The Virginian-Pilot
                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Wednesday, May 17, 1995                TAG: 9505170138
SECTION: BUSINESS                 PAGE: D1   EDITION: FINAL 
SOURCE: (Staff)
                                             LENGTH: Short :   22 lines

MILITARY HIGHWAY WIDENING TO CLOSE ETHAN ALLEN STORE

Ethan Allen Home Interiors, the home furnishings outlet in Norfolk, opened when South Military Highway was a two-lane road and Military Circle Shopping Center was merely a vision. Since then, the road has gradually widened, placing the store closer and closer to the pavement. This summer, the 35-year-old furniture store will close to make room for the road's expansion. The white, colonial-styled building, a Hampton Roads landmark, will shut down by July's end. Bert and Butch Crawford - co-owners and cousins - say they'll open a new furniture store in Chesapeake's Greenbrier community next year. ``Heck yeah, I'll miss it,'' Bert Crawford said. by CNB