The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-10-29
The Romance Of a Greet
Store
inn historical review

wrTr willing 90 G. anywhere for
u. ~. ~ q matter ~ fact. They
did falri3 veil IN lhr new loch.
ton Al thr while. 81 course.
They were keeping their eyes
open for a nsW sit. and. a few
months later. acquired a nrW
row of corrugated iron buildings
on the rasi side Of Western
Avenue iMesi street. them. be-.
tween Madison and Marion
Streets.
although this was intended
mFrcly a. temporary capedi.
emf, the new location proved
sush success that West
street" soon became the furni.
inre center Of tho city. the
Standards competitors. u. W.
Lynch. The Pacific Carpsi Com.
pauy and Bsunrii a HUI moy
ing 10 thu same block.
--the location was not the health.
lest in tho world. however. Tho
tide wafer ramo Up beneath The
hniialuz aud ,rfrFal smployes
were taken ~ and. sitter siss Ing
three years, tic schoenfrlds d.,
vifi,h a. mntr again. ihis iiiur
into lisr old Sosr Nnril Blogis
Ssooitd Aveuur and Chcr2
street,. siirrc tlicg ooeupltd n
TWENTY fnnt frontage on The
Ernnud iiuGr and larger quar-,
tsp IN the iva stories ahuyc.
Il wa. ssYfnE thi. urur ,hn,
seattle went thSehkh a.. ~erss
DsFssd ef husinrs- irprsssion---
sad UiF pf6urrFs foand fhry
hua mrt n new rrirnttss. rn-
en,p Uan evan flee. rhs aair-
ferse IVES reduced 60 thrsr--
the Sfdff Nfhsrnfeld, ais sap.
urrmnn, ard ioHs clerk,
frank iiydr. fzsen With this
biAhl3 sbtfrsiafsa .fRfG nrrs
man ard Hyds osrd TO match
-.is. .amssrr Aft~raaous Ga s~e
which wsHid SO cut 10 fhe bnu
sauuc while The othcr sfafra ~
The stare on the Oft chance 81
snstopser hnppsning Ia.
--thr ssspaBy finaiiy found ~
.rif In such drsprrnts plight
that ~ was obiiErd 10 moss IN
order Go cut etsrhsea rNpsr-c~
and In March. 1887, u messd
tnto huiidiug on Ffr.f Avenue
betwtron Madt.oa and sprin9
street,. Ahnuf thr selr lndnrs-
meat held cut hy th. rrw iars-
ten Vas IT. how rrnfI % was
eessislcrcd $50 for uptown"
that many Looked uppn tho
move ~ hnsincss sufsidcl hut
" actually preted mn .Nrciis9t
stroks Of businsSs.
-busins.s soon plciSrd up rs
surh an sxtsnf that IL was nee
essary TO erect nru five
siaFg building on thr site. later
20 take additional spnrs In br
ndtsini.E iioiyokv Blsoh. and
riHrlis 60 put up another ncSs
hnlidinE. this tine .la stories
hiRh, ON the lot adjoining ht
praparty 10 thr soufh.
---fshe usa.slr "Sinsasrd Turpl-
ture comuan1" sixn which VIVA
buiif into the sidewalk IN
front of this store u .tiii 10 be
srcn on Firsf Avenue. by fh.
way, although the company
mn,cd out yonr- HRo.l
---mu-h OF the success which ut.
tended the .tore In Its new To-
cpfioa WIS dur. no doubt. ia
th. policies witch we've iraug-
uratrd nj the tinur Of ti,r move.
Tn to ,hnf dnfc. the furniture
business IN seattle had asv.ays
been on strictly cn.h hnsis---
except In the casc of the
wealthy, who Ind "rhnrKc n.-
counts" This seemed unfair to
the younger schosnfcids.
IN n sicn,iy yennE oonpir get
mnrricd." thsy said. 'sthry
shouldn't, he ompe he to
hoBrd Tor yrars
bcforr huxiiI
home of th-ir II Al
a,vn, WI, r1,o,fid 10
moi they br m- n "A
tnssrfi tn buy W ia
their ttrrsrts,rs I QSfNg
on ssrdIi sua posy M1fy<f
for ~ ~ tto3 A. M
s.rs. ti,v uucryf WMN~I
ppaE nusp ~ E.&RAA..
tass ms t0sacU ys JiS&{h2
r6h uva,--revl '9G&E1S1
ISs ced@ oiSed SSs2s4
10 he Hood,' H{.4iN
continuing .ssys III; y,
tomorrow Sesf.
&( FuhSi!1fair'Rr q 3
d r. Rs
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