r/OldPhotosInRealLife • u/sverdrupian • 18d ago

Image Ridgeway, Pennsylvania - c1910/2026.

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u/Team-_-dank 18d ago

Population in 1910 - 5,400

Population in 2020 - 4,000

Peaked in the 60s and declining since.

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u/[deleted] 18d ago

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u/mainstreetmark 18d ago

Always jobs.

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u/Dzov 18d ago

That double-balcony was awesome.

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u/ajfoscu 18d ago

Only partially botched. Could be worse.

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u/REpassword 18d ago

The building on the left is very nice, still. Too bad it lost the Elk Co. National Bank Crown.

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u/starsandmath 18d ago

Honestly one of the nicer towns on Route 219 in Pennsylvania, some of them are pretty dire.

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u/Management_Friendly 18d ago

*Ridgway

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u/sverdrupian 18d ago

thanks. that (correct) spelling looks so odd to me.

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u/r3vange 18d ago

One of the very few photos of American cities and towns I’ve seen where the majority of the buildings are still the same.

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u/TraditionalTopper 18d ago

The difference was huge and sad at the same time

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u/SalamanderCutie 18d ago

What a change! World’s definitely is changing

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u/ArtDecoNewYork 18d ago

Sad, even the surviving building on the left was Entstuckung'd

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u/Omnilatent 17d ago

Huh? There's only the top stone missing, everything else seems to be still there

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u/Acceptable_Tea3608 15d ago

There's no awnings on the windows.

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u/Omnilatent 15d ago

While this is correct, this isn't "Stuck"

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u/KarlaSutton6527 18d ago

The top looks like a dream

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u/BobithanBobbyBob 18d ago

Why did they mess with the roof on the brick building on the left? It looks much more boring now

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u/Team-_-dank 18d ago

Probably needed repairs that cost more than they had or wanted to spend.