Back in October 1963, Lorain was making preparations to demolish the Broadway block between 17th and 18th Streets to make way for the Lorain Metropolitan Housing Authority’s new Golden Age Housing Center. The demolition would force many businesses to move, including Bob’s Donuts and Scutt Auto Parts.
(I posted an article about it here, in which the area had been designated a slum.)
As one astute reader noted in a comment left on a post last week, at least one house was moved from Lexington to make way for the new construction.
Anyway, here is a Journal article from February 12, 1964 (below) serving as a progress report on the project. As you can see, the demolition phase was just about wrapped up.
The building in the “Before and After" photo was the home of B&H Furniture at 1704 Broadway.
And here’s a look at the area today.
