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The shipbuilder William Cossar was granted 500 acres (202 hectares) at Long Reef in 1815. [11] A farm of 52 cleared acres at Long Reef was advertised for sale in 1825. [12] One original fisherman's hut remains at Long Reef, it dates from the 1870s. [10] Long Reef was owned by the Salvation Army from 1900 to 1912.
In 1967, the Historic St. Augustine Preservation Board began reconstructing a building on the old foundations of the old Benet store using early photographs, historic research, and recollections of two surviving members of the Benet family. During the era of San Agustín Antiguo, a living history museum running the length of St. George Street ...
In 1881, the steamer "Collaroy" ran aground on Long Reef at the southern point of the suburb. Crowds came from all around the district to see the wreck that subsequently gave its name to the suburb. Its anchor can still be found at the Narrabeen Primary School. [7] Collaroy Plateau Post Office opened on 1 April 1949 and closed in 1988.
Lazarus developed or was an early adopter of many shopping innovations such as "one low price" (no bargaining necessary, earlier implemented by the John Wanamaker Store [3]), first department store escalators in the country, first air-conditioned store in the country, and Fred Lazarus Jr. successfully lobbied President Franklin Roosevelt to ...
Paramount Realty purchased Consumer Centre, a landmark center on Route 36 at the edge of West Long Branch, in late 2022. Its largest tenants include Home Depot, PetSmart and Ulta Beauty.
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 St. Augustine store is among Publix's first stores designed to be energy-efficient. The store includes motion sensor lights throughout the store, including on the freezer doors, and an overhead light system that can be controlled by each department. [26] Exterior of Publix in Carolina Forest, South Carolina, which opened in 2016
In October 2022, Northern Beaches Council was awarded the A. R. Bluett Memorial Award by Local Government NSW, which recognises the best-performing councils in the state in the previous year, with the mayor Michael Regan noting: "Since amalgamation we have had a huge focus on repairing and renewing ailing infrastructure, delivering long term ...