Looking northeast at the intersection between North Winooski And Riverside Avenues, the road crew can be seen pouring a section of concrete road bed this ealry fall day in 1932. The large machine in the center of the photograph is a concrete mixer preparing the mixture that would soon be poured over the steel grid to the right of the machine. The concrete base being applied here, and all along North Winooski Avenue, is seven inches in thickness, and will support a two-inch-thick asphalt surface.[1]

Across the intersection to the right of the mixer is 603 Riverside Avenue. In 1932, Charles Spaulding lived here and rented out rooms to his son, Charles Jr., and two other Spauldings, Harold and Louis, whose relation to their landlord is unknown.[2]

Up the street, to the left of the frame, is the Riverside Avenue Garage, run by Adolphus Desautels.[3] The garage had just opened that year, explaining the blank sign above the overhead door. The garage also sold Shell gasoline and motor oil, and a Shell sign can be seen sitting between the two gas pumps.

The streetlight seen above the garage also deserves attention. Although it is simple and no doubt less illuminating than the streetlights of today, it possesses a certain delicate grace perched out over the sidewalk.