Historic Sites: Broadway buildings by category
Category A: Buildings in Edgewater’s first commercial district; the Bryn Mawr – Broadway Historic District
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Broadway Block
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Address
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Nearest Corner/Street
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Current Occupant
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Significant Occupant
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Features
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5500
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5545
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Bryn Mawr
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LINH-SON GUAN AM TU
Buddhist Temple
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Edgewater State Bank
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3 story brick
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5549
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SE Bryn Mawr
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Feldman Dental
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3 story brick
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5551-5553
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Bryn Mawr
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5551 Magic Touch Salon
5553 Phone Card Depot
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1 story annex
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5550-5552
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Bryn Mawr
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5550 Kate the Great Book Emporium
5552 Video Store
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Commercial – residential
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5554-5556
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SW Bryn Mawr & Broadway
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5554 State Farm
5556 Wireless Toyz
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Corner Building Mixed Use
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5600
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5600-5608 N. Ridge
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Ridge & NW Bryn Mawr
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5600 El Norte Tacos; 5602 2nd Floor Residences; 5604 Medical Center; 5608 Beauty Shop
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Flat Iron Building
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5601-5603
5605-5611
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NE Bryn Mawr
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Mexican Restaurant
My Style Communications; Daisy Beauty Shop; Records and Videos; Second Floor Residential
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2 story brick
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Category B: Buildings which represent examples of the north side’s first automobile showroom row on Broadway, including former showrooms or upscale garages
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Broadway Block
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Address
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Nearest Corner/Street
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Current Occupant
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Significant Occupant
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Features
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5200
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5250-5256
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SW Berwyn
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Coffee Chicago and Greene & Proppe
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Hupmobile – Petelle Motor Sales
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3 story, Yellow Brick & Terra Cotta facade; affordable rental housing
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5400
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5448
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All American Nursing
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Purst Brothers (5444)
Arnold-Towne (5448)
Plymouth - DeSoto
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4 story, brick and terra cotta façade
Nursing home
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5600
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5650- 5658
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SW Hollywood
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Toyota Storage
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Garage
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White brick arts and crafts style
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5700
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1117 W. Ardmore
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SE Ardmore & Broadway
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Garage
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Yellow 1 story terra cotta façade garage
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5710
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NW Early
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C 4
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Titus Motor Sales
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3 story brick – mental health facility
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5718
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Expo Carpet
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Tauber’s Auborn-Cord
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ORANGE LIST – one story, all terra cotta Art Deco façade
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5733
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Garage – storage
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James F. Goodwin – Dodge
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Concrete Art Deco façade
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5900
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5946-5960
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SW Elmdale
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Broadway Bank
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Riviera Motors Burnstein Motor Sales Chrysler - Plymouth
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ORANGE RATED – 3 story brick and terra cotta gothic style façade – affordable housing
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6200
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6259
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SE Rosemont
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Ismaile Center
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L-B Motors – Ford 1937
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1 story – red brick with limestone trim
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6300
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6335-6339
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Excel Specialty Corp.
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Studebaker Sales
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1 story – interesting entablature at top
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Category C: Buildings that are historically and architecturally unique in Edgewater and/or on the City’s Orange List
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Broadway Block
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Address
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Nearest Corner/Street
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Current Occupant
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Significant Occupant
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Features
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5200
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5200-04
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NW Foster
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Under Redevelopment
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Façade to be retained
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5500
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5500
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Catalpa
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ST. ITA’S
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ST. ITA’S
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Gothic Cathedral style
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5800
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5841 –
5847
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NE Ardmore & Broadway
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Garage
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Chicago North Shore Street Railway Car Barn and Power House
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Designed by G.W. Maher – ORANGE RATED Most Historic Building in Area
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6100
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6130
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Broadway Antique Market
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Mann Furniture Store
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ORANGE RATED – one of the few Art Deco facades in area
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6200
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6200 – 6212
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Granville & Broadway
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Granville Gallery
Commercial Stores
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White terra cotta full façade on 3 story property
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6300
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6325 -6333
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Hebard Storage
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ORANGE RATED – 6 Story Brick and Terra Cotta Facade
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6345 – 6347
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David Storage
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ORANGE RATED
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6355-6365
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SE Broadway & Devon
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Bank of America; Numerous small businesses
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Woodruff Arcade
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Only arcade building in Edgewater – one of the last arcade buildings in the city
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Category D: Buildings that are substantial or interesting enough to merit a bias towards preservation and/or recycling
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Broadway Block
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Address
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Nearest Corner/Street
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Current Occupant
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Significant Occupant
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Features
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5300
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5355-5357
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SE Balmoral & Broadway
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Under Development
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1 story; Ellen-Kenner-Ingal
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5354-5358
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SE Balmoral & Broadway
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Under Development
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2 story brick and terra cotta mixed use structure
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5400
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5401-5403
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NE Balmoral & Broadway
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Adria Mare & Sheba Ethiopian Restaurants
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3 Story Brick; nice window treatment – mixed use
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5437
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Under Development
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Lincoln Hand Laundry
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Example of recycling building for new mixed use purposes
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5456
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SW Catalpa & Broadway
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Chinese Restaurant
Mini Market
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3 Story red brick, mixed use including affordable housing
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5500
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5519
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2 story brick & terra cotta with nice detailing
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5544-46
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3 story brick – affordable housing
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5700
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5757-5759
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SE Ardmore & Broadway
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Barry’s Pizza & Mini Market
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3 story brick – affordable housing & mixed commercial use
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5900
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1200 W. Thorndale
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NW Thorndale & Broadway
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Cingular & T-Mobile Wireless
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3 story brick – affordable housing & mixed commercial use
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5938
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Andrew’s Pub
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3 story yellow brick – affordable housing & mixed commercial use
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6000
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6054-6056
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SW Glenlake & Broadway
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Antique and Resale Store on corner
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3 story red brick – affordable housing & mixed commercial use
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6100
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6155-6157
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Bornhoffen’s Meat
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3 story brown brick – affordable housing & mixed commercial use
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6200
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6232 – 6236
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Commercial Rentals
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Clean façade – 2 story
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6300
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6320
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Animal Hospital
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2 story red brick
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February 24, 2006