Bernard Maybeck, noted California architect, designed several buildings for Earle C. Anthony. This magnificent showplace on the lake in Oakland was opened ca. 1927. Later it was either sold or leased ca. 1939 and became a Buick dealership. Incredibly it was torn down in the 1960's and the space used for a parking lot.
Longacre Square, re-named Times Square after the NY Times erected its large building there, was the center for carriage rentals and sales and horse stables,etc., so it was natural that when automobiles were introduced their sales activities were centered there. However, by 1907 automobile companies began their move northward to upper Broadway in the sixties, with Packard locating at the corner of Broadway and 61st Street, 1861 Broadway
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