End of an Era
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Mourning the City
On May 31, 1983, the evening before Willimantic
(as a city) ceased to exist, mourners held a wake
and processed up Main St. The consolidation
culminated a 30 year effort to unite city and town
and ended Willimantic's 150 year history as a
separate political entity.
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Crowds greeting the return of the "Montrealer"
It's December 16, 1994 and
crowds are greeting
"The Montrealer". It
began making stops at
Willimantic in
1991 but Montrealer service ended in
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Town
Farm Demolition
The Town Farm was built in 1879
and served the
city's poor until the
1950s. It was taken down in
1961 to make
way for Barker's Department store
which
is now also gone. |
Fire
Bell comes down |
Demolition of Brand Rex building |
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Uncle Ken's
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Uncle
Ken's before demolition. Uncle Ken's started out
as the Tastee Freez. It was torn down along with
the building that housed Boudreau's Market, in
March, 2006 |
Uncle Ken's demolition
Uncle Ken's is
gone. The yellow
building soon followed. |
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Loomer's is almost gone
The massive Loomer Opera House (center of
photo) is being razed.
It dominated Main Street
from when it
was built in 1860 until it was razed
in
1939. In this photo, only the first floor remains.
The building was sold by Loomer's estate to the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology so that
the architectural and structural styles of the period
could be studied. |
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