Holyoke, Mass

Old YMCA Coming Down

by Laurel | March 2nd, 2012

Looks like the 1940’s to me. Beautiful building!

Old YMCA Coming Down

2 Responses to “Old YMCA Coming Down”

Irene Schneider says:

March 2, 2012 at 8:52 am

I believe there was a big fire in 1953…. probably after Christmas……
Jim Sanders says:

March 2, 2012 at 7:45 pm

They don’t make buildings these days the way they used to. Look closely at all that detail and the rounded corners.

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