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The Myers Brothers Department Store in Springfield, Illinois, began as a general store in the city in 1865. The family later built in 1900 a five-story building at Firth and Washington downtown that was destroyed by fire in March 1924. It would be replaced by this 10-story structure that opened on Sept. 8, 1925. The store would eventually be sold twice and in 1983 was renamed Bergners for its second owner. The downtown Springfield store would close in 1989 with this sign at the top the only trace of a once proud tradition.
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Existing ruins in the former town of Springfield, CA. Springfield received its name from the abundant springs gushing from limestone boulders. Town, with its stores, shops, and a hotel built around a plaza. It once boasted 2,000 inhabitants. Believed to have been founded by Donna Josefa Valmesada, a Mexican woman of means with a reputation for aiding Americans in the war with Mexico. During its heyday, many miners' carts could be seen on the road, hauling gold-bearing dirt to Springfield springs for washing.
When I got closer, I could see that it was actually not a real plane; it's a full scale model with painted on flap lines. The plane in the background was the last one built by the Granvilles, a prototype for the Army that never made it.
Springfield Skyscraper now finished with underground parking and aerial mast.....not finished but this is what my build in A town would look like if I had theroom
We ARE the real Springfield, didn't you know that? This is the Simpsons sculpture that we were awarded in the contest earlier in 2007. We didn't win, but we wuz robbed!