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11-27-2019, 04:50 PM
(11-27-2019, 04:44 PM)ac3r Wrote: I'm curious, why is this called American Block? Is that historical or just some cheap marketing name it's getting?

Googling `Kitchener "American block"` turns up this Record article as the first result.

https://www.therecord.com/living-story/7...can-block/

Quote:Photographs of Berlin in the 1860s are rare enough but luckily two are similar views looking north toward the King/Queen corner. They date from, probably, 1863 and 1864. Dominating each is the village's newest and largest commercial structure, the American Block. Erected in 1862 for $10,000 by Louis Breithaupt, it was multi-purpose: storefronts along King; a hotel entrance off Queen; and just beyond that, office and display space for Breithaupt's leather-tanning business.
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RE: American Block Redevelopment - by taylortbb - 10-25-2015, 03:01 PM
RE: American Block Redevelopment - by rangersfan - 10-25-2015, 03:40 PM
RE: American Block Redevelopment - by panamaniac - 10-25-2015, 04:31 PM
RE: American Block Redevelopment - by tomh009 - 10-25-2015, 10:31 PM
RE: American Block Redevelopment - by REnerd - 10-26-2015, 09:02 AM
RE: American Block Redevelopment - by tomh009 - 10-26-2015, 09:10 AM
RE: American Block Redevelopment - by white_brian - 10-26-2015, 09:58 AM
RE: American Block Redevelopment - by REnerd - 10-26-2015, 10:02 AM
RE: American Block Redevelopment - by Spokes - 10-26-2015, 10:57 AM
RE: American Block Redevelopment - by Markster - 10-26-2015, 10:21 AM
RE: American Block Redevelopment - by tomh009 - 10-26-2015, 10:44 AM
RE: American Block Redevelopment - by nms - 10-26-2015, 01:33 PM
RE: American Block Redevelopment - by panamaniac - 10-26-2015, 01:45 PM
RE: American Block Redevelopment - by tomh009 - 11-16-2015, 03:19 PM
RE: American Block Redevelopment - by panamaniac - 11-11-2015, 02:19 PM
RE: American Block Redevelopment - by nms - 11-16-2015, 04:15 PM
RE: American Block Redevelopment - by tomh009 - 11-16-2015, 04:30 PM
RE: American Block Redevelopment - by plam - 11-16-2015, 05:22 PM
RE: American Block Redevelopment - by tomh009 - 11-16-2015, 06:05 PM
RE: American Block Redevelopment - by panamaniac - 11-20-2015, 09:48 AM
RE: American Block Redevelopment - by Spokes - 11-20-2015, 02:36 PM
RE: American Block Redevelopment - by panamaniac - 11-20-2015, 02:50 PM
RE: American Block Redevelopment - by rangersfan - 11-20-2015, 02:15 PM
RE: American Block Redevelopment - by Spokes - 11-20-2015, 02:58 PM
RE: American Block Redevelopment | 3 fl | U/C - by robdrimmie - 11-27-2019, 04:50 PM

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