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Does anyone have a photo of Jamestown Hilltop before top removed?

Comments re photo 44050 Coming soon a view weve never seen before

Ann Heskamp Curtis writes:
Hi Ed, I wonder if anyone has an old photo of this corner before the current commercial development was there. The view when it was a hillside, with home and trees? My mind's eye has failed me and I can't recall what it looked like, although I'm sure I saw it almost every day of my childhood!

One more thing: I was just thinking about the bluff that's no longer there at what was once the pinnacle of Jamestown Hill. One thing is for certain...we may be able to reforest woods, and re-stock streams, but we can't put back a mountaintop once it's gone. Or in this case, a hilltop. Thanks, ~Ann
Thanks, Ann Heskamp Curtis. I've always hoped for the same photo. From what people have told me, the first cut into the hill was for KY 80, when it was built, in the 1930s, I believe. I can remember when the CVS site had one tiny little Standard Oil gas station, and I watched the progressive excavation as the hilltop was removed. I can vividly recall the Wilkerson (or was it Wilkinson) later Clyde Young Home. Surely someone has a picture of it. Hope so, anyway. And, of course, thanks for the reminder of the tradeoffs for "progress." -EW




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