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Post# 474903   11/13/2010 at 21:07 (4,884 days old) by jeb (Mansfield Ohiio)   |   | |
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The local paper just had an article about plans for the Westinghouse plant being torn down. It will take more than a year, but they are saving the building with the ballroom and studio were the Westinghouse commercials were made. jeb |
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Post# 474908 , Reply# 1   11/13/2010 at 21:18 (4,884 days old) by washernoob ()   |   | |
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WHY!!!!?!?!?? Thats a bummer. :( |
Post# 474910 , Reply# 2   11/13/2010 at 21:33 (4,884 days old) by cfz2882 (Belle Fourche,SD)   |   | |
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that is a bummer-i'd recon the plant has been inactive for some time. |
Post# 474920 , Reply# 3   11/13/2010 at 23:05 (4,884 days old) by qsd-dan (West)   |   | |
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Post# 474924 , Reply# 4   11/13/2010 at 23:37 (4,884 days old) by appnut (TX)   |   | |
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Post# 474941 , Reply# 5   11/14/2010 at 03:58 (4,884 days old) by rp2813 (Sannazay)   |   | |
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Any good signage on the building?
There was an old pre-1930 Westinghouse facility in Emeryville that bit the dust in favor of a gentrificational mixed use master plan that ultimately included Pixar HQ. The signage on the building was monumental. The lettering was bright yellow in the style shown below, and could easily be seen from across the bay in San Francisco at night. |
Post# 475070 , Reply# 7   11/14/2010 at 14:19 (4,883 days old) by rp2813 (Sannazay)   |   | |
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Post# 475073 , Reply# 8   11/14/2010 at 14:27 (4,883 days old) by rp2813 (Sannazay)   |   | |
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Post# 475157 , Reply# 11   11/15/2010 at 01:45 (4,883 days old) by programcomputer (Ann Arbor Michigan, USA)   |   | |
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Post# 475161 , Reply# 12   11/15/2010 at 03:01 (4,883 days old) by rp2813 (Sannazay)   |   | |
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That signage is a lot like what the Emeryville building had.
Perhaps Mansfield isn't a big enough community to sustain a viable type of adaptive re-use of the building. Around here, it would stand a good chance of being converted into loft living spaces but it would be a huge investment, and probably doesn't pencil out as feasible in a city the size of Mansfield. Without a historic preservation group coming forward, presenting a workable plan for adaptive re-use, and fighting the expensive and lengthy legal battles to save them, buildings like this don't stand a chance no matter where they're located. The old west coast flagship store and catalog distribution center for Montgomery Ward in Oakland was reduced to rubble some years ago because there was no workable plan for adaptive re-use even though it was conveniently located by a BART station. Here's a partial shot of it after it had already been empty for many years: |
Post# 475205 , Reply# 13   11/15/2010 at 11:31 (4,882 days old) by laundromat (Hilo, Hawaii)   |   | |
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Way back in 1975, I was at a local dairy farm in Mansfield and,when it was time to clean up my bib overalls, I went to the Laundromat that was smack dab in front of the factory.I'll never forget. There was a girl,Mary Lou, who saw I had fallen asleep while waiting for my clothes to dry and she tied my Jack Purcels together so,when I woke up and went to get my dry clothes out of the dryer, I tripped over my laces.My face went right into a dryer and shattered the glass! Most of the guys I saw coming and leaving that factory looked "rugged" and like they were either on a binge or withdraw. You can be sure... if it's Westinghouse.
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Post# 475365 , Reply# 15   11/15/2010 at 21:06 (4,882 days old) by jeb (Mansfield Ohiio)   |   | |
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I think some of the problem is the building in reply 6 is not in Mansfield Ohio, but part of the Mansfield Westinghouse plant is near Orange st. in Mansfield Ohio. CircleW if you do come to Mansfield let me know maybe we could meet up. JEB |
Post# 475380 , Reply# 16   11/15/2010 at 21:51 (4,882 days old) by washernoob ()   |   | |
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Whooooops. I typed in "westinghouse factory" into google and thats the only relevant picture that came up. Still.... I can imagine that it wont be standing too long as well unfortunately. :( |
Post# 475620 , Reply# 17   11/16/2010 at 20:02 (4,881 days old) by programcomputer (Ann Arbor Michigan, USA)   |   | |
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Ok,
So form what we've amassed here most of the facotry outlined in red will be demolished. Its the stuff between the train tracks, 4th and 5th streets; and Purdy street.. Possibly a few outbuildings that are sprinkled, (and not visible) above 5th street. The lower quadrant, outlined in yellow...between said tracks, 4th, 3rd and Dorian Streets are going to be saved?? Is that the nicer portion that the ads were shot in?? Ive marked with a greenish X the out building, also outlined in a whitish color as the spot where the 1954 picture was taken from. Either they were standing on the building, or on a ladder, because that shot wouldn't have been possible from the ground, or at least not easily so. so whats the newest scoop on this??? |
Post# 475645 , Reply# 18   11/16/2010 at 20:44 (4,881 days old) by moparwash (Pittsburgh,PA )   |   | |
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