New Britain herald., 1922-03-17
MA MY fREET LANDMARK SOON 70 BE
 sss3N DOWN FOR 4 MODERN BUILDING
Morgan X Kingsley's Store and Adjoining Business Houses Will Be Replaced By New Structure.
 

shop and decorating store building at BOA Main street, probably one of the oldest Main street business houses now standing, will soon be razed tc make room for a more modern and up-to-d date structure which will be at least three stories high and possibly if the plans of the owners mature five stories.
 N. E. Mag of S5 Seymour street proprietor of Mags clothing estab. lishment on 444 Main street. ana Sam Berkowitz of 29 Camp street who conducts grocery and mea market at 634 Main street, are tho owners of this building.
 In addition to the tearing down ol the Morgan and Kingsley place, tho adjoining buildings, reaching to tkt railroad tracks will also be razed These structures are also owned by the two local merchants.
 Stores in Building.
 At the present time the building. are occupied by the Hardy Photo SI dpIlS oluulDt AdIOu lllhuS, ODtl clan, the Assyrian club, Gagliard Brothers, shoe shine and repairing place, Hartonian Mesrof. photograph CT, the United Cigar store, Greel club and a fish market on Washing ton Place. Morgan and Kingsley hav' already va ~ted their former guar ters and have gone to All Main street
 Sh ucture An Old One.
 The Morgan and Kingsley building which was purchased about thre, years ago by Mr. Berkowitz and MT Mag, dates as far back as 1885. was one of the first brick structure to be erected on Main street. Mrs Kingsley. wife of Harvey c. Kings ley of 91 Bassett street. a member 0 the firm of Morgan and Kingsley, ha some of the deeds which date as ia back as the year mentioned above Mrs. Kingsley's father. H. w. Smith owned the building for more than 5' years. At his death it was in thu hands of the Smith heirs The earl. part of 1910 when the present own CTS took it over.
 Morgan and Kingsley had occupied that building for the past IS years.
 The buildings adjoining the ol' landmark were owned by the lat Peter Farrell and transferred D M' Mag and MT. Berl1owitz aboW 1 years ago. That structure is not. a old as the Morgan and kingsle structure.
 The New Building.
 The new owners plan to commenc' tearing down the old buildings abou April 1. Some parts of the structur' are being taken away now and tht Morgan and Kingsley place is slowl, being ripped to pieces. The back o the building is being removed. Conrad Cianci, a local contractor is in charge of the work and will also erect th' new building.
 Plans for the structure have beer drawn by Max J. Unklebach and cal for a building three stories high However, Mir. Mag and MT. Berko witz may sec fit to change this ant when the time comes, build one flv' stories high in order to accommodate a large mum Der of persons who, the. say, have inquired for office space The building will be made of bricl and will be modern in every respect It will mean a great improvement Il appearance for that particular sec tion of Main street as the incoming and outgoing railroad trains pass tha point and the present buildings, du to their age, are anything but pleas ant to look at as business houses t. be located in the heart of the city
 Seven Stores.
 On the ground floor of the build ing there will be seven stores, accord ing to present plans. All will hay large fronts and plate glass windows Three of these stores will be facin Main street and four will be on Wash ington Plaee. About a dozen or nor offices will be in the upper storie of the building.
 It is planned to have the groun floors completed by July 16 that ten ants may move in and by Septembe IS, the entire structure will be finish ed, the owners believe. The cost o the building will be about $75,O0O a a permit for that amount has beel taken out by the owners.
 Notices To Leave.
 The tenants in both buildings hay been served with notices to vacat their premises by April 1 at the lat est. It is then that the work of tear ing down the place will be in full swing.
 Aaron Pinllus, one of thescitys old est opticians, has already made plan for vacating and will soon be located in the next building where the Curr! cafe was formerly.
 MT. Pinkus will have a much larger place than his present quarters anc he plans for waiting room to meas ure IS by 2 feet. He Will nave special room for fitting glasses, thre' test rooms, 10 by feet work shoI of the same size and a stock room about six feet square. He has take1 a five year lease on his new place.
 E. E. Hardy, photographer, plan' to come back to the new building when it is completed and will have three large rooms for his work. Ht will also have a central realty office in order to conduct his real estate business.
 The United Cigar Store has alst secured a lease to return and VII have one of the stores facing MalI street.
 The Gagliardi Brothers shoe shine establishment is looking for ne"