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When the building was constructed, it was the world's largest wholesale buying center, featuring over 1,000 display showrooms representing over 3,000 clothing lines. It was Chicago's attempt to replace New York City, where businessmen have to travel to 20 different buildings to see a comparable variety of clothing as the world's fashion center. [9]
Merchandise Mart [2] [3] is a station on the Chicago Transit Authority's 'L' system, located in the Near North Side neighborhood at 350 North Wells Street in Chicago, Illinois (directional coordinates 320 north, 200 west). The station is elevated above street level, on a steel structure.
Catering to suppliers, on-site firms specialize in providing professional services for market research projects. In 1931, Marshall Field and Company lost $5 million, followed by $8 million in 1932. [28] The wholesale division was greatly reduced and Field's reduced its space in the Mart from four floors to one and half.
Night view of the building's surroundings to the west along the Chicago River: Among the buildings and structures shown are (left to right) Left Bank at K Station (300 North Canal), 333 North Canal, Kinzie Street railroad bridge, 350 West Mart Center, Merchandise Mart, 300 North LaSalle, Franklin Street Bridge and part of 333 Wacker Drive.
The firm was founded in 1978 in Bronx, New York, by Simon Bergson, still its current President and CEO.It initially operated as a home distributor of beer. [2] Bergson soon obtained the rights to distribute Carling Black Label and Tuborg, and operated out of a 4000 square foot warehouse with 3 delivery trucks. [3]
Argo Tea began as a chain of tea cafes that was founded in the Lincoln Park community area in Chicago, Illinois, in June 2003.. In 2020, the company was sold to Golden Fleece Beverages which tried to focus on distributing read-to-drink Argo's products in retail stores and eliminating company-owned cafes.
For the first time, Chicago’s version of a German open-air Christmas market will sell a ceramic beer stein with a holiday-themed design. The cost: $20. The cost: $20.
The building was designed by George C. Nimmons for Reid, Murdoch & Company to be used as offices and a grocery warehouse. [5] It was used as a makeshift hospital on 24 July 1915 after the S.S. Eastland capsized in the Chicago River on the opposite shore, directly across from the building. [5]