(Photo by Richard F. Hope)

Express/Purple Cow Building (15-17 South Bank Street, recently Purple Cow creamery / renamed Bank Street Creamery)

6-story brick building.

The property was one of many owned by Peter Miller, known as Easton’s “merchant prince”1 and one of the three “rich men of Easton”.2 Peter Miller died in 1847, at age 81.3 His nephew, also named Peter Miller (of Ohio), inherited much of his real estate. In 1849, nephew Peter Miller paid 2/5 of this inheritance to his agent in Easton, Samuel Wilhelm.4

1 Floyd S. Bixler, The History with Reminiscences of the Early Taverns and Inns of Easton, 11-12 (Northampton County Historical and Genealogical Society 1931)( Paper Read before the Northampton County Historical Society at the St. Crispin Anniversary Dinner at the Lafayette Hotel on 25 Oct. 1930). See separate entries on www.WalkingEaston.com for Two Rivers Landing, 30 Centre Square (containing the site of Peter Miller’s residence); the Log Cabin Lot / Peter Miller Buildings at 209-17 Northampton Street; and Library Hall, at 32 North Second Street (history of Easton Library when located in Peter Miller’s residence).

2 Article, “Rich Men”, EASTON ARGUS, Thurs., 21 Nov. 1861, p.2, col.3. The other two identified by the ARGUS were Col. Thomas McKeen and Hon. David D. Wagener. See generally separate entries for the Wagner Mansion (Pomfret Club) at 33 South 4th Street (owned by David Wagener’s son) and the Col. Thomas McKeen Mansion at 231 Spring Garden Street.

3 Henry F. Marx (compiler), II Marriages and Deaths Northampton County 1799 – 1851 Newspaper Extracts 694 (Easton Area Public Library 1929)(from The Whig and Journal, Wed., 10 March 1847, article stating that Miller had died on the third).

4 Deed, Peter (Elizabeth) Miller to Samuel Wilhelm, H7 573 (5 Sept. 1849)(stated sale price $100,000 for 2/5 interest in Miller’s entire inheritance).

He paid another 1/5 to settle the legal bills his two prominent Easton lawyers5 who prosecuted a lengthy (and ultimately successful) lawsuit to annul one of the will’s charitable bequests, resulting in a landmark decision of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court.6

With the lawyers’ bills resolved, in late 1849 Miller and Samuel Wilhelm partitioned the remaining real estate to settle Wilhelm’s interests – and this property was among the parcels conveyed to Wilhelm.7 After his death, Samuel Wilhelm’s executors sold the property plus the one next door in 1866 to Henry A. Sage for $1,900.8 Henry Sage’s principal business was a wholesaler of wines and liquors.9

In 1867, Sage sold a building and the lot that would become the Express Building to William L. Davis,10 the proprietor of the Easton Daily Express newspaper.11 The move into the “woodframe quarters” in this building on Bank Street was made during the tenure of Washington H. Bixler, then the newspaper’s managing editor, who continued to guide

5 Deed, Peter (Elizabeth) Miller to James M. Port and Matthew Hale Jones, H7 572 (5 Sept. 1849)(stated price $50,000 for 1/5 of the inheritance “and for divers other good causes and considerations”). Two months later, in return for certain of the real estate, the two lawyers returned their 1/5 interest. Deed, James M. (Eliza) Porter and Matthew Hale (Mary F.) Jones to Peter Miller and Samuel Wilhelm, C8 94 (21 Nov. 1849)(Tract No.26).

6 Hillyard v. Miller, 10 Pa.State 326-38 (Pa.Sup.Ct. 1849); see Kempton, A History of St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Congregation, supra at 217 (decision established Pennsylvania law on the “rule against perpetuities” relating to trusts for the accumulation of income).

7 Deed of Partition between Samuel (Mary) Wilhelm and Peter (Elizabeth) Miller (of Ohio), C8 113 (29 Dec. 1849)(Tract No.9).

8 Deed, Elizabeth C. Cook and Christopher Nicholas, Executors of the Will of Samuel Wilhelm, to Henry A. Sage, C11 590 (15 Mar. 1866). This deed included two lots on the West side of Bank Alley: first No.18 in the Deed of Partition, measuring 45’ X 76’ 1” (later the Express Building and Purple Cow); and second No.9 in the Deed of Partition, measuring 70’ 7” X 26’ 1” – the same as the modern Froehlich Saloon Building. The properties contained “two certain messuages tenements”, indicating that probably each had a building upon it.

9 See Fitzgerald & Dillon, Easton Directory for 1870-71 73 (Ringwalt & Brown 1870)(Henry A. Sage, wines and liquors, 104 Centre Street under the numbering scheme then in effect, house in Lehn’s Court); Webb’s Easton and Phillipsburg Directory; 1875-6 104 (Webb Bros. & Co. 1875)(Henry A. Sage, wines and liquors, wholesale, 24 Centre Square, house at 5 Lehn’s Court); , J.H. Lant, Easton [Etc.] Directory for 1877 ad.p.2 (M.J. Riegel 1877)(Henry A. Sage, wholesale liquors, 24 Centre Square, house at 5 Lehn’s Court). See generally separate www.WalkingEaston.com entry for the Jones Building at 24 Centre Square.

See also Talbot’s Lehigh Valley Gazetteer and Business Directory 1864-65 28 (Press of Wynkoop & Hallenbeck 1864)(A.A. Sage, wholesale and retail wines and liquors, 104 Centre Square). This may be a typographical error for H.A. Sage, since the business and address are the same as later directory entries for Henry A. Sage.

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the paper after William Davis died in 1870.12 Davis’s widow sold the building to Amalia (also spelled Amelia) Reeder,13 widow of Easton lawyer (and Kansas Territorial Governor) Andrew H. Reeder.14

Mrs. Reeder was a daughter of Col. Christian Jacob Hutter, who had been the editor of the Easton Correspondent, originator and editor of the Easton Sentinel in 1816, and of other newspapers.15

Mrs. Reeder’s son, George M. Reeder, at that point took over the proprietorship of the newspaper.16 The building was then numbered 6 and 8 Bank Street.17 In 1875, after the 1874 street renumbering, this apparently became 15 and 17 South Bank Street.18

10 Deed, Henry A. (Sophia) Sage to Willliam L. Davis, E12 255 (25 Sept. 1867)(sale price $2,000). The property included a “messuage, tenement” according to the deed.

11 See Easton Daily Express, Illustrated Industrial Edition 6, at col.2 (Jan. 1893, reprinted by W-Graphics); Article, “The Express-Times: A History”, unpublished typewritten account obtained from the Express-Times Library on 20 March 2007, at 1; Rev. Uzal W. Condit, The History of Easton, Penn’a 457 (George W. West 1885 / 1889). See generally separate www.WalkingEaston.com entry for the Express Building at 30 North 4th Street.

12 Article, “The Express-Times: A History”, unpublished typewritten account obtained from the Express-Times Library on 20 March 2007, at 2; Easton Daily Express, Illustrated Industrial Edition 6 (Jan. 1893, reprinted by W-Graphics).

13 Deed, Mary B. Davis to Amalia Reeder, A14 358 (10 Nov. 1870)(sale price $3,000). 14 Fitzgerald & Dillon, Easton Directory for 1870-71 70 (Ringwalt & Brown 1870) shows

Mrs. Amelia Reeder, and George, Howard and Frank Reeder, all listed as residents at the Reeder Family Homestead at 62 Northampton Street. These residents are identified as the widow and three sons of Governor Reeder in William J. Heller, II History of Northampton County and The Grand Valley of the Lehigh Biographical Section 35 (The American Historical Society 1920).

15 Frank B. Copp, Biographical Sketches of Some of Easton’s Prominent Citizens 7 (Hillburn & West 1879)(Amelia Hutter, detailing father’s newspapers); John W. Jordan, Edgar Moore Green & George T. Ettinger, I Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of the Lehigh Valley Pennsylvania 84-85 (The Lewis Publishing Co. 1905, reprint by Higginson Book Co.)(Fredericka Amelia Hutter). See generally separate listing for 61 North Third Street.

Compare with Deed, William W. Marsh and George M. Reeder, Executors of Estate of Andrew H. Reeder, to Ida R. Marsh, H16 54 (31 March 1881)(reciting that Andrew Reeder’s wife was Amelia Reeder).

16 Ethan Allen Weaver, III Historical Notes First Series 83 (copied in Easton Public Library June 1936). See also Frank B. Copp, “The Beautiful City of the Delaware” (1878), reprinted with Donna Troxel, “Old paper turns back the clock in Easton”, EASTON EXPRESS, Sunday, 19 July 1981, p.C-1, C-3 (Washington Bixler was the Associate Editor in 1878).

17 Easton Daily Express, Illustrated Industrial Edition 6 (Jan. 1893, reprinted by W-Graphics) with D.G. Beers, Atlas of Northampton County Pennsylvania, Plan of Easton (A. Pomeroy & Co. 1874)(business notice for George M. Reeder, Editor of the Easton Daily Express at 6 and 8 Bank St.); and Jeremiah H. Lant, The Northampton County Directory for 1873 67 (1873)(alphabetical listing for Easton Daily Express at 6 and 8 Bank Street).

18 See Article, “The New Numbers”, EASTON DAILY FREE PRESS, Mon., 8 Dec. 1873, p.3, col.5 (Easton Daily Express assigned 15 and 17 South Bank Street); Webb’s Easton and Phillipsburg Directory; 1875-6 front matter ad (Webb Bros. & Co. 1875); J.H. Lant & Son, Easton etc. Directory 1881-82 (1881)(alphabetical listing for Easton Daily Express).

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The old wood frame building continued as the newspaper’s headquarters,19 and was sold to Howard Mutchler when he took over the newspaper in 1888.20 In 1896, the paper doubled its circulation by cutting its price in half (from two pennies to one per issue), and also wished to add heavy modern machinery.21 The paper’s engineers decided the Bank Street building was barely strong enough for the combined weight of the printing equipment and employees, so the old wood frame building22 was demolished, and replaced by a new, six-story brick headquarters in only eight weeks from the time work was begun on the foundation. During the construction, much of the machinery was moved, but the main printing press and office remained in place, covered by a temporary roof. The paper continued to be put out from that location – despite a heavy thunderstorm on one occasion, that wet the press.23

After Mutchler’s death, the property (identified as the “Easton Daily Express plant”) was partitioned to Alice B. Mutchler in 1916.24 The newspaper was purchased in 1917 by Easton lawyer and U.S. Congressional representative Henry J. Steele and Chester Snyder. They also purchased the Easton Argus.25 Plans were being made to move the publishing plant into the Argus Building and new printing equipment was being installed there, when on 27 October 1917 a fire caused extensive damage. The Argus was able to print at the Express’s plant (presumably, in Bank Street).26 A few days later, on 5 November 1917, The Argus was merged with The Express as a combined daily.27 The Business Manager of both The Argus and The Express was shown at the Argus Building at 26 North Fourth Street at this time,28 while the Bank Street building was purchased by Laubach’s Department Store at the beginning of 1918.29 Laubach’s used the building as a warehouse for the store departments located in the main store building’s basement, and one floor became Laubach’s advertising department.30

19 Deed, William W. Marsh, Trustee for Heirs of Andrew H. and Amalia Reeder, to Express Publishing Company, A20 119 (8 Mar. 1883)(sale price $4,000).

20 Deed, Express Publishing Company to David J. Godshalk and Howard Mutchler, C20 463 (2 Apr. 1888)(sale price $4,000). See Easton Daily Express, Illustrated Industrial Edition, supra (Mutchler took over the newspaper in 1888).

21 Article, “Our New Home – The Express in Its Handsome New Building Today”, EASTON EXPRESS, Thurs., 1 Oct. 1896, p.1, col.6.

22 Article, “The Express-Times: A History”, supra at 2. The Article, “Our New Home – The Express in Its Handsome New Building Today”, EASTON EXPRESS, Thurs., 1 Oct. 1896, p.1, col.6 mentions that attempts were made to purchase new premises, and to strengthen the old floors and foundation, but there was still a danger of collapse.

23 Article, “Our New Home – The Express in Its Handsome New Building Today”, EASTON EXPRESS, Thurs., 1 Oct. 1896, p.1, col.6. Work on the foundation was begun on 1 July 1896. Id.

The Article, “The Express-Times: A History”, supra at 2 tells a similar story, although suggests that the eight week period also covered the time to demolish the old building.

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In 1947, the family sold the store business to the parent corporation of Pomeroy’s Department Store.31 The real estate continued to be owned by the Laubach Realty Company until 1973, when it was sold to real estate agent32 Humbert Orlandi, Jr.33 Pomeroy’s Department Store closed in 1977,34 and the real estate was sold to the Easton National Bank and Trust Company for $400,000.35 The property was thereafter acquired by the City of Easton,36 and then the Easton Land and Development Corp.37

In 1986, Laubach’s block was sold to Switlyk Properties38 in exchange for a promise to pay $300,000, announced in a joint press conference from the office of Easton’s Mayor.39 The buyer was the George Switlyk, who had plans to convert the building “to a mix of office and retail space.”40 Switlyk Properties ultimately also purchased the Mohegan Market on South 4th Street,41 the Mayer Building,42 the Farrs Building43 (later incorporated into Two Rivers Landing), White’s Hotel Annex,44 and the Alpha Building in Centre Square, among other Easton properties, and “held Easton’s revitalization hopes in his hands”.45 In fact, the “notorious developer”46 George Switlyk used his Easton properties as collateral to buy other buildings.47 His projects in Easton were never completed,48 he “defaulted on his financial commitments and left the area”,49 and he later spent time in federal prison for bank fraud.50 His scaffolding stood on the Laubach’s Building for nearly two years until it was ordered removed in 1989.51 In 1992, Northampton County’s Tax Claims Unit seized the Laubach’s property and sold it to Richard Baeyen to recover a claim for $4,706.13.52 Baeyen promptly resold the real

31 See Marie and Frank Summa & Leonard S. Buscemi Sr., Images of America: Historic Easton 51-52 (Arcadia Publishing 2000); Ken Klabunde, “William Laubach & Sons: From a Small Dry Goods Store to Easton’s Largest Department Store” (Parts I and II), THE EASTON IRREGULAR, Sept. 2005, pp.8-9 / Oct. 2005, p.17; see also Jim Deegan, “Laubach’s should never be forgotten”, THE EXPRESS-TIMES, Sunday, 25 Feb. 2007, pp.A-6, A-7.

32 See Obituary, “Humbert Orlandi Jr.”, MORNING CALL, 22 Mar. 2000, p.B-12; Peg Rhodin, “Board Told of City Club’s Long Decline Downtown Woes Cited in Appeal for Lower Taxes”, MORNING CALL, 26 Sept. 1986, p.B-1 (“people don’t want to walk in downtown Easton, even between the [Pomfret] club and the parking garage.”).

33 Deed, Laubach Realty Company to Humbert Orlandi, Jr., 450 455 (21 Feb. 1973)(sale price $400,000).

34 Tracy Jordan, “Pomeroy Lofts not abandoned, Pektor says ** Developer insists the condo and brew pub project awaits steel to start construction”, MORNING CALL, 18 July 2007, p.B-7A; see Marie and Frank Summa & Leonard S. Buscemi Sr., Images of America: Historic Easton 51-52 (Arcadia Publishing 2000); Ken Klabunde, “William Laubach & Sons: From a Small Dry Goods Store to Easton’s Largest Department Store” (Part II), THE EASTON IRREGULAR, Oct. 2005, p.17; see also Jim Deegan, “Laubach’s should never be forgotten”, THE EXPRESS-TIMES, Sunday, 25 Feb. 2007, pp.A-6, A-7.

35 Deed, Humbert Orlandi, Jr. to Easton National Bank and Trust Company, 573 423 (20 Oct. 1977)(Tract No.2).

36 Deed, Easton National Bank and Trust Company to Dominick A. Lockwood, Attorney and Trustee of the City of Easton, 618 551 (11 Sept. 1980).

37 Deed, Dominick A. Lockwood, Attorney and Trustee of City of Easton, to Easton Land and Development Corp., 624 800 (23 Feb. 1981). According to a newspaper account, the owners of the building (thus, presumably, of the Easton Land and Development Corp.) were Jacob and Asher Seip and Raymond Bartolacci. See Joe Nixon, “Pomeroy Site Buyer to Convert Building into Shops, Offices”, MORNING CALL, 14 Nov. 1886, p.B-1.

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estate block for $25,000 to Jahtvahr, Inc. (also spelled Jahtvar, Inc.),53 a food importing company owned by New Jersey businessman Giel Millner who used the property to store inventory.54

Four years later (in 1996), Jahtvahr sold the two buildings on Bank Street (the Froehlich Saloon and the Express/Purple Cow Building) to a redevelopment company,55 which received two $10,000 restoration grants from the City of Easton. The developer claimed that both buildings “had been vacant for 30 years and were so deteriorated they had to rebuild from the basement to the roofs.”56 Both buildings were resold to L & L Realty LLC for $1,000,000 in 2006.57

The Purple Cow creamery opened in 1998, specializing in homemade ice cream. In April 2013, the store changed its name to the Bank Street Creamery as the result of a trademark dispute with a Michigan company.58 In 2015, Brooks Minnick bought the business, along with its handmade ice cream recipes. Unfortunately, the store suffered a break-in burglary on 5 July 2017, but were quickly back in business. Minnick and manager Candace Houser used the store Facebook site to post a surveillance video

24 Deed, William Sinwell, Clerk of Orphan’s Court, for Howard Mutchler Estate, to Alice B. Mutchler, A44 188 (16 Dec. 1916)(Purpart No.1, the “Easton Daily Express plant”, property on Bank Street measuring 45’ X 26’ 1”).

25 Compare Article, “The Express-Times: A History”, supra at 2 with Hill, A Self Guided Tour, supra. See also Leonard S. Buscemi, Sr., The 1991 Easton Calendar inside front cover (Buscemi Enterprises 1990)(“took control” of Easton Daily Argus in 1916).

26 See Article, “Flames Damage Newspaper Plant on Fourth Street”, supra. 27 Article, “The Express-Times: A History”, supra at 2. But see Charles M. Barnard

(compiler), West’s Directory for City of Easton 132 (Union Publishing Co. 1920)(continued listing for “Argus Daily and Semi-Weekly, now Easton Argus – Northampton Democrat”).

28 Charles M. Barnard (compiler), West’s Directory for City of Easton 116, 201 & Back Cover advertisement (Union Publishing Co. 1918); Charles M. Barnard (compiler), West’s Directory for City of Easton 132, 218 (Union Publishing Co. 1920).

29 Deed, Alice B. Mutchler to George A. Laubach, Executor of the Will of William Laubach, H44 573 (2 Jan. 1918)(sale price $18,000); but see Wm. Laubach & Sons, Sixty Years of Store Progress 1860-1920 13 (Easton: The Hobson Printing Co. 1920)(purchased “In the latter part of 1918”).

30 Wm. Laubach & Sons, Sixty Years of Store Progress 1860-1920 13 (Easton: The Hobson Printing Co. 1920).

38 Deed, Easton Land and Development Corp. to Switlyk Properties, 717 369 (29 Dec. 1986).

39 Joe Nixon, “Pomeroy Site Buyer to Convert Building into Shops, Offices”, MORNING CALL, 14 Nov. 1986, p.B-1 (Mayor Sal Panto Jr. “said the project will restore the confidence of those who are ‘still skeptical’ about improvement of the downtown area.”).

40 Tracy Jordan, “Pomeroy Lofts not abandoned, Pektor says ** Developer insists the condo and brew pub project awaits steel to start construction”, MORNING CALL, 18 July 2007, p.B-7A.

41 New Mohican Market, Inc. to Switlyk Properties, 751 604 (3 June 1988); Jack Kraft, “Switlyk Adds to Easton Holdings Developer to Purchase Farr’s Shoes Building”, MORNING CALL, 3 June 1988, p.B-8. See generally separate www.WalkingEaston.com entry for 23-27 South 4th Street.

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showing the burglary, and the community responded with tips and phone calls to aid the police.59 A Phillipsburg man was recognized from the video, and later admitted to having done the burglary.60

42 Lauri Rice-Maue, “Would-Be Savior of Easton Charged with Bank Fraud”, MORNING CALL, 18 Mar. 1998, p.B-5; Jack Kraft, “Switlyk Adds to Easton Holdings Developer to Purchase Farr’s Shoes Building”, MORNING CALL, 3 June 1988, p.B-8.

43 Gay Elwell, “Switlyk Sells 3 Easton Sites”, MORNING CALL, 9 Sept. 1989, p.B-15. 44 Jack Kraft, “Switlyk Adds to Easton Holdings Developer to Purchase Farr’s Shoes

Building”, MORNING CALL, 3 June 1988, p.B-8 (“Empire Beauty School building”); Tom Moylan, “30-Year-Old Is ‘Major Player’ in Downtown Easton’s Future”, MORNING CALL, 9 Aug. 1987, p.D-1 (“Empire building at 60 Centre Square”); see separate www.WalkingEaston.com entry for 60 Centre Square.

45 Joe Nixon, “Switlyk Pleads Guilty to Fraud * Former Easton Developer Admits in Federal Court that He Was Behind Scheme Involving a $150,000 Business Loan”, MORNING CALL, 19 Aug. 1998, p.B-1; see Dennis Zehner and Lauri Rice-Maue, “Real Estate Magnate Will Spend One Year in Jail * Switlyk, Who Owned Easton Properties, Stole $150,000 from N.J. Bank”, MORNING CALL, 15 Dec. 1998, p.B-4; Jack Kraft, “Switlyk Adds to Easton Holdings Developer to Purchase Farr’s Shoes Building”, MORNING CALL, 3 June 1988, p.B-8.

See also Tom Moylan, “30-Year-Old Is ‘Major Player’ in Downtown Easton’s Future”, MORNING CALL, 9 Aug. 1987, p.D-1 (“Easton Mayor Salvatore . . . Panto Jr. is high on Switlyk: “George is a major player in downtown Easton and he is a credible player.’”).

46 Tracy Jordan, “Pomeroy Lofts not abandoned, Pektor says ** Developer insists the condo and brew pub project awaits steel to start construction”, MORNING CALL, 18 July 2007, p.B-7A.

47 Madeleine Mathias, “Dreamers Won with Two Rivers Mayor Goldsmith: Landing Will Lead Downtown Revival”, MORNING CALL, 14 July 1996, p.S-03.

48 Tracy Jordan, “Pomeroy Lofts not abandoned, Pektor says ** Developer insists the condo and brew pub project awaits steel to start construction”, MORNING CALL, 18 July 2007, p.B-7A.

49 Joe Nixon, “City Hall Relocation Vote Monday”, MORNING CALL, 9 Aug. 1995, p.B-3. 50 Tracy Jordan, “Pomeroy Lofts not abandoned, Pektor says ** Developer insists the condo

and brew pub project awaits steel to start construction”, MORNING CALL, 18 July 2007, p.B-7A; Dennis Zehner and Lauri Rice-Maue, “Real Estate Magnate Will Spend One Year in Jail * Switlyk, Who Owned Easton Properties, Stole $150,000 from N.J. Bank”, MORNING CALL, 15 Dec. 1998, p.B-4.

51 Tracy Jordan, “Pomeroy Lofts not abandoned, Pektor says ** Developer insists the condo and brew pub project awaits steel to start construction”, MORNING CALL, 18 July 2007, p.B-7A; Article, “Eyesore No More”, MORNING CALL, 18 July 1989, p.B-1.

52 Deed, Ruth E. Tiburzi, Supervisor of Tax Claims Unit, County of Northampton, to Richard Baeyen, 854 586 (6 Feb. 1992).

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53 Deed, Richard Baeyen to Jahtvar, Inc., 859 359 (8 Apr. 1992)(sale price $25,000). The subsequent sale deeds recited that Jahtvahr, Inc. had been erroneously called Jahtvar, Inc. in the earlier 1992 purchase deed. Jahtvahr, Inc. to Schy-Rhys Redevelopment, Inc., 1996-1-12497 (15 Bank Street) and 1996-1-120501 (19 Bank Street) (13 Nov. 1996).

54 Tracy Jordan, “Pomeroy Lofts not abandoned, Pektor says ** Developer insists the condo and brew pub project awaits steel to start construction”, MORNING CALL, 18 July 2007, p.B-7A.

55 Deeds, Jahtvahr, Inc. to Schy-Rhys Redevelopment, Inc., 1996-1-12497 (15 Bank Street) and 1996-1-120501 (19 Bank Street) (13 Nov. 1996). These were, respectively, Plot #3 and Plot #2 on the Final Plan of Subdivision of Jahtvaht, Inc., Plan Book 1995-5 at 362. The 1996 deed recited that Jahtvahr, Inc. had been erroneously called Jahtvar, Inc. in the earlier 1992 purchase deed.

56 Madeleine Mathias, “16 Properties Receive Grants – Money Will Be Used to Fix Up Façade of Easton Buildings with Historical or Architectural Merit”, MORNING CALL, Thurs., 7 Aug. 1997, p.B-3.

57 Deed, Schy-Rhys Redevelopment, Inc. to L & L Realty LLC, 2006-1-237625 (7 June 2006)(sale price $1 million).

58 Compare Article, “Bank Street Creamery turns 15 . . . “, EXPRESS-TIMES, 8 June 2013, Sat., p.C-2 with Kurt Bresswein, “Bank St. Creamery burglary spurs flood of tips to police investigators”, EXPRESS-TIMES, Thurs., 6 July 2017, p.A-11.

59 Kurt Bresswein, “Bank St. Creamery burglary spurs flood of tips to police investigators”, EXPRESS-TIMES, Thurs., 6 July 2017, p.A-11 (burglary on Wednesday).

60 Article, “N_News”, EXPRESS-TIMES, Fri., 28 July 2017, p.A-3 (segment under byline of Kurt Bresswein).

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