Squint Shot 061110

As in the Harmon building, I've looked at old hardware still to be found in some of the older buildings in the downtown area. So as I'm wandering through the upstairs of the future home of Maria's, in the area close to what was the Bell Opera House, this hook and ladder keeps a door latched where a staircase no longer exists. The stairway was the street entrance off of North Grand River for the opera house. I rattled and handled the hook and it appears to be nicely doing its job.