Although the Super Kmart is gone (with a new Meijer's under construction at that location), it's still a busy intersection, with Dunkin' Donuts, Walgreens, Chase Bank, Taco Bell, a Marathon station, a Sunoco station, a Speedway station, Chipotle, Bob Evans, Days Inn and Denny's, all nearby. Plus a State Route 2 interchange just up the road.
That's why it's rather quaint to think that it was back in July 1966 that a traffic light was first put up in that intersection.
Here's the news coverage of the event as it appeared in the Lorain Journal on July 7, 1969.
The event made it onto the front page of the Amherst News-Times too on the same day.
Looking at the two photos, it's a little hard to know for certain what views are shown. After looking at the Historic Aerials website, I think the government officials in the News-Times photo are standing on the southwest corner and looking north on Leavitt.
There are a few clues. The photos were taken in the afternoon; and Leavitt was widened by then.
Anybody have any ideas?
Anybody have any ideas?
