Take a look at the Hale Building, easily spotted by its light stone facade, dark marble columns, and grand arched windows. Opened in nineteen twenty-seven, it was a major hub for businesses during the Great Depression. The Hale Desk Company originally leased sixteen thousand square feet here just to show off their executive desks. Check out your screen for a neat before and after look at this property. The nineteen thirties were tough, and the building hit the auction block in nineteen thirty-six. A trustee, which is a financial institution managing the property's assets, won it for one million seven hundred fifty thousand dollars, or roughly thirty-eight million dollars today. Take a peek at the app for a two thousand and eleven view of the street. Brooks Brothers opened up shop here in two thousand and eight, eventually buying the whole building in two thousand and nineteen for one hundred six million dollars. It is funny how a building that sold desks now sells the suits you wear behind them.
Take a good look at those grand arched windows, and let's keep walking when you are set.
