{"id":17548,"date":"2015-08-21T02:04:06","date_gmt":"2015-08-21T02:04:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fadingad.com\/fadingadblog\/?p=17548"},"modified":"2015-08-21T02:19:40","modified_gmt":"2015-08-21T02:19:40","slug":"wink-the-sassy-one-canada-dry-sun-hotel-south-scranton-pa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fadingad.com\/fadingadblog\/2015\/08\/21\/wink-the-sassy-one-canada-dry-sun-hotel-south-scranton-pa\/","title":{"rendered":"Wink – The Sassy One – Canada Dry – Sun Hotel – South Scranton, PA"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u00a9 Frank H. Jump<\/p><\/div>\n

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Six weeks since the Sun went down, Scranton police Officer Jill Foley drove her cruiser through a silent South Side on patrol Wednesday night looking for some sign, any sign of crime. –<\/em> Denis J. O’Malley – Times Tribune, July 3, 2011<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Today, I was also looking for a sign on Cedar Avenue. I found several. Not the kind of signs for which Officer Jill Foley was looking. Apparently, this once bustling late-19th-century neighborhood is now safer and quieter since this hotel has closed. Reviews on Google for this hotel are hilarious.<\/p>\n

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The guy in the front with the Harley-Davidson claims to have done the lettering on this sign “too many years ago to remember when.<\/em>” Within one block, there were many signs of a previous life on Cedar Avenue that was not so nefarious and sleazy. The South Side, as it is called in Scranton, can use a comeback. But then again, so can the North Side and the Middle Side. Scranton has some great architectural and advertising remnant treasures which indicate it once had quite a hey-day. Like most of America’s cities, Scranton is waiting for a second wind.<\/p>\n

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Vintage ad – circa 1966 – CLICK FOR LARGER IMAGE<\/p><\/div>\n