Replacing a series of smaller commercial buildings that housed several African American businesses, the Javanco and Farber Building was built in the 1930s by local publishing giant Marshall & Bruce Printing Company. Javanco, an electronic parts surplus house, opened in the building in the 1960s when the Gulch was still largely a vacant, industrial area. After the company moved to Eighth Avenue South in 1999, the consequently-named Javanco Building was occupied by the short-lived restaurant Six Degrees, one of the first failures of the Gulch redevelopment project, as well as thirty-two residential lofts. Since Six Degrees' failure, the building has become home to restaurant and retail stores like Watermark, Urban Outfitters, the 404 Kitchen, Sambuca, and many more.
Javanco and Farber Buildings
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Replacing a series of smaller commercial buildings that housed several African American businesses, the Javanco and Farber Building was built in the 1930s by local publishing giant Marshall & Bruce Printing Company. Javanco, an electronic parts surplus house, opened in the building in the 1960s when the Gulch was still largely a vacant, industrial area. After the company moved to Eighth Avenue South in 1999, the consequently-named Javanco Building was occupied by the short-lived restaurant Six Degrees, one of the first failures of the Gulch redevelopment project, as well as thirty-two residential lofts. Since Six Degrees' failure, the building has become home to restaurant and retail stores like Watermark, Urban Outfitters, the 404 Kitchen, Sambuca, and many more.