Norfolk's Furniture Hall may fall victim to the wrecking ball.

Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA) | April 22, 2007 | Copyright

Byline: Earl Swift

Apr. 22--NORFOLK -- Be it known that it is not the Ikon Building.

That the four-story structure at the northeast corner of Main and Granby has a past of greater glory than its few years as home to an office supply and photocopy business. That it was a lavish furniture and carpet showroom when such businesses were rarities. That it was a department store where generations of children were outfitted for school and Norfolk's ladies could find the latest in fashion. That it survived hard times, years of them, and was spared from ...

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