One of my lunchtime walks when I worked in downtown Sacramento took me to this block on R Street. At the time, it was home to the Crystal Ice House and some old warehouses.

"The building dated back to the 1920s, when Model T’s used to pull up to the vending machine, when drivers paid pennies for blocks of ice to be carried on belts and dropped down the chute for pickups. For decades, this Crystal Ice plant was a notable fixture on R Street, a structure that stood like a stalwart historian witnessing the evolution of a gritty industrial corridor."

That building burned in 2016 and the corridor has since been built into a mixed-use property with great shops and nice housing. I love the signage.