Source: Rockford Register-Republic, November 22, 1947, and google.com image captured August 2021
Source: Rockford Register-Republic, November 22, 1947 and google.com/maps Image captured August 2021
Buildings
Michaels closes its doors September 29, 1997
Source: Rockford Register Star Monday September 29, 1997 pg.1 and pg.6
E. J. “Zeke” Giorgi Center, 200 S. Wyman Street, built by Sjostrom & Sons, Fall 1987-1989
The original name of the State of Illinois Office Building, when it was dedicated by Governor Jim Thompson Dec. 3, 1989. Renamed the E. J. “Zeke” Giorgi Center and dedicated by Governor Jim Edgar Jan. 6, 1994. Zeke Giorgi had begun lobbying for a state building in Rockford back in 1975.
Photographed by Jean Lythgoe, November 16, 2021
Rockford Public Library, 215 N. Wyman Street, pylons being pounded in, update October 29, 2021
Photographed by Jean Lythgoe, 10-29-2021
Rockford Public Library groundbreaking ceremony, 215 N. Wyman Street, October 20, 2021
Dignitaries included Mayor Tom McNamara, library board president Paul Logli and director Lynn Stainbrook. Scandroli Construction Co. is building the new library at 215 N. Wyman Street.
Photographed by Jean Lythgoe, 10-20-2021
Giaccomo Maffioli Italian American Businessman, Contractor and Store Owner
Mural of Northern Goshawk, by Aerosol Kingdom, Justin Suarez, located at 1631 Rural Street, location of Silky Screens Printing Co., Rural Oaks, painted 2021
Source: Sinnissippi Audubon Society Facebook, 2021
Photo of remodelled Rockford Public Library, the Compleat Librairie, 1969
Source: Pamphlet for the remodeled Rockford Public Library, 1969. Note that North Wyman Street was a one-way south at that time.
Jasper St. Angel building, 1008 S. Main St., built in 1923, includes American Legion Jefferson-Horton Post 340
Source: Google image captured May 2019
Florence Apartments, 613 College Avenue, built 1926
Sources: Rockford Republic, March 23, 1926; Google image captured May 2019. Note carvings on the lintel and pillars as well as Google camera car in reflection of front door.
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