Edited by TomYaz - 29 Aug 2010 at 7:34pm
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Matt (NEIA)
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Posted: 29 Aug 2010 at 9:35pm |
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Ya i wish i could go back in time too......
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Austin(WI)
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Posted: 29 Aug 2010 at 9:59pm |
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Doesnt look like that anymore...lol The water tower has long since been gone..those AC buildings are gone too. It's sad.
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Austin(WI)
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Posted: 29 Aug 2010 at 10:00pm |
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Where did you get this?
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D-allis Iowa
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Posted: 30 Aug 2010 at 6:53am |
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The pic is an old picture postcard from my Allis Chalmers postcard collection. Any ideas the time frame this was taken?
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ToddSin NY
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Posted: 30 Aug 2010 at 7:49am |
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Tom if you click and hold on the picture and move your mouse you can turn the picture 360.
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Austin(WI)
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Posted: 30 Aug 2010 at 8:26am |
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If I had to take a guess I would say this is the 1930's/1940's era.
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Nathan (SD)
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Posted: 30 Aug 2010 at 9:48am |
There isn't one frickin scrap of anything from that first picture to be seen in the present day. Talk about being wiped off the map.
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