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  2. Merchandise Mart - Wikipedia

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    The Merchandise Mart (or the Merch Mart, or the Mart) is a commercial building in downtown Chicago, Illinois.When it opened in 1930, it was the world's largest building, with 4 million square feet (372,000 m 2) of floor space.

  3. Edward Hines Lumber Company - Wikipedia

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    Edward Hines, born in Buffalo, New York, in 1863, moved with his family to the Chicago area when he was two years old. Starting work at age 14 as an office boy for the S.K. Martin & Co., a Chicago lumber wholesaler, he became that firm's secretary-treasurer by age 21.

  4. List of defunct retailers of the United States - Wikipedia

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    Kroch's and Brentano's – Chicago-based bookstore chain; filed for bankruptcy in 1995 [134] Licorice Pizza – Southern California chain that was started in Long Beach by James Greenwood in 1969, [135] acquired by Record Bar in 1985, acquired by Musicland in 1986, [136] and rebranded Sam Goody. [137]

  5. Surplus Record Machinery & Equipment Directory - Wikipedia

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    Headquartered in the Chicago Civic Opera House building since 1932, it is the oldest tenant in the building. The Surplus Record has been available online since 1986, [4] when buyers would use 2400-baud modems to access it. Currently, it is the largest online directory in the world for surplus capital equipment. [5]

  6. Henry B. Clarke House - Wikipedia

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    Henry Brown Clarke was a native of New York State who had come to Chicago in 1833 with his wife, Caroline Palmer Clarke, and his family. He was in the hardware business with William Jones and Byram King, establishing King, Jones and Company, and provided building materials to the growing Chicago populace. [2]

  7. Sullivan Center - Wikipedia

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    The Sullivan Center, formerly known as the Carson, Pirie, Scott and Company Building or Carson, Pirie, Scott and Company Store, [4] is a commercial building at 1 South State Street at the corner of East Madison Street in Chicago, Illinois.

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  9. Marshall Field's Wholesale Store - Wikipedia

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    The building was supported by an interior framing of wood and iron, and was clad in a rusticated exterior of stonework giving the appearance of an Italian Romanesque palazzo. The exterior design, in which the windows were contained by massive Romanesque arches, gave the impression of having four levels, but in fact there were seven floors and a ...