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 | Demolition of the SMA Building (5) Shortly after 8:00 a.m. on Sunday, 24 November 1996, the 3-building complex consisting of the 17-story Systems Management America Tower, the 6-story Rennert Building and the 4-story J.C. Penney building was imploded to make way for the construction of the MacArthur Center Shopping complex. The photographs in this exhibit were taken from the window of Kirn Library's Children's Department.
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 | Downtown Norfolk, VA - 1906 A bird's-eye view of downtown Norfolk, taken c1906 from the National Bank of Commerce. The picture is reproduced from a hand-tinted postcard. Size : 567.60Kb Hits : 2749 Rating : N/A
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|  | Brewer Street - 1911 Brewer Street, opposite the Norfolk City Market, 1911, where truck farmers from Princess Anne and Norfolk Counties brought their wares to sell to local housekeepers. Size : 324.02Kb Hits : 1874 Rating : N/A
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| |  | Bank Street - 1931 An aerial view, looking north on Bank Street c1931. W.G. Swartz Co., shown in the lower right, was a favorite Norfolk department store for many years. Size : 396.70Kb Hits : 2246 Rating : N/A
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|  | Bus Station - 1935 Market Street, looking from Monticello Avenue to Brewer, in 1935. The bus station was located at the City Market building. Size : 390.67Kb Hits : 2331 Rating : 
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|  | Bank Street - 1948 Looking north on Bank from Market Street in 1948. Freemason Street Baptist Church is in the background. Size : 285.92Kb Hits : 2004 Rating : N/A
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|  | Brewer Street - 1949 Brewer Street, heading north from City Hall Avenue in 1949. Size : 342.82Kb Hits : 1776 Rating : N/A
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|  | The Adams Building - 1951 The Adams building, at the northeast corner of City Hall Avenue and Bank Street, 1951. Size : 380.02Kb Hits : 1919 Rating : N/A
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|  | Haskell Crockin Furniture Co. - 1959 Haskell Crockin Furniture Co. is going out of business in this 1959 view. The building was at the northwest corner of City Hall Avenue and Bank Street. Size : 357.18Kb Hits : 2679 Rating : N/A
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| |  | Brewer Street - 1960 This picture was taken by Norfolk photographer Carroll Walker in 1960. Looking south on Brewer Street. Size : 310.43Kb Hits : 1965 Rating : N/A
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