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Kroch's and Brentano's was the largest bookstore in Chicago, and at one time it was the largest privately owned bookstore chain in the United States.The store and the chain were formed in 1954 through the merger of the separate Kroch's bookstore with the former Chicago branch of the New York-based Brentano's bookstore. [1]
Unabridged Bookstore is an independent bookstore started in 1980 by Edward Devereux. [1] Unabridged Bookstore opened on November 1, 1980, [ 2 ] with two business partners and $18,000. [ 3 ] Unabridged Bookstore is known for its dedicated and knowledgeable staff.
Women & Children First is an independent bookstore located at 5233 North Clark Street in the Andersonville neighborhood in Chicago.The store was founded in 1979 by Ann Christophersen and Linda Bubon as a feminist bookstore and place to celebrate and support women authors and members of the Chicago community.
The Loop is Chicago's central business district and one of the city's 77 municipally recognized community areas.Located at the center of downtown Chicago [3] on the shores of Lake Michigan, it is the second-largest business district in North America after Midtown Manhattan.
The Marshall Field and Company Building is a National Historic Landmark retail building on State Street in Chicago, Illinois.Now housing Macy's State Street, the Beaux-Arts and Commercial style complex was designed by architect Daniel Burnham and built in two stages—north end in 1901–02 (including columned entrance) and south end in 1905–06.
Brentano's was an American bookstore chain with numerous locations in the United States.. Brentano's booksellers label in 1915 Paris. As of the 1970s, there were four Brentano's in New York: the Fifth Avenue flagship store at Rockefeller Center, one in Greenwich Village, one in Manhasset, and one in White Plains.