Mckeesport little theatre7/13/2023 Dunh & Co., proprietary medicinesģ40 - G.W. O'Neil Co., department storeģ31-333 - Lorch Bros. Neiman Co., jewelersģ20 - Marva Jo's Sea & Soulfood 322 - T-Mobile 324 - Guilty Pleasure Nutrition 326 - Cafe Hibiscus 328 - Daneb's House of Styles 330 - Bleuu Candlesģ25-327 - J. Mary Flading, milliner Sarah Goldberg, chriopractor De Lux Beauty Parlorģ17 - Grand Leaders, ladies furnishings 319 - M. Notaries public, gas, coal and oil companies,Ĭhiropractors, a hair dresser and a barber.Ĭity Hall and all its departments and officesģ01 - Empty, but being renovated 305 - Closed businessį.W. Former Cox's department storeģ01 - The People's Bank Building of McKeesport Several Allegheny County offices also attract people to the street. He is charging tenants $11 per square foot, utilities included, he said. Building owner Jonathan Stark has leased all the space in the Executive Building's first floor and expects an Inferno Pizza shop to open later this year. This block retains some of its former liveliness with several small shops, some of them new, especially in the Executive Building: Marva Jo's Sea & Soulfood, Guilty Pleasure Nutrition protein smoothies, Cafe Hibiscus teas, Daneb's House of Styles and CynCit圜utz barber shop. Two other local clothing stores rounded out the 300 block of Fifth Avenue: Immel's at 318 and Kadar's at 320. ![]() ![]() The Fifth Avenue building was demolished in 1994. At one time, the retailer had six mall locations. Cox's started as an 1884 seamstress shop on Fifth and developed into a department store in 1955. Its facade was made of blue tile with chrome trim except for the first level, which was entirely made up of showcase windows, and two windowed display boxes cut into the corner that faced Fifth and Walnut. The parking lot at the corner of Fifth and Walnut used to be the flagship Cox's department store, a beloved city landmark. Hess, optometristĢ27-231 - The Finley Co., department storeĢ30-236 - UPMC Western Behavioral Health at Mon Yough Community Services Was Jaison's department storeĢ20 - ENN Cutz barber shop 216 - All the Way Ink You Up LLC tattoos 224 - ABC's Child Care and Learning Center 226 - Dr. Lysle, real estate and insuranceĭemolished. Schuldt, ladies furnishingsĬricket Wireless (address on building is 222) Sophia Felkenstein, doll repairerĢ12 - Paul P. UPMC Western Behavioral Health (faces Market Street)Ģ10 1/2 - Mrs. Spiritualist Church of Divine Inspiration Loyal Order of Moose State Employment Officeġ21 - L.N. McKee's Point Marina (faces Water Street) The city is trying to raze these, leaving spots like the north side of the 500 block almost entirely leveled. ![]() Many property owners along Fifth allowed their buildings to remain unoccupied and deteriorating until they were unsalvageable.And Lysle, with its high-speed five lanes of traffic, discourages pedestrian traffic. Some businesses on Lysle demolished parts of Fifth to make parking lots. Now, businesses that might once have faced Fifth, like Rite Aid and Dollar General, face Lysle. The construction of Lysle Boulevard in 1938, which runs parallel to Fifth and is closer to the Monongahela River, created potent competition for the older street.Cherepko point to other factors that also sapped Fifth Avenue of energy: ![]() plans to build a distribution hub at the location. It was virtually empty by July 2000 when this picture was taken. The Eastland Mall in North Versailles helped drive many retailers in McKeesport out of business.
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