A change in doing business at a well-known auto parts business in Lackawanna County is starting to turn the landscape back to the way it used to be; a mountainside cluttered with old, junky cars.
Drive along Interstate 81 in Dunmore and you'll see the junk cars on the side of the mountain. It's a scene that may bring back memories from years ago.
Thousands of junked cars used to be parked there as part of the DeNaples auto parts operation. It was a sight many called an eyesore.
"I think it's a really horrible site out there for anyone that is passing through," Gary Gordin of Virginia said in 1990.
In the 1980s PennDOT even tried to hide the view by planting trees and erecting a fence but that never seemed to work.
Eventually DeNaples Auto Parts got rid of most of the cars on the mountain and focused on an indoor warehouse for auto parts.
Now people are once again noticing junk cars on the mountain.
"It's going to look terrible, I would think. It's not going to look good. It's not going to look good for the people driving through here," said Susan Montaro of Dunmore.
Soon after the cars started popping up on the mountain, DeNaples Auto Parts announced it was opening a self serve junkyard called D's U-Pull-It, where customers are allowed into a yard filled with junk cars to find and remove car parts for a fee.
We asked the president of the greater Scranton chamber of commerce about the return of the junk cars near the heavily traveled interstate:
"I think the unfortunate part that it is right along 81, but I would say the DeNaples are excellent business people," said Austin Burke, president of the Greater Scranton Chamber of Commerce when he was asked about the return junk cars along the heavily-traveled interstate.
"I don't know how bad it's going to look. I hope it's not what it used to be," Montaro added.
A spokesperson for DeNaples Auto Parts didn't know how many junk cars will end up on the mountain or if anything might be done to hide them from the view of people traveling on I-81.
The new D's U-Pull-It junk yard is set to open on Sunday.
Drive along Interstate 81 in Dunmore and you'll see the junk cars on the side of the mountain. It's a scene that may bring back memories from years ago.
Thousands of junked cars used to be parked there as part of the DeNaples auto parts operation. It was a sight many called an eyesore.
"I think it's a really horrible site out there for anyone that is passing through," Gary Gordin of Virginia said in 1990.
In the 1980s PennDOT even tried to hide the view by planting trees and erecting a fence but that never seemed to work.
Eventually DeNaples Auto Parts got rid of most of the cars on the mountain and focused on an indoor warehouse for auto parts.
Now people are once again noticing junk cars on the mountain.
"It's going to look terrible, I would think. It's not going to look good. It's not going to look good for the people driving through here," said Susan Montaro of Dunmore.
Soon after the cars started popping up on the mountain, DeNaples Auto Parts announced it was opening a self serve junkyard called D's U-Pull-It, where customers are allowed into a yard filled with junk cars to find and remove car parts for a fee.
We asked the president of the greater Scranton chamber of commerce about the return of the junk cars near the heavily traveled interstate:
"I think the unfortunate part that it is right along 81, but I would say the DeNaples are excellent business people," said Austin Burke, president of the Greater Scranton Chamber of Commerce when he was asked about the return junk cars along the heavily-traveled interstate.
"I don't know how bad it's going to look. I hope it's not what it used to be," Montaro added.
A spokesperson for DeNaples Auto Parts didn't know how many junk cars will end up on the mountain or if anything might be done to hide them from the view of people traveling on I-81.
The new D's U-Pull-It junk yard is set to open on Sunday.
