Two blocks of Bank Street. The area highlighted in yellow on this map from the late 1940s (and you have to wonder about that big commercial block right at Bank & Third...a lost bridgehead building?), plus a graph of the population to 2005 for the two blocks.
The white house near Bank & 4th = The Last of Bank Street. 
You can groove on the post WWII urban fabric in map vs the empty acres of today. Brick Victorian at Bank & Elgin was occupied about a year or two ago. "H2O Off graffiti" --->demolition pending?
Decommissioning West Dayton: The Last of Bank Street
That house has a really nice presence. I wonder what that street would look like today if it was still inhabited. Those old trees really give it a good feel.
ReplyDeleteYou can visualize the street a bit by looking at the old map.
ReplyDeleteIt would have looked like South Park or parts of Twin Towers, given whats left. The house has a great bay window in front, and it's brick, which is also worth noting as Dayton isn't really a "brick" city the way Cincy is.
I should note that this street, and some to the west, were not the oldest in West Dayton. The first plats were removed somewhat from the river.