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NOTE: This page was part of my early web pages. I decided to keep it because Brooklyn Square was such an important part of Jamestown.

When is a square three-sided? I guess, when it's "Brooklyn Square". The area of Jamestown by that name was bordered on three sides, not four, by Market Street on the south end, Forest Avenue going southwesterly, and Main Street going southeasterly. It was just south of the railroad viaduct that Main changed from North Main to South Main.
   As a kid in the late 50s and early 60s, I never realized that there was a river under Main Street. The bridge was covered by buildings, but turned out to be quite pretty when it was uncovered.
   During the 70s, Brooklyn Square was bulldozed as part of the urban renewal plan.
   Forest Avenue is now split by Route 60


Looking north, up Main, before the 1910 fire. The steeple is probably First Presbyterian, and the stack in the center is probably Gokey Shoe.	Here's a look to the north, before the train viaduct crossed North Main Street.	Looking north from "the Square" and up Main Street. The railroad viaduct is barely visible.


This view of Brooklyn Square shows horses on a dirt street.	This section of the previous photo shows 300 dpi, so be sure to click on it! That's the size of the photos on CD!	Viewed from near Johnny's Lunch, you can see the triangle and the Forest Avenue businesses.


The Forest Avenue side of the triangle contained businesses familiar to us "old timers".	Looking south from the viaduct in 2000. Nothing remains of the old Brooklyn Square.	The Brooklyn Restaurant was at 2 South Main Street.


Looking south from near the viaduct, one can see the imposing Gifford Building.	A closer view of the Gifford Building. South Main is left, Forest Avenue is right. What a building!	This view, from Bill Rapaport, shows the Gifford Building as it looked in the 50s and 60s


The Humphrey House Hotel, 39 South Main awaits the trolley.	The Humphrey House sat on the corner of Harrison	The description says Roosevelt Square. Oddly enough, it's accurate.


The Humphrey was a stop for the trolley, in-town and to Warren, PA.	The Armory was located behind the Gifford Building, at 40 South Main	To the left is Fenton Place


It's fitting that the Armory was within sight of Gov. Fenton's home. He championed CW veterans.		On Fenton Place was located a former fire station that I just missed getting to see on the inside before it was demolished. Darn!