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Then & Now: Coeur d’Alene Changes

McDonalds Express has entered the competition for burger-eating customers on Coeur d'Alene's Sherman Avenue. There are now at least nine hamburgers offered by restaurants in the first seven blocks of downtown, and the S-R tests them all. Photo by Jesse Tinsley/story by Torbenson
By D.F. Oliveria daveo@spokesman.com(509) 319-0354
McDonalds Express has entered the competition for burger-eating customers on Coeur d'Alene's Sherman Avenue. There are now at least nine hamburgers offered by restaurants in the first seven blocks of downtown, and the S-R tests them all. Photo by Jesse Tinsley/story by Torbenson
McDonalds Express has entered the competition for burger-eating customers on Coeur d'Alene's Sherman Avenue. There are now at least nine hamburgers offered by restaurants in the first seven blocks of downtown, and the S-R tests them all. Photo by Jesse Tinsley/story by Torbenson

Do you remember the short-lived McDonalds Express restaurant on Sherman Avenue in days gone by. The Eagles building, I believe, separated it from Hudson’s hamburgers. Obviously, Hudson’s continues to make great hamburgers while McDonalds closed shop fairly quickly. SR photog buddy Jesse Tinsley has posted his first “then-and-now” slide show for Coeur d’Alene . Many of you know that Jesse worked in North Idaho for several years before being assigned to the downtown Spokane office. Jesse says he plans to compile then-and-now shows periodically, as he gets to Coeur d’Alene to shoot updates. Quoth: “Because I have been at the paper for over 20 years now, it seemed like a good idea to go back and  back and pull some photos and update them.”  Check out what took McDonalds place.

  • Also: SR staff compiled a then-and-now slide show featuring the aftermath of the tsunami catastrophe in Japan to the tornado destruction in Alabama and other southern states here .

* This story was originally published as a post from the blog "Huckleberries Online." Read all stories from this blog