Although Ian Allan had previously stopped publishing its own transport books ... site closed down so fast in Birmingham that its online pages still say the store is open. The website says ...

"They decided they wanted a department store book for the Birmingham market, and they did their own research," he said. "They decided that Pizitz was the store that everyone was most nostalgic about." ...

Blach's "Fair and Square" logo, for which store founder Julius Blach secured a copyright in 1892, was still on the door of the old 20th Street North location of Blach's when this picture was taken ...