It's interesting how quickly it fell out of favor, ... The children of the older families didn't want to live there, and neither did the new wealthy families. By 1910, many of the houses had been converted to rooming houses or factories.
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It goes back to his old days selling on Maxwell Street.
It's interesting how quickly it fell out of favor, ... The children of the older families didn't want to live there, and neither did the new wealthy families. By 1910, many of the houses had been converted to rooming houses or factories.
Those old streetscapes didn't present a tidy appearance -- it was a real syncopation of signs and storefronts with neon and flashing lights -- and I think the planners of the '60s looked down on that kind of environment, ... The instinct was to clear everything out and start afresh. There were good things about that, but it was also done at a real cost to the existing street life.
This quote is just one of 6 total Tim Samuelson quotes in our collection. Tim Samuelson is known for saying 'It's interesting how quickly it fell out of favor, ... The children of the older families didn't want to live there, and neither did the new wealthy families. By 1910, many of the houses had been converted to rooming houses or factories.' as well as some of the following quotes.