New Scranton Photo Tour---West Side (Hyde Park/Providence)

[johnqpublic]

the Catalano Market as being two shining new beacons of Scranton's surging Hispanic population.


Hispanic????? lmfao !!!!! you have to be a tourist!!! Old man Catalano would kiss you on both cheeks and put a horses head in your bed for saying that !!!! thats funny stuff !!!! Catalanos is as Italian as it gets !!

[ScranBarre]

Originally Posted by johnqpublic

the Catalano Market as being two shining new beacons of Scranton's surging Hispanic population.


Hispanic????? lmfao !!!!! you have to be a tourist!!! Old man Catalano would kiss you on both cheeks and put a horses head in your bed for saying that !!!! thats funny stuff !!!! Catalanos is as Italian as it gets !!

Yes, I now know quite well that Catalano's is nothing but Italian. My mind was wandering that day, and I thought Catalano was a Hispanic name! LOL! My bad!

[keann465]

I thoroughly enjoyed your view and comments of the Scranton area. I am a parent of a University of Scranton freshman (female), and just thought that it was wonderful to join you in this trip down your memory a lane and create a new memory lane for myself through your eyes and cameral lens. Thank you and God Bless You.....

[ScranBarre]

Originally Posted by keann465

I thoroughly enjoyed your view and comments of the Scranton area. I am a parent of a University of Scranton freshman (female), and just thought that it was wonderful to join you in this trip down your memory a lane and create a new memory lane for myself through your eyes and cameral lens. Thank you and God Bless You.....

God bless you too! It's a shame that in recent weeks crime has been on the rise in this very same neighborhood that I have photographed. Nevertheless once I'm ready to put my career aspirations aside and settle down from the "rat race" of the BosWash Corridor, where I'm likely headed in a few months, Hyde Park will be my neighborhood of choice. I like West Side. Green Ridge has the prettiest architecture, in my opinion, but it's also got too much of an "old money" flair to it---BMWs and Mercedes-Benzes everywhere.

[Malsperanza]

Hi, I wandered over to this board because I'm looking for info about the Heermans family cemetery plot on N Main Ave. near Parker St. I came across it while I was canvassing door to door (for Obama) in October in the area. I'm not from Scranton, but I really enjoyed the neighborhood, and had great conversations with people there. There's a Heermans Street near the RR tracks and I did find some historical info about the district online--the coal industry, the Welsh immigration in the 18th and early 19th c., etc. Does anyone know more about the gravestones? It looks like there were originally some huge old trees there, but only stumps remain. And I imagine one of the woodframe houses in the area may be the original Heermans home. Just curious--it's unusual to see a family plot preserved within a city like that.

[rbhermans]

Originally Posted by Malsperanza

Hi, I wandered over to this board because I'm looking for info about the Heermans family cemetery plot on N Main Ave. near Parker St. I came across it while I was canvassing door to door (for Obama) in October in the area. I'm not from Scranton, but I really enjoyed the neighborhood, and had great conversations with people there. There's a Heermans Street near the RR tracks and I did find some historical info about the district online--the coal industry, the Welsh immigration in the 18th and early 19th c., etc. Does anyone know more about the gravestones? It looks like there were originally some huge old trees there, but only stumps remain. And I imagine one of the woodframe houses in the area may be the original Heermans home. Just curious--it's unusual to see a family plot preserved within a city like that.

The Heermans Family Burying Ground that you visited is that of Henry Heermans and his family. His house in almost directly across the street. It is the oldest house in North Scranton, PA (Providence area), although it has been updated with vinyl siding, it is almost as it was when Henry lived there.

Henry and his brother Philip were well known in the early days before the city of Scranton was formed.

Henry owned 300 acres around where his home is. He maintains the cemetery with a fund he establised with a local bank before his passing. Now the Honesdale National Bank maintains the care of the cemetery with thes funds.

If you'd like more information on the Heermans family please contact me at rbhermans@yahoo.com

The Heermans Family are distant relatives of mine originating from the Netherlands in 1660.