Pajama Factory Williamsport Pennsylvania Building, Historic US Rubber Factory
Pajama Factory in Williamsport, PA
Historic US Building – former rubber factory complex: Architectural Column by Joel Solkoff, PA, USA
Mar 19, 2019
Pajama Factory in Williamsport, Pennsylvania
Architectural Column Vol. V, Number 1 by Joel Solkoff, PA, USA
Writing on architects plus their role in the imminent/now-already-here global Baby Boom housing crisis

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Joel Solkoff’s Column Vol. V, Number 1
Freight Elevator at the Pajama Factory, Williamsport PA.

photograph Courtesy Joel Solkoff
One of the consequences of maintaining an office at the site where I have been reporting on the excellent design skills of architect Mark Winkelman is that his difficulties at running a business present themselves. Case in point, getting in and out of the Pajama Factory now a US Historical Landmark.
When the US Department of Interior declared the factory as a landmark in its previous incarnation as the Lycoming Rubber Company, Winkelman?s real estate company failed to issue a press release on the subject or if one were issued to make it accessible to this reporter despite repeated attempts.
External signage on facade of the Pajama Factory, Williamsport PA.:

photo Courtesy Joel Solkoff
My inability to show you a picture of the historical plaque defies logic given that Winkelman paid a substantial sum?by my estimate at least $50,000...