History unraveling as Wayne Junction silk yarn mill comes down
By Amy Z. Quinn
For NewsWorks
Piece by piece, in piles of wood and chunks of old concrete and brick, the former Van Straaten and Havey silk mill building in Wayne Junction is coming down. The city began demolition on the vacant More »
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