Real Estate/Development
Jan. 2, 2000
Looking forward, looking back
By Bill Rothe Who was the most important contributor to real estate over the past century NOT recognized by the Fisher Center? Professor Harold Hill knew. You remember Professor Hill, the erstwhile turn-of-the-century boys band salesman memorialized in the Music Man. Before all his traveling companions had caught on, Professor Hill saw that the Model T had made people want to get up and go, 23 miles to the county seat.
By Bill Rothe
Who was the most important contributor to real estate over the past century NOT recognized by the Fisher Center? Professor Harold Hill knew. You remember Professor Hill, the erstwhile turn-of-the-century boys band salesman memorialized in the Music Man. Before all his traveling companions had caught on, Professor Hill saw that the Model T had made people want to get up and go, 23 miles to the county seat.
He questioned "who'd be going to patronize a...
Who was the most important contributor to real estate over the past century NOT recognized by the Fisher Center? Professor Harold Hill knew. You remember Professor Hill, the erstwhile turn-of-the-century boys band salesman memorialized in the Music Man. Before all his traveling companions had caught on, Professor Hill saw that the Model T had made people want to get up and go, 23 miles to the county seat.
He questioned "who'd be going to patronize a...
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