The north side of the 700 block of West Riverside Avenue has a handful of buildings that have changed many times over 130 years. But the internal structures are still there, covered by modern exteriors.
At the Post Street corner is the two-story Galena building, an office and retail building put up in 1890. It has burned at least twice and been rebuilt.
The most enduring business was Lubin’s women’s apparel, there from 1916 to 1993.
Recently, Global Credit Union had an office on the corner for several years.
For most of the 20th century, the Galena had a jewelry store. Ben Cohn and Co. moved there in 1914.
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