McKeesport being pushed for ‘Main Street’ makeover
By JEFF STITT
jstitt@yourmvi.com
McKeesport doesn’t technically have a road named “Main Street,” but it’s a common thing when talking to someone 40 or older from the area to hear tales from yesteryear of its closest thing — Fifth Avenue.
Jonathan Stark, a local property developer, is trying to score a makeover from a national television network for that street and the city.
Conversations about McKeesport’s heyday usually include memories of models and mannequins standing in the windows of the now-demolished Cox’s department store high above the bustling street showing off the fashion of the day, while crowds three or four deep zipped down the sidewalks popping in and out of shops and offices.
HGTV and Ben and Erin Napier, hosts of the “Home Town” series, are on a mission to find one American town for a makeover.
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