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an expansion was necessary. In March 1919, Grant purchased the 34' x 128' property to the south of his building at 1424 11th Avenue, announcing ambitious plans to build a 5-story annex, designed by him and architect Sønnichsen. These plans were quickly scaled back to a 2-story, $ 20,000 building
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Franklin as their flagship product. In February 1914, seeking to separate their sales department from their service department, they opened a new show room at the Southeast corner of Broadway and Pike Streets in a space recently vacated by the
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Faced in dark tapestry brick and accented with white glazed brick, the façade was originally illuminated between each floor by big neon signs displaying the
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Center for the Blind, which taught sewing and basket weaving among other skills. After surviving another major fire in 1958, a series of linen and carpet stores would occupy the building into the 1970s, most notably the H. W. Baker Company, whose
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