If you grew up on the west side of Lorain during the 1950s and 60s, then you might be familiar with some of the names of the builders and developers who helped transform the vast acres of farmland into the neighborhoods we all know so well.
Some of these names were on the trucks parked in front of the construction sites, or perhaps on signs mounted in the ground. But sometimes we saw the company name on a building, if it was based on the west side.
The article below announces the opening of Murello Realty, a new real estate firm associated with the namesake parent organization, Murello Construction. It appeared in the Journal on October 6, 1962.
Anthony Murello was president of the firm.
According to the article, Murello Construction was established in 1948, and "has erected more than 300 homes in the Lorain area with 60 homes being put up in Sunny Acres Allotment No. 5 at Meister and Leavitt roads," with another 70 homes to be constructed in Forest Hills Development at W. 40th St. and Edgewood Dr.
The article also notes, "Murello also said that a 93-acre tract on Rt. 254, west of Oberlin Ave., will be developed next year, to provide sites for about 350 houses. The tract will be known as Williamsburg Heights Allotment."
It's interesting seeing just how many homes Murello constructed. We probably all know someone who lived in one of his allotments.
Anway, I've written about Murello Construction before. There was a post about a 1958 ad for Murello Built Homes, a post about its factory-built homes being installed on properties on the west side of Lorain in 1969, and one about some proposed Murello high-rise apartments in 1970.
"Little boxes on the hillside
ReplyDeleteLittle boxes made of ticky tacky
Little boxes on the hillside
Little boxes all the same"
So Murello Construction was responsible for some of the downfall of Lorain.As he was the first to do modular construction in Lorain.And modular houses all look alike and attract the same type of people.And then as they like to say,there goes the neighborhood.And as Malvina Reynolds would sing in her hit song "Little Boxes":
"And the people in the houses
All went to the university
Where they were put in boxes
And they came out all the same"