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Northeast Pennsylvania Fall Views - 2011 - Part II

These are from a driving tour on Sunday, October 23, 2011, around the Wilkes-Barre, PA area.
I tried to photograph a variety of scenes to give a feel for the area (old and new) at this time.

The Molitoris Building on North Main St. in Ashley, PA (at West Germania St.).

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Peter's Ice Cream at Blackman and Brown Streets, Wilkes-Barre.

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Gilligan St., Wilkes-Barre, just east of New Grove St.

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Main Hardware, at South Main & Hanover Streets, Wilkes-Barre.

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Looking across the street at the same location.

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Just north of the hardware store is the now-abandoned Planters Peanut headquarters, used until 1961.

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The old factory now used as a metal recycling plant, at S. Main St. and Pennsylvania Blvd., Wilkes-Barre.

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Three views inside the Maple Hill Cemetary, off East St. Mary's Road, in Hanover Township, PA.

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The VFW Hall at West St. Mary's Rd. and Lee Park Ave., Hanover Township.

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Lee Park Ave. at Oxford St., Wilkes-Barre.

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"Eurotech", along Wood St. at Zinn Court, Wilkes-Barre.

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Tanker cars near the South Street Bridge, Wilkes-Barre.

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View of the abandoned Murray complex at the same location.

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Two more perspectives of the above subjects.

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South Street Bridge, at Pennsylvania Blvd., Wilkes-Barre.

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An attractive Victorian-style home, North Main St. at Beaumont St., Wilkes-Barre north end.

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Raised sidewalk in front of several homes, North Main St. between Beaumont and Butler Streets, Wilkes-Barre.

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Row of attached homes along Butler St. (east of North Main St.), Wilkes-Barre.

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E. North St. at Wyoming St., Wilkes-Barre, a building named "Hoover Block 1889".

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A block west of the above, a much less fortunate older residential building.

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Two views of the "Our Lady of Fatima Grotto" on West North Street, Wilkes-Barre.

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