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| WHERE CAN I PARK? (Continued from Page 3) from that part of the town where shoppers' footsteps are still most numerous and going to a place where now there is no business except a few little nighborhood shops. The store will have its own parking space. Customers will be permitted to leave their cars just as long as they wish, and attendants will see that nothing in the ears is meddled with. Careful investigation has convinced the proprietors of this store that they will gain far more trade from the shoppers who come by automobile than they will lose by being removed from the route of the downtown pedestrian who enters the store on the spur of the moment. Modern cities were laid out for the accommodation of a population that rode in street cars, and department stores were built to meet the convenience of streetcar riders. Consequently the department stores as well as the big office buildings grew where most street-car lines converged. Today many a store has more customers who come by automobiles than by street cars. A woman starts out in her inexpensive automobile to buy a yard of pink calico and to look at the bargains mentioned in a page advertisement in the morning paper. She must drive about for three-quarters of an hour in search of a vacant parking space. When she does find such a space within walking distance of the store, it is probably in such a congested area that a police sign warns her to park for "thirty minutes only." She hopes to buy her yard of pink calico and return within the allotted time, but bargains are alluring, and she (Continued on Page 7) The Art f Photo-Engraving Co.Jnc. X MAKERS OF PRINTING PLATES $ (Winter lanne ARTiSTS-ENGRAVKRS 109 S. Charles St. Baltimore, Md. Plaza 30O4 All Prices Reduced Effective December second, the Ford Motor Company announces new low prices on all Ford Cars. A reduction of twenty-five dollars on the Fordor Sedan and lower prices on all other types make Ford cars even greater values than ever before. NEW PRICES Runabout......... $260.00 Tudor Sedan ...... . $580.00 Touring Car....... 290.00 Fordor Sedan____ 660.00 Coupe............ 520.00 Chassis........... 225.00 y5 Truck Chassis...... 365.00 All Prices F. O. B. Detroit These are the lowest prices ever offered in the history of the Ford Motor Company. They create a new standard of value for motor car transportation. See The Nearest Authorized Ford Dealer © Maryland State Archives mdsa_sc3410_i_8i-0481.jpg |