Smithsonian to sell old Advocate office Connecticut Post
A piece of history in downtown Stamford, where typewriters and teletype machines clanged out the day's news and The Advocate really did come "hot off the presses," is for sale again.
CB Richard Ellis commercial real estate is marketing the old Advocate building at 258 Atlantic St. for an asking price of $4.5 million, or about $300 per square foot.
The Washington, D.C.-based Smithsonian Institution's National Gallery of Art owns the building, which originally was constructed in 1835.
The Advocate moved from there to 75 Tresser Blvd. in 1981 and then to Building 9A Riverbend Drive S. in the city's Springdale neighborhood in February 2008......
... The Print Research Foundation, a former owner/occupant whose name replaced The Advocate's on the facade of the three-story building, has relocated to 41 West 57th St. in New York City, according to its Web site.
Art collectors Reba and Dave Williams of Greenwich donated the physical assets of the Print Research Foundation, including its print collection, library, reference files and the Atlantic Street building to the National Gallery, the newspaper reported in February. Smithsonian officials said at the time the government museum likely would sell the Stamford building. ...
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