Waterfront – Hastings Historical Society

01 Jun 2019

Hillside Students as Urban Planners – Visions of Downtown and the Waterfront

June 1, 2019
The Hastings Historical Society
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Neighborhoods, Waterfront

This past January, Hillside teacher Dianna Clarke invited me to speak to the 2nd grade about Hastings history. I had a great time talking about early industry in the ravine, our waterfront factories, plus sharing “then and now” photos of important buildings from Hastings’ past.

As I was […]

02 Feb 2010

Anaconda Video Removed

February 2, 2010
The Hastings Historical Society
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1950s, Waterfront

We are sorry to relate that ARCO has asked James Dean to remove his YouTube video of the building demolition referred to in the last post. If we can get permission to show it on the internet, we will include it in a future post. Meanwhile, for those of you […]

28 Jan 2010

Good-bye Research Building

January 28, 2010
The Hastings Historical Society
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1950s, Industry/Commerce, Waterfront

If there is a fascination in watching building construction, there is an equal fascination in watching demolition, especially of a building you have come to see as a permanent part of your village sky line. On January 27th, Southside Avenue resident James Dean recorded the final demise of Anaconda Wire […]