Source: Morning Star Wednesday, July 9th, 1975 pg. 1
demolition
Caffe Greco, 851 South Street, formerly VIlla Venice
Google image captured, August 2007
Google image captured July 2012
2020: Emergency demolition of 851 South Street due to structural collapse-demo structure, clear debris and restore site city initiated emergency demo; (www.rockfordtownshipassessor.net)
Car barn building, 128 Kishwaukee St., demolished, December 2020
Car barn building, 128 Kishwaukee St., south side of the building, on First Ave.
Car barn building, 128 Kishwaukee St., southwest side of the building
Car barn building, 128 Kishwaukee St., north side of the building (from East State St.)
Taken from the East State Street side, facing south, Dec. 5, 2020
Sources: First three photos, www.google.com/maps, images captured May 2019, the fourth photo taken by Jean Lythgoe, December 5, 2020
Magna store, 3915 E. State St., closed March 22, 1997, demolished April 30, 2020 (formerly Spartan’s Department Store and Arlan’s Department Store)
Sources: Demolition photo courtesy 23 WIFR April 30, 2020; Google Image captured May 2019; “Jewel Opens Local Bazaar,” Rockford Register Republic, August 31, 1976; “Cash Registers start talking as Magna opens on East State,” Rockford Register Star, August 17, 1983; photo by Keven Haas, Rockford Register Star, April 30, 2010
Del-Marty Plaza demolition, April 2020
Sources: Upper photo, Google Image captured May 2019; lower photo, courtesy Miracle Mile of Rockford, April 24, 2020
Former Charlotte’s Web music venue torn down
Sources: Rockford Register-Star, November 10, 2019 and images captured by google.com May 2019
Photographs of the former Chancery office as it comes down
Photographs as the former Chancery office of the Rockford Diocese was being razed. Note the numbers on the original stones, so the builders would have known how to stack them in the correct order. Source: Photos by Marie Barcelona, June 5, 2019.
Friday’s menu special: demolition
Source: Rockford Register Star, May 7, 2019.
Demo donation; Company fights blight, razes Maid-Rite building
The Maid-Rite at 1116 Auburn St. was there from 1956 through 1999. Source: Rockford Register Star, May 11, 2019
Hanley Building Demolition – 7/4/17 photo
Source: Rockford Register Star 7/4/2017