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.