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When we "created" the Hickory we wanted to do something different. We purchased the building in 2007. Originally built in 1914 to take advantage of that coming new thing the automobile - cars were sold on the first floor and (because roads and cars were so terrible at the time) autos were "put away" from about October to May of each year. Thus the second floor was designed for car storage complete with a car elevator. With the coming of the Great Depression the dealerships went bankrupt and some of the second floor went over to industrial use with the first floor becoming in 1936 the largest supermarket in the Midwest - a large A & P. In the 1950s the A & P left for the suburbs and the Laborer's Union purchased the building and created their hall on the second floor. By the time we purchased it it was a rabbit warren of rooms. We gutted it back to the framing and the brick walls. Using green principles we created 16 super insulated loft styled apartments with a nod towards designer touches.








