You read that right. Skyway. A skyway would be an area connecting two buildings together via a covered walkway surrounded on the outside by, well.... the outside. There are some very interesting stories about this skyway. It connects the upstairs apartment with the upstairs apartment in the building next door. The upstairs of Kegs is (or was) connected to the next three buildings. One of those buildings, (the old flower shop?) was a brothel. Yes, a skyway and a brothel both on the same street. Makes a person wonder how many men told their wives they were going to the dentist upstairs and only made it as far as the top of the barber shop stairway where they took a right instead of a left? Might explain dentures. Currently the skyway is closed to traffic. Daylight can be seen coming through the walls and it is unsafe, and the building inspector would like to see it go. Eventually that piece of building history will come down. Another bit of interesting trivia, the barber shop in the early days was also a bath house. People without indoor plumbing could come to the shop, pay a fee and take a bath. On the main floor were two small "bath" rooms with a tub and sink. One has since been turned into a closet, however the other still has the original tub and sink. Do you think there is any call these days for a bath house? If so it will be added to the list of potential businesses, but a new tub would definitely be needed!
You read that right. Skyway. A skyway would be an area connecting two buildings together via a covered walkway surrounded on the outside by, well.... the outside. There are some very interesting stories about this skyway. It connects the upstairs apartment with the upstairs apartment in the building next door. The upstairs of Kegs is (or was) connected to the next three buildings. One of those buildings, (the old flower shop?) was a brothel. Yes, a skyway and a brothel both on the same street. Makes a person wonder how many men told their wives they were going to the dentist upstairs and only made it as far as the top of the barber shop stairway where they took a right instead of a left? Might explain dentures. Currently the skyway is closed to traffic. Daylight can be seen coming through the walls and it is unsafe, and the building inspector would like to see it go. Eventually that piece of building history will come down. Another bit of interesting trivia, the barber shop in the early days was also a bath house. People without indoor plumbing could come to the shop, pay a fee and take a bath. On the main floor were two small "bath" rooms with a tub and sink. One has since been turned into a closet, however the other still has the original tub and sink. Do you think there is any call these days for a bath house? If so it will be added to the list of potential businesses, but a new tub would definitely be needed!
