Canadian grocer July-December 1908 . citizensin the last few years, and is rapidly be-ing filled up. To the north of Bloor the vicinity the homes belong nearlyall to the professional class, and thehousewives are naturally pretty goodcustomers. To the south the section isolder and not so pretentious, so thatthe store draws a pretty general classof trade. The location is fortunate fromanother standpoint, in that there is not,nor is there likely to be, another gro-cery nearer than a couple of blocks in in the business. Ive spent some timein a good many stores, he says, andgot a good chance
Canadian grocer July-December 1908 . citizensin the last few years, and is rapidly be-ing filled up. To the north of Bloor the vicinity the homes belong nearlyall to the professional class, and thehousewives are naturally pretty goodcustomers. To the south the section isolder and not so pretentious, so thatthe store draws a pretty general classof trade. The location is fortunate fromanother standpoint, in that there is not,nor is there likely to be, another gro-cery nearer than a couple of blocks in in the business. Ive spent some timein a good many stores, he says, andgot a good chance to see the faults ofall of them. When I got ready to buildmy own, I drew up a sort of suggestiveplan of the whole thing, store, house,stable and all and turned these over tothe architect. The whole thing wasbuilt according to my own ideas. Thebuilding, the exterior of which may bereadily seen in the engraving, is of redbrick, tastefully decorated with cutstone. It is set far enough back fromthe street line to allow for a good-sized. A MODEL CORNER GROCERY—A View of the Interior. in the following article. It will be in-teresting to all grocers, but particular-ly so to those who anticipate premises occupied are those of , grocer, at the corner of Bloor andMajor Streets, Toronto. The buildingis not altogether a new one, being erect-ed a few years ago, but it was so wellarranged and so carefully planned thatfew stores of a like class built morelately can show any improvement. The store is situated adjacent to oneof Torontos newest and best residential any direction. This, in a district whichis coming to be pretty closely settles,ought to be at least one factor of agood business. Planned by the Owner. Geo. Lever, the happy proprietor, who,by the way, may be seen standing in avery businesslike attitude in the door-way in the engraving of the store fronthere shown, has had a good deal of busi-ness in grocery stores in both city andcountry, having practically sp
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