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February 27, 2020 — 0 Comments

What’s Been Lost

Union station under construction in 1910; the old station behind it.

Plunkett School

Peace Party House

Electric trolley station at Pontoosuc Lake

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow House on East Street

Berkshire Brewing Association building on the corner of John and Columbus

Elmwood Court burned down in 2011; on Bartlett Avenue

Taconic Mill offices, off of Wahconah Street

What’s at risk

St. Mary’s Church on Tyler Street has been repurposed as residential units, with the help of a Community Preservation Act grant.

Originally the home of Abraham Burbank, a developer of downtown Pittsfield, Springside House is now the focus of a major restoration undertaken by the City of Pittsfield, with the help of Community Preservation Act funding.

Pontoosuc Lake in the 1960s as a center for recreation

The dam on the west branch of the Housatonic River at Wahconah Street

St. Joseph’s has received approval to demolish this historic structure on North Street

William Russell Allen House on East Street

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