Wow where has time gone? It seemed like yesterday that the photo crew were allowed in to the famous Brookes building downtown. In reality it was back on a warm day in May in 2011. I remember looking forward to seeing the inside of this place. The building after all has housed a number of businesses over the last hundred years or so. Probably the most recognized was the Ohio Valley Business College started here in 1905. The stately building has had a place in Liverpool's history. Many Christmas parade pictures have been taken from the upper floors of the structure. It once bustled with life and thrived with commerce. It housed everything from a market and clothing store to a performing arts center complete with it's own dance hall. What is odd and somewhat sad now is that it sits empty haunted by it's own silence. If the building could speak I'am sure it would tell the tails of lives changed and careers started and maybe even dreams realized. So many people have come through this place in the last one hundred years that surely some interesting stories could be had. What is left now is just some pictures that I took a while ago. Some pictures show the old stage and some show the magnificent tin ceilings that were once brand new. Others show an aging building in it's last days. Whatever the case, it is wildly interesting to sit back and take a look and guess with the rest of us what it might have been like to be there when it all began.
More than 50 more photographs of the Brookes building can be seen at:
https://picasaweb.google.com/117748738497939158793/BrookesBuilding?authuser=0&authkey=Gv1sRgCJve87SEn4aIAg&feat=directlink
Nice except now the entire area is over ran with drugs. People over dose constantly while this community turns a blind eye. Sad!
ReplyDeleteI have to agree Gordon. I don't want to but the hard truth is there is a massive problem all over the county. I have worked in Youngstown the past 30 years and have watched the drug problem move it's way into smaller communities around there also. The city and community are going to have to start somewhere. Either tearing down known drug houses or penalties for landlords with problem properties.The demand will never go away until the supply dries up.
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