 This record may mark the date that the neighboring building were connected although the openings are also depicted in the circa 1950 Sanborn map noted previously.The circa 1990 alterations may include the addition of the food court space and the opening between the first and second floors.While building permit information indicates that the J.J. Newberry Co. retained its lease on the retail space in the Metropolitan Building until the mid-1990s it is not clear whether the upper stories retained their tenancy.