School Board Sells Downtown Property

Posted on November 14, 2009 by lmharnisch
Nov. 14, 1909, Comics
Clare Briggs on the day after Halloween.

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Nov. 14, 1919: Here’s one of the problems of research – a story about the sale of Mercantile Place, which is so well known that the reporter doesn’t say where it is. 

June 12, 1904, Mercantile Place

June 12, 1904: Aha! It was between Broadway and Spring Street, and 5th and 6th streets.

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Sept. 3, 1906: The Board of Education closes the Broadway and Spring Street entrances to Mercantile Place.

Feb. 15, 1924, Arcade 
Feb. 15. 1924: The remodeled Mercantile Place opens as the Mercantile Arcade Building—an indoor shopping center.

  

Voila! The Broadway Arcade via Google maps’ street view.  

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