We have briefly stepped back in time to stroll down the streets comprising “Ladies’ Mile.” Fueled by American consumer culture, merchants encouraged women to desire goods by allowing them not only to look at their wares but to also touch them. The popularity of the shopping district required even larger establishments and so the move uptown of many of these stores was inevitable.

The story of our neighborhood is one of adaption and change. However, we are fortunate that examples of the rowhouses and elaborate architecture that comprised the shopping district have been preserved, and we can imagine what it was like to walk the street of “Ladies’ Mile.”