The North Penn area didn’t always look this way ... of course.
But if you’d like to see how it once did look, and what might be in those spots today, your chance comes on Tuesday.
The changing face of North Penn area will again be featured at the Lansdale Historical Society’s Community Program, at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Lansdale Parks and Recreation Building, Seventh Street and Lansdale Avenue.
“Then You Saw It, Now You Don’t, Part 4” is the latest in a series of shows that uses past and present photographs to show how the region’s landscape has evolved over the past century.
Society photo archivist Steve Moyer uses digital technology to match old and new images of many familiar local scenes, leaving no doubt which sites have stood the test of time.
More than 100 pairs of photographs will be included in this all-new program.
For example, many area residents remember that Hager’s Men’s Store and Woolworth’s 5&10 occupied the Hager and Schultz Building on the northeast corner of Main and Wood Sts. in Lansdale.
But few folks can go back 90 years to 1920, when the tract was occupied by the old Couter homestead and Hartley’s printing shop. Now, Molly Maguire’s holds down the corner spot.
You’ll see those featured in today’s photos on this page.
There is no admission charge to the program, but donations are appreciated.
Also, remember: The January Community Program, “World War II Trunk Show,” which had to be postponed due to bad weather, has been rescheduled for Tuesday, May 10.
For more information, call (215) 855-1872.