The Most Beautiful Woman on Spring Street
Location: 310 Clay Street Date: April 11, 1914 Claude Mathewson lived and died by the philosophy "The better the day, the better the deed." He'd often slip this bon mot into conversation in the...
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Location: 310 Clay Street Date: June 15, 1915The Redlight Abatement Act is now law, and the first establishment to be entered by crowbar, ax and the strong arms of police and DA's men was the Hotel...
View ArticleSuicide Writ Large at Clay Central
Before the Community Redevelopment Association swung its scythe across Bunker Hill, one building tried to do itself in. This structure was by all evidence a living, cursed thing, and like the House of...
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