Arizona republican., 1911-10-17
GOIdbePgs Anxious TO Occupy
Business Palace
BEST IN ALL THE WEST
Store Will Not be the Larg-
est on the Coast But Will
Be Unexcelled in it's APP
pointments and Attract
i've Front.

Disappointed in not being able Il
have their new store building really for
opening by fair week. the Goldberg
Brothers are nevertheless rushing the
work Of construction as fast as pos
Sible and hope to be in their new bust
ness home before many weeks. TIL
concrete of the second floor has been
poured and the roof will soon be in
evidence. J. Niederer & Co Of Los
Angeles viii begin putting in the glass
front shortly after the first Of next
month.
There Will be no better business
building OF its size in this city, per-
haps none anywhere. than the Gold
berg structure Will be when complet-
ed. and there are few larger ones in
Phoenix In some respects il will be
the finest building in Phoenix, and the
equal Of any in the southwest. That
viii be particularly true Of the front
which Will be entirely Of glass. the
second floor being supported by a
steel girder spanning the entire fifty
feet between the walls. so there will
be neither metal nor concrete columns
nothing but glass.
In harmony with the new block. and
in part made necessary by its erection.
are the improvements now under may
on the adjoining properties on either
side. The west wall Of the Anderson
building on the corner Of First and
Washington streets. has been replaced
by a heavy concrete party wall the
former foundation of the Anderson
building not being sufficiently strong
Above the first floor the Anderson wall
is drawn in making a recess for light
for the second story Of that structure
On the west Of Goldberg's. the Michel
son front is to be remodeled TO accord
with the Goldberg front.
The Goldberg building is the full size
OF the lot, 5Ox137la feet. with a base
ment full size, to be finished in ce-
ment and made light. dry and airy.
The building will be two stories high
for the present but it is planned to add
at least one and probably two more
stories at a later day With this in
view provision has been made for an
elevator and all the needs Of a higher
building, though for the time being
the elevator will not be put in. The
second floor viii be finished and furn-
ished for pool and billiard hall and
entrance. until the elevator is put in.
Will be by a stairway alongside the
store front
Looking to the future also, the walls
have been provided with the necessary
shafts and apertures for hot and cold
air ventilation by mechanical device.
when it shall be desirable TO install
such equipment. The basement is to-
be given all the light possible by prism
glass at the back and in the front side
sidewalk and every improvement
known to the builders OF the present
day has been taken advantage of to
make the structure a class A building,
a warrant of cheap insurance. that is
OF itself an object well worth while.
The particular glory of the building
is its glass front. a recess sufficiently
large is found on the west side as an
entrance to the stairway to the sec
ond floor and the stairway under il
that will lead TO the basement. All the
rest Of the front is devoted to glass.
The real entrance to the store is some
twenty feet back from the sidewalk.
behind the glass arcade and will be
built of curly birch in beautiful panels.
with large doors at either side of the
center. On both the east and west