Post on 13-Jul-2015
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…the other moved rapidly through rocky hills.
Where’s Willingtown?
Advent of the Railroad, 1837
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Wilmington Population
Banks of Market Street
500 block at Christmasaround 1930
Early morning view of 500 block in 2012
Empty lots are like missing teeth in the face of the
cityscape
Old Town Hall saved from demolition in 1917 and repurposed as a museum
Grand Opera House restored and revitalized in 1976
Transplanted houses in Willingtown Square
Revitalization at work in 2012
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