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| The flood of 1972 devastated the downtown district of Elmira. Many
dozens of the old business buildings were razed or altered. This block
of East Water Street between Baldwin Street & Lake Street, retains
several on the north side of the street. The south side of the street is
now a park and this photo was taken from that park September 2003. |
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| East Water street - Block between Baldwin
St. & Lake Street |
| Township: City of Elmira, Chemung County NY |
| East Water Street, north side of street |
| Year: 1910-2003 |
NOW photos Submitted by: Joyce M. Tice
THEN Postcards from Joyce's Collection |
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| The photo above was taken by Joan NASH O'Dell in 1996. It shows the
same three buildings with the empty space to the east. On the NW corner
of Baldwin & East Water, the Chemung Canal Bank stands where the Rathbun
Hotel had been. The three story building on the NE corner is the same as
shown in the postcard at right, but with the top story removed. It was
the Iszard's Store for many decades. Views below. |
The First three buildings in this postcard of East Water Street in
the days of the Trolley car are the same as the ones in the top photo.
In this photo you can see the old Rathbun Hotel on the NW corner of E.
Water & Baldwin (rounded corner), Iszard's is on the NE corner. |
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At Left - the NE corner of Baldwin & East Water giving a
better view of the three story building that has four floors in above postcard.
(The Old Iszard's seen again below.) Buildings can be identified by looking
at the number of windows, their arrangement and shape. What first appears
to be an entirely different building turns out to be the same with major
changes in facade. |
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The Building on the NE corner of Water and Baldwin is the old Iszard's
Store shown here with all of its original four floors. |
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Another view of the Iszard's Building at a later date. ( I liked it
better before the renovation). The postcard maker erased the rest of the
buildings on the street. |
