Address: 1613-35 W. Chicago Ave. Year Built: 1921-22 and 1925-28 Architect: Alfred S. Alschuler Date Designated a Chicago Landmark: April 1, 1998

One of the nation's oldest large neighborhood department stores, this is the first in a regional chain of more than three dozen stores founded by brothers Maurice and Nathan Goldblatt. The company's "value-oriented services" and innovations helped revolutionize American retailing. The three-story brick structure was built first; the five-story terra-cotta addition was constructed in stages to accommodate the rapid expansion of "America's Fastest Growing Department Store." Both buildings were designed in the late-Chicago School commercial style by one of the city's most prolific architects, whose other designs from this period are the K.A.M. Isaiah Israel Temple and the London Guarantee Building.

Terra Cotta
1.	Photo by CCL, 1997
2.	Grand Opening Advertisement, 1928
3.	North Elevation Drawing, 1997