My grandparents lived about an hour drive from us. We used to drive through the small town of Hudson, Ohio on the way to their house.
I have no idea how it started, but there was a huge building we had to pass on the way called "Terex." Terex was a division ofGeneral Motors and they built off-highway trucks like mining trucks. I remember at Christmas time, they had tractors lines up out front like reindeer with Santa driving them.
This building was so big and ugly that we called it the "ugly building" (original, I know). As we would drive past, it was not allowed to look at the "ugly building" or you would, like the legend of Medusa, turn to stone. We spent many trips down this road trying to fool each other into looking. "Hey, quick, look over there! Ha ha you turned to stone!"
The building was closed in the late 80's and was apparently acquired by the fabric super-store Jo-Ann Fabrics in 1990. Since 1990? Why did I not know this until today? I guess because I've been averting my eyes since 1978! The building also serves as the logistical headquarters ofFedEx .
About a mile up the road is Hudson town square. In the square there is a quaint clocktower. The Hudson Clocktower was built as a gift to the community from multi-millionaire James W. Ellsworth. The clockworks, built by the E. Howard Clock Company of Boston, run on gravity. The clock is 42 ft. and 9 inches tall.
I grew up believing a small man, like anelf or something, lived in the clocktower. Sometimes when we would drive by, there would be a light on in the window. We would ask our dad, "Dad, please can we stop and visit the man in the clock?" Our dad would always have some excuse like, "Oh, he's not home today," or "He's sleeping." For YEARS I believed someone lived there!
I have no idea how it started, but there was a huge building we had to pass on the way called "Terex." Terex was a division of
This building was so big and ugly that we called it the "ugly building" (original, I know). As we would drive past, it was not allowed to look at the "ugly building" or you would, like the legend of Medusa, turn to stone. We spent many trips down this road trying to fool each other into looking. "Hey, quick, look over there! Ha ha you turned to stone!"
The building was closed in the late 80's and was apparently acquired by the fabric super-store Jo-Ann Fabrics in 1990. Since 1990? Why did I not know this until today? I guess because I've been averting my eyes since 1978! The building also serves as the logistical headquarters of
About a mile up the road is Hudson town square. In the square there is a quaint clocktower. The Hudson Clocktower was built as a gift to the community from multi-millionaire James W. Ellsworth. The clockworks, built by the E. Howard Clock Company of Boston, run on gravity. The clock is 42 ft. and 9 inches tall.
I grew up believing a small man, like an
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