Most residents probably don't even realize that the two story building on Market East between 11th and 12th wasn't built in the 1980s, but is actually a stump of a building built long, long ago. Once home to Snellenburg's Department Store, the top floors were chopped off a few decades ago and the remaining two floors wrapped in a "modern" skin.
Since then it's been an eyesore along Market East that can only be rivaled by 8th and Market's Disney Hole.
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| What once was |
With the building being demolished for NREA's mixed-use East Market project, the skin is being removed and architectural elements of the grand department store are slowly being exposed. If you look up along 12th Street you can see brick and concrete once hidden behind the facade. And if you look closely you can see at least one stone column and several carved friezes capping the building's bricked up windows.
If you want to see it, look soon. Developers likely had no idea there'd be anything worth salvaging from this building so it probably won't last long.
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