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Mcallen Daily Monitor
Mcallen, Brownsville, Harlingen, Hidalgo County, Cameron County, Texas
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In Weslaco, T. G. Cressner's drug store remodeling, first of a $12,000 federally financed Main Street modernization to Spanish architecture, starts Feb. 11 and finishes by Feb. 20, drawing 200 inquiries.
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WESLACO. Feb. 11—Work of remodeling the front of the drug store owned by T. G. Cressner, the first of a series of Main street buildings here which will be revamped in the city's business district modernization outlay, will be completed by Feb. 20, Cressner estimated today. The job, costing about $350, got under way the past week. Ultimately each store front along the street will be remodeled and all will be changed to a Spanish type of architecture, giving the street a harmonious appearance.
The project, valued at a total of $12,000, is being financed by the federal housing administration.
Cressner said about 200 persons had called upon and written to him regarding the work on his building, which starts the unique city-wide program.
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Feb. 11
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Work of remodeling the front of T. G. Cressner's drug store in Weslaco, the first in a series of Main Street buildings to be revamped under a city business district modernization program, will be completed by Feb. 20 at a cost of about $350. The project, totaling $12,000 and financed by the federal housing administration, will change all store fronts to Spanish-type architecture for a harmonious appearance. About 200 persons inquired about the work starting the unique city-wide program.