Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Throughout the 1920s, and 1930s the Boston Store was run by Philip Irving Stone. His nephew, Irving Stone, worked as a manager and, beginning in 1927, dated Broadway ingenue and later MGM movie star Jeanette MacDonald for a time. In December 1933, 600 of the store's 1000 employees walked out in a famous White Collar union strike. [2]
The Bon-Ton and its subsidiaries: Bergner's, Boston Store (Wisconsin), Carson's, Elder-Beerman, Herberger's and Younkers. Bradlees (based in Boston, Massachusetts) (New England, Mid-Atlantic) Britt's Department Store (national) E. J. Korvette (East Coast and Midwest) last stores were closed in 1980 after filing for bankruptcy [3]
Port Plaza Mall (later known as Washington Commons) was an urban area shopping mall/multi-use facility located in downtown Green Bay, Wisconsin.The mall opened on August 10, 1977, and featured 3 anchor stores over the years, with JCPenney and H.C. Prange open at its launch and Boston Store added by 1982.
The Boston Store was one of three anchor stores when Brookfield Square opened in 1967. Brookfield Square was the Milwaukee area's first enclosed mall, according to the Wisconsin Historical Society.
The store was converted into a Boston Store in 2008, closed in 2014, and was torn down a year later. Henry Carl Prange was the son of farmers who had immigrated to Wisconsin from Germany following the Revolutions of 1848 .
Main Menu. News. News
The Boston Store chain closed in 2018. Conceptual ideas for the Brookfield Square site include apartments, a hotel and office buildings. The Boston Store chain closed in 2018.
Younker's was renamed the Boston Store at this mall, as well as the West Towne Mall and Regency Mall's locations in 2003 when then-owners Saks Inc. consolidated all southern Wisconsin stores into one banner. Once the consolidation was complete, the Boston Store which occupied the former Gimbel's location was closed. [citation needed]