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C. O. Bigelow Apothecaries is an American pharmacy and beauty brand founded in 1838 by Dr. Galen Hunter as The Village Apothecary Shop in Greenwich Village, New York.. Currently owned and operated by Ian Ginsberg, C. O. Bigelow is the oldest surviving apothecary–pharmacy in the United St
(In contemporary Cuba, the term now usually connotes a government ration store.) In English, the first appearance of the bodega in print dates to a travelogue of Spain from 1846, describing wine cellars. [1] [7] In New York City, The Sun reported the first bodega opening in 1902; it was described as a Spanish "barroom", [8] more like a cantina.
By 2009, Avella had sixteen physical locations, a call center, and a national distribution facility. [2] [6] [7] [19] In January 2014, Avella Specialty Pharmacy named Rebecca Shanahan as its new CEO. [10] That same year, Avella became a registered Outsourcing Facility through the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. [20]
In 1926 a store was opened on Lexington (the 48th in New York City), in what was then the Barclay Hotel, later InterContinental New York Barclay Hotel. ( It remained the company's flagship store until 2010, when the Barclay's Hotel was closed for renovations). In 1936, Ralph Taylor and his younger brother Milton Taylor bought the company.
Apothecary (/ ə ˈ p ɒ θ ə k ər i /) is an archaic English term for a medical professional who formulates and dispenses materia medica (medicine) to physicians, surgeons and patients. The modern terms pharmacist and chemist (British English) have taken over this role.
An aboveground wine cellar is often called a wine room, while a small wine cellar (fewer than 500 bottles) is sometimes termed a wine closet. The household department responsible for the storage, care and service of wine in a great mediaeval house was termed the buttery. Large wine cellars date back over 3,700 years. [1]
Today, the store has evolved into a neighborhood institution; Frommer's 2010 New York City travel guide states "Kiehl's is more than a store, it's a virtual cult." [15] Distinguishing features of the store include its window display of vintage druggist relics, and the collection of classic Harley-Davidson and Indian motorcycles housed within ...
The first "drugstores" in North America "appeared in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, Boston, New York, and Philadelphia," [11] with likely proto-drugstores—for example Gysbert van Imbroch ran a "general store" that sold drugs from 1663 to 1665 in Wildwyck, New Netherland, [12] today's Kingston, New York—preceding the dedicated apothecary shops of the 1700s, and providing a model.