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Never mind, I get it. They had a store corner Fulton and Bridge. The new store was just an expansion of the old store. However, the article I refereced states that the balcony (mezzanine) level stretched all the way form Lawrence to Bridge. Either t hat was hyperbole, as the building currently occupies only half the block, or perhaps the "expansion" was later reduced back to only the new footprint.

Building of the Day: 471-479 Fulton Street

You briefly describe their first store on Bridge Street, and the subject building - built 1914-1915 - as the replacement. But in 1922, a newspaper article describes the Bridge Street location as being recently expanded, and the largest of their stores. Were both open simultaneously, or is there an error somewhere? https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-standard-union-oppenheim-collins-bro/56358306/

Building of the Day: 471-479 Fulton Street

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