"This portal was never constructed. "
"You can see the Union Trust Building and Frick Building in the background. I think this is located near the BNY Mellon Building. "
"Bottling house sat at the curve in Sassafras, see label on map here: http://images.library....
I believe the current structure was also used for bottling, but is obviously a later structure. "
"The described location does not seem right... The built-up nature of the street beyond means it must be Penn, not 34th (as the "west corner" suggests, but the buildings to the right behind the streetcar would therefore be sitting in the middle of the future Doughboy Square... not possible. Also that corner has a significant slope and this appears level.
Wonder if the cross-street was noted incorrectly? "
"At some point between this photo and now, the grade of the area between Liberty and The old Pennsylvania RR was raised... You can see trains on elevated track in the background of the old photo.
Houston Bros. is still in business in Homewood as Houston-Starr co. http://www.houstonstar..."
"Great detective work Matt! Your evidence is pretty compelling and I have to agree with you on this tag"
"Funny that the ground floor is more ornate now than it was in the '20s. "
"That's weird, kind of funny to see Street View labeling a little alley as 5th Ave. The map and GPS data must be misaligned around here. "
"Great photo Ben, I was kind of confused about how the bridge actually crossed. I guess I'm not surprised it's gone, doesn't seem very helpful. "
"This seems like the house is located toward the top of the hill. Looking at the historic maps (http://images.library....), I'm thinking this is the location. "
"This is where Saks is located now. It's a shame they tore this building down. "
