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F. C. Nash & Co. – Nash's (Pasadena), at one time had 5 stores in downtown locations in neighboring small cities during the 1950s and 1960s, founded in 1889 as a grocery store, became a department store in 1921, branch stores were unable to compete with larger chains opening in malls built in the late 1960s and early 1970s and had to be ...
As early as 1902, the Ladies' Association established settlement facilities, in some cases, taking over vacant space in store fronts and abandoned churches. These services included subsidized kindergartens, training for teachers of primary education, and practical classes, such as sewing and vocational training.
Famous for having peacefully desegregated its lunch counter alongside six others local stores of San Antonio on march 16 1960. [3] Will become part of the Alamo Mission historic site. [4] F. W. Woolworth Building (Renton, Washington) Renton, Washington
Value City Department Stores was an American department store chain with 113 locations. It was founded in 1917 by Ephraim Schottenstein, a travelling salesman in central Ohio. The store was an off-price retailer that sold clothing, jewelry, and home goods below the manufacturer suggested retail price. The chain focused on buyout and closeout ...
City View Center was a power center in Garfield Heights, Ohio, east of Cleveland.Positioned to be a regional shopping destination with stores such as Walmart, Giant Eagle, Dick's Sporting Goods and Bed Bath & Beyond, the development intended to increase Garfield Heights' commercial base soon developed into a modern dead mall, being built on landfill which soon liquified and caused damage to ...
Editor's note: Some Party City locations have since announced plans to stay open. Read more here. New Jersey-based Party City is going out of business after the retailer filed for Chapter 11 ...
Grant's stores were slower than the Kresge stores to adapt to the growth of the suburb and the change in shopping habits that this entailed. The attempt to correct this was belated; in the 1960s and early 1970s, the company built many larger stores (later known as Grant City), but unlike Kresge's Kmart they lacked uniform size and layout, so that a shopper familiar with one did not immediately ...
The city of Los Angeles will lift restrictions on street vending within 500 feet of schools and farmers markets and cancel illegal citations. In a win for street vendors, L.A. agrees to lift ...