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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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|  | Bank Street - 1948
Looking north on Bank from Market Street in 1948. Freemason Street Baptist Church is in the background.
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|  | Brewer Street - 1949
Brewer Street, heading north from City Hall Avenue in 1949.
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|  | The Adams Building - 1951
The Adams building, at the northeast corner of City Hall Avenue and Bank Street, 1951.
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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.
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| |  | Brewer Street - 1960
This picture was taken by Norfolk photographer Carroll Walker in 1960. Looking south on Brewer Street.
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