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Cox's
Photographer: Jason Togyer
Date: 1994
Place: Fifth Avenue and Walnut Street, McKeesport
Why this sign?
McKeesport writer and historian Jason Togyer has a marvelous collection of pictures chronicling the destruction of a downtown department store.
From its chrome trimmed, blue-tiled front to its marble and terrazzo floors, Cox's was a class-act all the way. The street was closed periodically for fashion shows, with the models using the awnings outside as runways. At night, indirect lighting illuminated the front of the building, including the giant stylized "Cox's" scripts.
A second page can be found here.
Posted by Mark at August 12, 2005 4:12 PM