A Pre-War Look at the Empire Stores

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    While today the Empire Stores on Water Street in Dumbo sits empty and mired in bureaucratic muck, this photo by Berenice Abbott from 1936 (courtesy of the New York Public Library) reminds that the four-story warehouse was once a thriving commercial hub. Note the advertisement for Yuban Coffee painted on the side of the building. A similar photo from yesterday is on the jump.
    Warehouse, Water and Dock Streets, Brooklyn [Flickr]

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