Tracing the life of a San Angelo legend - San Angelo, TX
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Younger San Angeloans or residents who have moved here in the past 20-something years must barely notice the big, empty brick building at Beauregard Avenue and Irving Street.
Waymark Code: WMRJY7
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 07/01/2016
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But for the rest of us, the site of the former department store was a downtown landmark.
For years, Hemphill-Wells operated at that corner - first in a five-story structure, and, later, in the present building.
The partial list from the timeline in the article.
* October 1972 - Artist Remo Scardigli installs his cast concrete sculpture on the west wall of the store, facing Irving Street. Figures in the work "salute the business, agriculture and professional faces of the San Angelo economy," a reporter explains.
* January 1986 - The downtown H-W store closes.
* 1996 - The city of San Angelo buys the downtown H-W building.
* October 2008 - Construction begins to renovate the building into a public library.
Type of publication: Newspaper
When was the article reported?: 12/17/2008
Publication: San Angelo Standard-Times
Article Url: [Web Link]
Is Registration Required?: no
How widespread was the article reported?: regional
News Category: Arts/Culture
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