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Where Was the Wright Brothers Bike Shop in Dayton?

November 6, 2024 By Andrew Walsh 1 Comment

Wright Brothers Bike Shop 1127 W Third

My last article covered where the Wright Brothers lived in Dayton. This one will highlight the places in town where they worked to turn their revolutionary ideas into the invention of powered flight. Because the brothers made and repaired bicycles before focusing on … [Read more...] about Where Was the Wright Brothers Bike Shop in Dayton?

Filed Under: Historical Dayton Tagged With: Aviation, Aviation Trail, Bicycles, Commercial Buildings, Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historic Park, Gem City Ice Cream Building, Inventions, Orville Wright, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Preservation, Wilbur Wright, Wright Brothers, Wright-Dunbar

Wright Dunbar District: Dayton’s Next Great Street?

March 14, 2019 By Jon White 3 Comments

Can we take a moment to appreciate the hidden-gem that is the Wright-Dunbar Business District? With its mix of Romanesque Revival, Italianate, and Neoclassical Revival architecture, outside of Fifth Street in the Oregon District there is not a better example of an … [Read more...] about Wright Dunbar District: Dayton’s Next Great Street?

Filed Under: New Developments Tagged With: Co-ops, Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historic Park, Fifth St Brewpub, Riverfront Master Plan, Texas Beef and Cattle Co, Third Street Bridge, Walkability, West Dayton, Wright-Dunbar

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