The Detroit times., 1909-04-22
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ElliottTaylor- Woolfenden Co. To
Erect Six-Story Building At
Woodward.ave and Henry-st.

Within a week. ground will be brok-
en- for the new building which Mrs.
William II. Elliott will erect for the
Eliiott.Tayior-Wo olfenden Co. at Wood.
ward-ave. and Henry-st. as a memor.
iai to her husband The architects.
John Scott Il Co.. have the plans near
~ completed. and contracts for the OK.
oavating work are about to be let.
Inc building, cut of which Is pre-
sented, Will be six stories high above
the basement. IL will be OF steel con-
sructlop and as near ilreproof as
modern building methods can make Il.
with sprinkler equipment as an adj.
dltionai safeguard. A endorsement In
the rear or the establishment will con-
tain all the mechanical equipment, Sd
there VIII be no machinery at all In
the building proper. Improved elevaI.
ors Will be installed In sufficient num-
Der 10 insure easy and rapid commun.
ication between all floors.
Everything that will add 10 the con
Venlence OF customers aud employees
Will be provided for In the new store.
There will be rest and toilet rooms.
tea room, a first-class cafe. waiting
and writing rooms, a general informa.
ton headquarters: In fact. everything
that goes with q modern, up-to-date
department store will be found there.
The lot has frontage of II feet on
Woodward-ave. and 205 feet on Henry
ST. The dimensions of the building
will be 71x1S0. leaving rs feet in the
rear for the machinery plant. This
will more than double the company
present floor space. and will give great
ly needed room for all the depart
ments now existing aud others to be
added from time to time for the con.
venience OF the public.
Including the rear wall, the new
building will have total outside front
age of $50 feet mostly all glass. Thus
plenty Of light is insured. In fact, IL
will be one Of the best lighted stores
In the country. The general entrance
will be on Woodward-ave., but tho
plans also provide for a carriage en-
trance on Henry-st
In making this jump above Grand
Circus park, which for years has been
looked upon as the northern boundary
of the citys main retail section, the
Elliott Taylor Woolfenden Co. has not
garded as q bold move, and one
fraught with considerable hazard, but
the company, after much thought and
consideration and after viewing the
proposition from all angles, concluded
that Ii could be made In safety.
The company's action Is a natural
sequence Of the city's rapid expansion
since the dawn of the new century.
shA ~ be L.
simply too small to accommodate the
retail trade, which has developed pro-
portionately with the city's growth.
every direction, the boundaries OF the
retail district remained unchanged
until expansion became inevitable. II
remained for the tt-Taylor-Wool-
fenden Co. to take the initiative and
start the ball rolling. They are the
pace makers, and now that the migra-
ton has begun the town Is full OF rum
ors as to other contemplated moves
north OF the park.
A few blocks one way of another
makes no material difference In the
desirability of location In city that
is building up as rapidly as Detroit. II
Is pointed out The Committee OF sos
plans for the Encouragement and ex-
tension Of the street railway system
contemplates a crosstown line on Hen
ry.st, looping on High, which in Itself
means the establishment Of new cen
ter of trade at the intersection or
these streets with the main thorough
fare. Woodward-ave. These facts
we're all taken into consideration by
the company in choosing its new loca-
ton. and the example. according to
report. will be followed by others In
the near future.