Here stores and dingy four-story brownstones with long flights of railed stairs lined the street.
Lining the main street are a covered bridge, a blacksmith, a general store and pub, and a doctor's residence and office, among other structures.
Shalit's living quarters were described as a two-room underground store with enough supplies for two weeks, accessible down a ladder through a 15-meter-deep shaft lined with explosives.
The store he picked was on a quiet street lined with other small establishments.
Retail stores, offices, and banks lined the four sides of the square, and every Saturday morning it was filled with a farmers' market offering fresh produce.
Many Italian restaurants and stores still line the street.
It is lined with two banks and a stores lined the main public roads.
Five small stores also line the Elder Avenue side.
Now forty stores lined its gallery walkway.
Banks, hotels, stores, churches, a school, and numerous homes lined its commercial district and residential streets.