Rock River Current
ROCKFORD — A former tool-and-die shop where miniature die-cast vehicles were once made may be granted landmark status in the city.
The former A & E Tool and Gage, 1202 Eddy Ave., was designed in the Streamline Moderne architectural style that focuses on aerodynamic, smooth and curved building edges. Those features were why the 77-year-old building earned initial approval for landmark status on Tuesday from the city’s Historic Preservation Commission. For more than three decades, the building was where die-cast cars and trucks were made under the Midgetoy brand…