Tuesday, August 15, 2006

Faces - Men's & Boy's Dept to Fallout Shelter


From the Vaults of Faces on Fourth Street:
You may have noticed a slightly worn sign painted on the brick above the Basement door of Faces on Fourth Street...the sign reads, "Al's Men and Boy's Shop Entrance"... while appropriate for our Basement Bar, it was actually a sign for the original occupant of the building, a prominent department store. The Faces building was a department store from the late 20's to the 60's, but also served as a bomb/fallout shelter in the 50's & 60's. When Faces' original owner bought the closed department store in 1977, the basement was still full of bomb shelter survival supplies.