The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-04-22
P[ENDID HOME FOR
BUSINESS HOUSE
~ Taylor woolfenden Co. To
Slx-story Building At
Xeodward-ave and Henry-st.

d. A
(ilhin week. ground will be brok.
81 The new building which Mrs.
IMAM II. Elliott will erect for the
Taylor Woolfenden Co. at Wood
orosve. and Henry-st.. as a memoir
% her husband. The architects.
go Scott q Co., have the plans near
III leompleted- and contracts for the ex-
Eating work are about to be let
me building. cut OF which is pre-
p0ted. viii be six stories high above
~ basement II will be OF steel con-
oeFuction and as near fireproof as
U0desn building methods can make IL.
WITH sprinkler equipment as an ad-
4lfional safeguard. A sub basement In
le rear OF the establishment will con.
Nm all the mechanical equipment, so
11ere Will be no machinery at all IN
xPc building proper. Improved elevat-
@4B VIII be Installed In sufficient num-
Der 10 insure easy and rapid commun-
'1cation between all floors.
~ Everything that will add 10 the con-
3 1enience OF customers aud employees
VIII be provided for In the new store
There will be rest and toilet rooms
= tel room. a frst-class cafe, waiting
MD writing rooms, general informa-
lion headquarters: In fact, everything
That goes with modern, up-to-date
department store will be found there.
~ The lot has a frontage OF II feet on
WOodward-ave. and EOS feet on Henry
~ The dimensions OF the building
VIII be 71x1S0, leaving 20 feet in the
rear for the machinery plant This
will more than double the company's
present floor space. and will give great
~ needed room for all the depart
nents now existing and others TO be
added from time 10 time for the con-
Eenfence OF the public.
Including the rear wall. the new
building will have total outside front
axe OF $50 feet, mostly all glass. Thus
plenty OF light is insured. In fact, 1t
w1ll be one OF the best lighted stores
~ the country. The general entrance
viii be on Woodward-ave.. but the
plans also provide for carriage en-
trance on Henry-st.
In making this jump above Grand
.Cjrcus park, which for years has been
hooked upon as the northern boundary
Of tho city's main retail section, the
.
octed precipitately. BY many IL is re-
GArded as q bold move, and one
<raught with considerable hazard, bur
the company. after much thought and
consideration and after viewing the
@)roposition from all angles, concluded
that II could be made In safety.
|A The company's action is a natural
sequence of the city's rapid expansion
since the dawn of the new century.
The territory south of the park is
simply too small to accommodate the
retail trade. which has developed pro
Dortionately with the city's growth.
While the city was spreading out In
every direction, the boundaries of the
xotail district remained unchanged
until expansion became inevitable. 1t
xomained for the Elliott-T aylor-W Wool
fenden Co. TO take the initiative and
start the ball rolling. They are the
poce makers. and now that the migra-
ton has begun the town Is full OF rum
ORR a. to other contemplated moves
north Of the park.
A few blocks one way OF another
makes no material difference In the
dosirabiIity of location in city that
81 building up as rapidly as Detroit, IL
- pointed out. The Committee OF sos
plans for the Encouragement and ex-
tension OF the street railway system
contemplates . crosstown line on Hen
ry-st., looping on High, which in Itself
means the establishment of new CEN
Ter OF trade at the intersection NJ
these streets with the main thorough
fare. woodward-ave. These facts
were all taken into consideration by
the company In choosing It's new loca-
fion. and the example. according 10
report, will. be followed by others In
the near future.