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limited service. A sign on the restaurant at the left of the photograph invites patrons to
“Dine and Dance.” However, there won't be any dining or dancing for some time.
The Joseph Horne Company at Penn Avenue and Stanwick Street, for many years one of
downtown Pittsburgh's largest and finest stores, is said to have suffered more than $1 milli-
on in damages when it was inundated in the city's 1936 flood. When the water went down,
truck after truck of waterlogged merchandise had to be hauled away. Later a bronze marker
showing how high the floodwater reached was applied to the side of the store building.
