Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-05-18
BUSINESS DEAL
ON MARKET STREET
Livingston's Buys 606 and Will
Remodel and Occupy 1t
Later.

Should YOU ieaNe wilmington TO-DAY
carving away in Your memory what
Market street between Sixth and Seventh
street looks like, and come back some time
later You'll have to take second good
look AT tha spot where No COG now stands
before YOU will believe your eyes.
That which is there now will have been
replaced by something entirely different.
OUTSIDE there will be handsome new
marble front up the whole of the three
stories and there will be signs to inform
YOU that this Is Iavingstpp's, where YOU
can buy everything to Clothe man. woman
or child of either seN-cxccpt shoes
Then you'll probably say Why, that s
Iivingston's, which used to nc at Fifth
and Market streets. And you Will be
right the very first guess. because LIVING
ston's, which started In life here at tltth
and Market streets back IN 1911, has
outgrown its present quarters, has found
a site for a larger new home which will be
all its own and will migrate to IT Just as
soon rs these times of stress IN the hulid-
ing and contracting market Will permit.
A coon REAL ESTATE BUY.
To this move on the part Of such a
large and successful house hangs q tale
of a very successful and fortunate real
estate deal. which WAS closed a few DAYS
ago when Harry Livingston, the head
of the house and who IN fact. Is Living
ston's, took title to the property ~ 600.
As the present tenant has a lease, however.
livingston will continue st Fifth and
Market streets until the lease expires
Months ago Mr. Livingston became
convinced that his Wilmington store WAS
lulging out of its hahitation like husky
hoy Of sixteen IN the knIckcrhOckCrS OF
AN undetsized lad of ten. The Fifth
street quarters had become entirely too
small To take care OF a business continually
expanding, and the bigger 1T grew the
worse became the cramping The only
thing To do WAS To find building where
there would he more room no small lOb
these davs in this city especially when
II was essential that the building be IN
the heart Of the best mercantile district.
Ernest Singer, travelling manager for
Mr. Livingston visiting the stores of she
Livingston cham constantly and keeping
in intimate touch with business conditions
IN the cities where they are located +
here. Harrisburg. Pa Pottsville. Pa
New Castle. Pa, and Wheeling, " Va,
Was the man who solved the problem.
He found No 6O6 Market street rs the
future home of the Wilmington store
Ii WAS rare stroke of good fortune
because those who knew that the property Y
might be bought could be numbered on
The fingers of ono hand with some digitS
to spare But il was on the market.
ItISt the same. and Mr.. Singer dIdn I
intend to lei il stay there
50 negotiations were opened. through
the real estate tirm OF Gibbons 4 Moore,
with the Holding Co. Of Delaware the
buildings owners. for its purchase by
Mr.. Livingston The deal went through
and the property changed hands. Like
wise a sum said to be about 500, 900
changed hands 4 few DAYS ago announce
uent Of the transaction WAS made and 3
little later Mr. Livingston came over
from New York and conSummated Il by
taking tide 10 the property.
CHANGES TO BE MADE.
Now remains the matter Of getting
the building into shape 10 accommodate
The business now al Fifth and Market
streets. 1t is - feet in frontage and llo
feet in depth and is three stories and q
basement Livingston ; will use the
whole OF it. but first q handsome marble
front and big display will be put III and
the whole Of the interior remodeled. BY
the time this is done its new owner Will
be more than ever pleased with his pur-
chase, which, incidentally. he could have
sold before he took title 81 An advance
Of $4,000 upon the purchase price
This offer was made bv someone who,
didn't know The property could be bought,
as Nr Singer knew. but was keen to get II.
And 50 il Is. therefore that before many
months roll around Livingston 5 viii bid
farewell 10 its present home and move
up the street This going will be some
thing like leaving an old old friend, for
II was in the building at Fifth and Market
streets that the house was opened here
Then only one floor the first, WAS sutfi-
cient to take care Of the business. This
was IN 1911 But two years later this
small store had won such a large clientele
that more space was needed. So the
second floor Of the building was taken.
Even that wasn't sufficient by the tame
1914 came along whereupon the third
floor WAS added. But there a halt was
called
All these years the store has been under
the management Of Daniel Rachlin. who
first opened It's doors 10 the public In
his capable hands was the business de-
veloped and broadened and tended with
his care and that Of has corps Of sales
people