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far too valuable, this lot is no longer the YMCA. Perhaps Wall St values have suffered because of the loss of what the Y stood for.

In 1912 J. P. Morgan decided to demolish his offices at 23 Wall Street. Demolition started on 30 April, 1913. New offices for the same firm were to be constructed upon the site, shown in the photograph above. From this photograph it appears that the Y.M.C.A. appeal billboard was put up on this prominent position between demolition of the old building and construction of the new. Flickr user TVL1970 has tagged the photograph as 25 Broad Street, so perhaps it also bears that address. See a related photograph "Tearing down Morgan Offices" here: www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/3160168344/ and related photograph "Tearing down Morgan Offices" here: www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/3159334005/

@Bob Meade: TVL 1970 in his tag (now withdrawn) evidently mistook the Wall Street site in the photo for 25 Broad Street, which was then the headquarters of the YMCA (and of the fundraising campaign). [The address "25 Broad Street" appears on the clock dial.] The four million dollar "whirlwind" campaign, for a joint YMCA/YWCA, was the largest fundraiser in world history up to that time. Campaign "clocks" like the one shown here were erected at various strategic locations to keep the project in the public eye. This story in the "New York Times," November 13, 1913, mentions another one: query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9501E0D71E3EE2...

you can google earth this intersection and see its distinctive shape

Story of the demolition and new building here: www.nytimes.com/2003/04/20/realestate/streetscapes-j-p-mo... Here's the building when it was new: www.flickr.com/photos/40045986@N00/3096828333/ And more recently: www.flickr.com/photos/dreher21/4041923322/ I was hoping to find a recent photo that would show the same street scene but came up empty.

Shop was in Broad Street Waterford

Love it...did it change its name to Torries in the 50s I wonder......

veronicadawber Well, that's interesting now. Had a lot of info coming in on members of the Torrie family over the last couple of days. There's a Peg Torrie in this photo. You could be right if The Home & Colonial Stores became an L & N shop. The last L & N in Waterford was on Broad Street, and it closed in 1986.

Wikipedia article on the Home and Colonial Stores . They specialized in tea (1/4 per lb here). Stores all over the UK using that logo - eventually merged into Safeways. The faces on those shop assistants at large size! Golly, I find myself sucked right into these old photos ,,, and wanting a cup of tea!

The main L&N shop was on the opposite side of Broad Street to the. Home and Colonial The L&N had a huge network of shops all owned by the Torrie family. The shops were in several locations in Waterford city and in almost every town in the south east.The business was sold to Super Valu in the 1980s.

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