Just like no one really is supposed to eat that lovely puffy perfect-for-french toast white Wonder bread anymore as our collective taste in bread is moving to whole wheat "healthy" loaves, the building where they used to make it is changing right before our eyes. When I first moved into our neighborhood, you could smell the bread baking from several blocks away. A delicious sweet aroma that always made me think of buttered toast with jam or some other sandwich deliciousness. And, I'm not sure if it was every day, but they would give away the 'stale' bread and rolls periodically and you might see a line of people queuing up for these. The building has stood empty for years but now it's being gutted and transformed into something else. I haven't taken the time to see what the development board nearby says but I'm speculating it will be condos or fancy offices or something. I'm glad they are keeping the brickwork and framework and I'm really wondering ( ha ha, did you get that?) what they will do with the red and blue lettering left behind.
Douglas Development's redeveloped bakery building, where Twinkies were the final product produced, will house ground floor and basement retail and office space above. An office interior design company has already leased 20,000 square feet of office space. --Alexander M. Padro, Executive Director, Shaw Main Streets
ReplyDeletethanks, that's interesting! I thought they also made bread too... I didn't know about the Twinkies. Who could hate a Twinkie now and again?
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