A look in the opposite direction - down Broadway towards the park. The White Drug store on the corner was modernized long before this picture; likewise Penney's. Likewise the Dakota bank. And the corner across the street that housed the Broadway Pharmacy.

Everything was modern. Or had been. There was a new modern now, and it made this old modern look like yesterday's future. When the suburban stores started leaching away downtown sales, it was time to come up with a new style. And that would be . . .