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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality
Here's an interesting snapshot from the South Pasadena area.
eBay (from a few weeks ago)
Has anyone heard of Meridian Iron Works? (the photograph was taken in the 1970s) |
The building's still there at 913 Meridian Avenue. It was a museum which looked like this in 2015:
GSV
It's now white (a color it's been for most of its life), and all the signage is missing.
A Facebook page hasn't been updated since November 2016. There more information about Meridian Iron Works at
www.southpasadenaca.gov.
ETA. The page above contains a link to a PDF file about the 2016 repainting project. It includes this 1890 picture (the building dates from 1886/87). It shows the store complete with a porch, which was removed some time between 1894 and 1903 when Meridian Avenue was widened.
www.southpasadenaca.gov (PDF file)