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Gabriel Richard Building - Historic photos

The Gabriel Richard Building in its days as home to Weil & Co., a furniture retailer

The Gabriel Richard Building in its days as home to Weil & Co., a furniture retailer

What was then the Weil & Co. Building towers in the background behind an ice fountain on Washington Boulevard.

What was then the Weil & Co. Building towers in the background behind an ice fountain on Washington Boulevard.

The Weil & Co. store in the 1920s

The Weil & Co. store in the 1920s

The newly rechristened Gabriel Richard Building in 1948, sporting a snazzy new marquee

The newly rechristened Gabriel Richard Building in 1948, sporting a snazzy new marquee

The Gabriel Richard Building in the 1950s or '60s

The Gabriel Richard Building in the 1950s or '60s