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{{Infobox Building | {{Infobox Building | ||
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|name=Phenix Building | |name=Phenix Building | ||
|location=[[Palafox]] and [[Cedar Street]]s | |location=[[Palafox]] and [[Cedar Street]]s | ||
− | |architect= | + | |architect=[[L.C. Sarra]] |
|client=[[William Fisher]] | |client=[[William Fisher]] | ||
− | |engineer= | + | |engineer= |
|construction_start_date= | |construction_start_date= | ||
− | |completion_date= | + | |completion_date=1893 |
− | |date_demolished= | + | |date_demolished=2004 (from damage received in [[Hurricane Ivan]] |
|cost= | |cost= | ||
|structural_system= | |structural_system= | ||
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− | + | The '''Phenix Building''' was an historic building at the corners of [[Palafox]] and [[Cedar Street]]s, immediately adjacent to the famous [[Trader Jon's building]]. An 1893 advertisement in the [[Daily News]] read as follows: | |
+ | <pre> FOR RENT, in the new three-story | ||
+ | building on Palafox, below main, to be | ||
+ | known as "THE PHENIX," the following | ||
+ | apartments: | ||
+ | Two small store rooms, 10x50, suitable | ||
+ | for fruit or tobacco stores, or for offices, | ||
+ | on ground floor: water and gas. | ||
+ | Three elegant rooms on second floor, | ||
+ | suitable for offices or sleeping rooms; | ||
+ | S.W. exposure, plastered and papered, | ||
+ | water and gas. | ||
+ | Hall on third floor, 50x50, plastered | ||
+ | and papered, no columns, has fireplaces, | ||
+ | water and gas, accessible by two flights | ||
+ | stairs. Ventilated from every quarter. | ||
+ | Terms low to right parties. Apply at | ||
+ | once to | ||
+ | L.C. Sarra, | ||
+ | Builder</pre> | ||
− | Early tenants included a barbershop, cigar store, and [[Dunn's Hotel]]. In | + | Early tenants included a barbershop, cigar store, and [[Dunn's Hotel]]. In 1903 it had become the [[Bay Hotel]], Restaurant and Shooting Gallery. |
Its last tenant was [[Sarah's]], an upscale women's clothing store and boutique. The damage it received in 2004 from [[Hurricane Ivan]] was so severe, the building (in spite of its name) had to be demolished. | Its last tenant was [[Sarah's]], an upscale women's clothing store and boutique. The damage it received in 2004 from [[Hurricane Ivan]] was so severe, the building (in spite of its name) had to be demolished. | ||
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[[Category:Demolished structures]] | [[Category:Demolished structures]] |