Fire Damage - Aluminum Facade, Kann's Department Store
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Photograph: the aluminum facade placed on the Kann's building was destroyed with the rest of the building. The charred lettering on its side can be seen amongst the ashes and soot.
This file appears in: Finding Style in DC: Navigating DC’s Shopping Scene - Kann's Department Store: The building’s proposed demolition was highly contested and ended with tragedy.
Finding Style in DC: Navigating DC’s Shopping Scene - Kann's Department Store: The building’s proposed demolition was highly contested and ended with tragedy.
While the business originated in Baltimore in the 1860s, where the Kanns had settled after immigrating to the United States from Germany, Solomon Kann (with his three sons, Louis, Simon, and Sigmund)…