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Building #19 was a chain of discount stores in New England that operated from 1964 until they declared bankruptcy in 2013, at which time they closed all but 13 stores, and limited their merchandise to rugs. The closeout stores had been known throughout New England for selling an eclectic assortment of items at drastically discounted prices. Many of the items were factory irregulars, discontinued models, post-expiration-date, damaged, or less than perfect in some other way, but some new merchandise was offered as well. The stores capitalized on the quick cash flow needs of other businesses, obtaining most of their merchandise from fire sales, overstocks, customs seizures, liquidations, and bankruptcy courts. ==History== Jerry Ellis (born Gerald Elovitz) founded the original store in 1964 with Harry Andler (now deceased), when the two joined together to sell a stock of appliances.〔("Building #19: About Us" ), ''bldg19.net''〕〔 The original Building #19 was located at the former Bethlehem Hingham Shipyard, where the buildings were numbered, and the store retained the nondescript name on the building rather than pay for a new sign. Harry Andler was doing surplus and salvage business in the shipyard for several years. The unique combination of Ellis' advertising flair and Andler's expertise in finding and buying distressed merchandise accounts for the early success of the business. Aldler bought "good stuff cheap" and Ellis let everyone know about it with amusing advertising. In 1971, when the windows began to fall out of the John Hancock Tower in Boston, Jerry and Harry were offered, and bought the defective window panels that were scheduled to be installed. This got the company national press and attention.〔〔 In 1979, retailers Building #19 and Bloomingdales both appeared as contrasting locations in the movie ''Starting Over'', starring Burt Reynolds, Candice Bergen, Jill Clayburgh, and Charles Durning. The movie was directed by Alan Pakula. In the 1980s, the original Building #19 moved to the former GEM (Government Employee Merchandise) building on Derby Street in Hingham, Massachusetts. Later, Building #19 1/8 opened in the old Stewarts store in the Harborlight Mall on Rt 3A in Weymouth, Massachusetts; still later that store was closed to build a Lowe's Store. The main store Building #19 moved from Derby Street in Hingham and was situated in Weymouth at the old Caldor/Zayre's/Ames building on Massachusetts Route 18. In 2002, Building #19 bought out the independent discount store Spag's in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, and renamed the acquisition "Spag's 19". The store format and configuration were changed after the purchase, to more closely resemble the other Building #19 operations. However the store was closed in May 2013.〔http://www.telegram.com/article/20130515/NEWS/130519809/0 Building 19 to Close Former Spag's Store〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Building 19」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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