The late affordable housing developer Dan Markson had a dream for the 1929 Basila Frocks Co. building at the busy intersection of Zarzamora and Martin Streets.
He fell in love with the building’s sturdy bones and the story of a once-thriving business founded by Syrian immigrants who employed Mexican American seamstresses.
Over the years, the 20,000 square-foot, two-story building housed a lot of other enterprises, including a ballroom that residents still remember fondly…