downtown roanoke

This is a picture of historic downtown Roanoke, Al. This is probably in the early 1900’s around the time the W.A Handley company built a textile mill. The buildings are laid out similar. The road has the same right turn, some of the buildings are the original buildings. Some of the differences are the stop sign, the cars and I also see a horse, many of the building structures have changed. This area is not the busy part of town any longer. Arrows on the road are news. The main part of town has moved mainly because of wal-mart, and other businesses closed because of large corporations. I believe Roanoke has really not changed that much, when it comes to people. But there are no longer small family owned businesses. People still go to work and come to town to be seen. I think this part of town will eventually close down without something new and fun for the youth, it will not survive.