Thursday, September 20, 2007

Roulet Jewelers, 413 Madison

This may be my favorite downtown building. Perfect Jacobethan, as the British call it.
It was built, in 1934, for the George Crosby Realty firm, which also built the Regency gem I posted yesterday.
At the right, you can see the portico of a bank. You'll see it tomorrow.
Unfortunately, one side now faces another of Toledo's multitude of parking lots. ( Yet, everyone complains about the lack of parking, downtown. Cognitive dissonance, I suppose. )
The building, on the other side, is an Art Deco skyscraper.

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