Wagons in vintage Street scenes

An older photo and the wagon wood is already faded out with rust along the door.

 

Look at all those Falcons! Only thing missing is a Ranchero.

 

Waldo Hancock Bridge, Bucksport, Maine

 

The same family owned this restaurant from 1948 until 2003, when the state took the land to build a new bridge.






They tore the diner down two weeks before the new bridge opened.
http://bangordailynews.com/2008/11/06/news/midcoast/state-agrees-to-settle-sail-inn-lawsuit/

 

That's like when Seattle voters wanted a monorail system, but when the powers that were in charge started fiddle-farting around and driving costs up, the voters had it shut down. The upshot is that all the properties purchased were condemned and the owners all paid what was deemed 'fair market value'; but when those property owners went to buy their properties back, the powers hit them with the real market values, which was on the average of 40-55% more than the 'fair market value,' and as far as I know, a lot of people got totally screwed by a state law that says publicly-owned land for sale must be sold for the actual appraised value.

 

The new bridge is impressive, but it just seems they didn't want a mom and pop diner next to there new bridge.

http://www.johnweeks.com/cablestay/pages/csb25.html

 

Interesting. Thanks.

 

York Maine