Stanley Johnson Apartment and Sales Office

The Stanley Johnson Apartment and Sales Office was an apartment and office building located in New York City, New York. The apartment opened in 1899, fueled by the need for housing for new immigrants during the Second Industrial Revolution. It was opened and operated by Stanley Johnson, an aspiring businessman who hadn't seen success. Johnson also began to sell products from a sales office which opened in 1912.

The place soon became popular where people who came to rent the apartments would pay using money earned from working at the sales office. The location was where Thomas J. Konju and Michael A. Soclin met. It was destroyed on June 24, 1957, during the Duel in New York between Konju and Erkhon Stardom. The owner, Stanley Johnson, was killed as well.

History
Stanley Johnson was born in New York City in 1877. He did not go to college. A wave of immigrants were coming to the United States, especially New York, during the Second Industrial Revolution. These immigrants needed housing. Seeing an opportunity to get rich, Johnson took out a loan and bought a building in 1898 on the condition that he pay back the loan by 1903.

Johnson transformed the building into an apartment and opened it during the spring of 1899. The business was slow at first but started to gain traction during the next spring, attracting European immigrants. Johnson was able to easily pay off the loan in 1903.

However by 1910, Johnson's business began to decline. Many of his tenants could not afford the rent and were evicted. Johnson began to lose money due to the small amount of money coming in from the little amount of tenants he had. Johnson came up with an idea. He decided to run a sales office where companies could have people sell their products by telephone or send mail. The companies that sold products there would pay both him and the employees. Johnson assumed most people who rented would also take jobs at the sales office for a convenient workplace and therefore pay him with the money from the companies.

Johnson made a deal with Coca Cola first, and then expanded to several other companies. Many tenants, needing to pay the rent, took a job at the sales office. The business grew successful. Even some people who did not rent an apartment from Johnson worked there, including future businessman Michael A. Soclin.

Destruction
In 1957, on June 24th, the location was attacked by Evilties ordered by their Zurg, Erkhon Stardom, to destroy local businesses in New York to cause chaos and confusion as Stardom attacked the city. Johnson attempted to stop Evilties entering the building but was shot. Dying, Johnson was comforted by a tenant, Tommy Konju, who ran downstairs after hearing gunshots and explosions. Johnson asked Konju if he wanted to inherit the building but Konju declined. Johnson died in Konju's arms.

Konju rushed outside. Shortly after, the building was blown up by Eviltie Forces.