Many thanks,
N_N and
Flyingwedge!
Let us hope that the advocates of keeping at least the facade of the old building come to the fore again. It gives a human, warm touch, and would be appropriate for a cafe or other such component to the larger project.
Edit Add: For the record, just a final summing up for this suite of addresses (1352, 1354, 1356, 1358). From just after the current structure's being built (1925), into the early 1930s, the addresses hosted businesses of the nature of light industry. I'm seeing auto repair and supply, nickel plating, printing, tool company, art supply, metal goods. The outlier is that 1356 became first a dealer in Beer (ca. 1935), and then a restaurant site (1936, 37, 38 . . . and I didn't check further).