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275 Park Avenue, ca. 1918. This building was erected in 1890 as home to The Van Glahn Brothers, one of several large wholesale grocery supply businesses located in Brooklyn that developed at the end of the 19th century. In 1907, the brothers sold the property to their growing neighbor, Rockwood & Co. Chocolate Company, whose factories were located just behind this building on Waverly and Park. The company produced Tootsie Rolls, among other candies, in this plant until 1967. Like many properties located along Brookyn's waterfront between 1960 and 2000, this building sat empty for more than 20 years before converted into a rental property in 2002.

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275 Park Avenue

Waverly Avenue near Park Street. Rockwood Building.
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275 Park Avenue

Board of Water Supply. Laying water distribution pipes. Beaver Engineering and Contracting Company, contractor. View on Park Avenue looking south from Waverly Avenue. Empire Pipe Corporation building. Showing conditions of the brickwork of the building before beginning construction work. August 25, 1925.
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275 Park Avenue

Board of Water Supply. Laying water distribution pipes. Beaver Engineering and Contracting Company, contractor. View of the steel pipe trench on Park Avenue. Pipe laying and backfilling followed closely after the trench excavation in order to prevent undermining of the roadway pavement and foundations of the adjacent buildings. September 10, 1925.
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