Father Pitt

Why should the beautiful die?


Columbus Avenue, Manchester

1305 and 1307 Columbus Avenue, Manchester

The far end of Manchester still has some work to do. A few houses have been restored; about an equal number are abandoned and condemned. A few have been restored, and then abandoned and condemned. A few have been renovated in a way that seems regrettable. We can only hope that someone will rescue the houses that need rescuing.

Front door
Window decoration

It is always especially sad when we see that the last thing residents were able to do to their house was decorate it for Christmas.

1313 Columbus Avenue

Here we have a frame house refurbished to be habitable and comfortable. “Multipane” windows were used, of course, because is there any other kind? (Old Pa Pitt was shocked to visit a house with modern “multipane” windows and discover that the “panes” are really just cartoon lines drawn in plastic across a single sheet of glass.)

1315
Dormer
1321
1323
1327
1327
1329
1403
Dormer
1405
1409

This house suffered a fire years ago and appears to have been abandoned since then. At least some minimal work has been done to stabilize it. The dormer is distinctive; it would have been more so with its original decorative woodwork.

1409
1411

We find some of the houses in better shape as we approach the western end of the street.

1411
1413
1413
1415 and 1417
1415 and 1417
1419 and 1421
1421, front door
1421, woodwork

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