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Links Club in November 2023. The Links is a private club in New York City.It is located at 36 East 62nd Street on the Upper East Side of Manhattan in New York City. [1] [2] Charles B. Macdonald, a golf champion and founder of the United States Golf Association, started the Links in 1917 as a place where powerful members of the golf world could keep the true spirit of the game alive.
Herman’s World of Sporting Goods was a sporting goods retailer in the United States. [1] Founded in 1916 by Herman and Eddie Steinlauf as a music store in Nassau Street, Lower Manhattan, the company expanded into sporting goods and grew to multiple locations in the New York metropolitan area, including East 42nd Street, East 34th Street, and Paramus, New Jersey.
David May, German-born founder of the May Department Stores Company (now Macy's, Inc.); member of the May family [225] Ed Mirvish, American-Canadian founder of discount store Honest Ed's [226] Al (1875–1970) and Carrie Marcus Neiman (1883–1953), co-founders of Neiman Marcus [223] Sol Polk, co-founder of appliance retailer Polk Bros., Inc. [227]
Zabar's (/ ˈ z eɪ. b ɑː r z / ZAY-barz) is an appetizing store at 2245 Broadway and 80th Street, on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City, founded by Louis Zabar and Lillian Zabar. It is known for its selection of bagels , smoked fish , olives , and cheeses .
Vintage Modell's tag from the original store in New York City before it specialized exclusively in sporting goods. The chain was founded as a single store by Morris A. Modell in 1889 in the Manhattan borough of New York City, making it possibly the third-oldest sporting goods store in North America (after James F. Brine's in Massachusetts and Milwaukee's Burghardt Sporting Goods).
Galyan's Trading Company was an American sporting goods chain. It was founded in Plainfield, Indiana. The store began in 1946 as a grocery store, founded by Albert and Naomi Galyan. By the 1960s, the Galyans began selling sporting goods instead. [2] The chain was purchased in 1995 by The Limited.
Golfsmith took this opportunity to establish itself as the largest golf retailer in North America (164 stores before the bankruptcy). The stores Golfsmith operated were 15,000-40,000 sq. ft each (the average being 23,000 square feet). This led to expensive operating costs, which hurt the company, especially when the golf business began to weaken.
B. Altman and Company was a luxury department store and chain, founded in 1865 in New York City, New York, by Benjamin Altman. Its flagship store, the B. Altman and Company Building at Fifth Avenue and 34th Street in Midtown Manhattan , operated from 1906 until the company closed the store at the end of 1989. [ 1 ]