Building 19
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Building #19 was a New England chain of discount closeout retailers that operated from 1964 until it declared bankruptcy in 2013. At the time of its bankruptcy, it had thirteen stores. The family that
Branch store in Burlington, Massachusetts (2010)
John Hancock Tower
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The John Hancock Tower, colloquially known as the Hancock, is a 60-story, 790-foot skyscraper in the Back Bay neighborhood of downtown Boston, Massachusetts. The pinnacle height is 852 feet. Designed
Building 19
…Andler bought "good stuff cheap" and Ellis let everyone know about it with amusing advertising. In 1971, when the windows began to fall out of the John Hancock Tower in Boston, Ellis and Andler were offered and bought the defective window panels that were scheduled to be replaced. This got the company national press…
A view of 200 Clarendon Street as seen from the Charles River, taken in 2007
The tower during the time when windows that had fallen out were replaced with plywood
Another view of the tower's damage, showing it at street level
The John Hancock Tower seen from the Prudential Tower in 2007, showing its rectangular side.