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Pages in category "Defunct department stores based in New York City" The following 28 pages are in this category, out of 28 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Dames & Moore v. Regan , 453 U.S. 654 (1981), was a United States Supreme Court case dealing with President Jimmy Carter 's Executive Order 12170 , which froze Iranian assets in the United States on November 14, 1979, in response to the Iran hostage crisis , which began on November 4, 1979.
The Cheshill Realty Corporation acquired 25 parcels for the store through private negotiations in 1931–1932; the Brooklyn Eagle called the purchases the "Flatbush mystery". The announcement of the new store, coinciding with two others in Union City and Hackensack, New Jersey, was only made once all the land had been purchased. [1]
J.W. Mays, Inc. is a real estate firm based in Brooklyn, New York, United States. From 1927 until 1988 the company ran a chain of discount department stores in the area surrounding New York City referred to as Mays, with stores located in three of New York City's five boroughs, Long Island, and Putnam County. At its height as a retailer, the ...
Siegel-Cooper began as a discount department store on State Street in the Loop.It was founded by Henry Siegel, Frank H. Cooper and Isaac Keim in 1887.Four years later, the store moved into the eight-story Second Leiter Building at State and Van Buren Street, designed by William Le Baron Jenney, where it stayed until 1930, after a 1914-15 reorganization into Associated Dry Goods Corp., but ...
In 1971, 20-year-old newlyweds Joseph and Rachelle Friedman started J&R as a small consumer electronics store selling stereos and television sets in a 500 square foot store front at 23 Park Row [11] [12] The couple saw it as a side project, selling TVs and stereos out of a 500 square foot store, as Rachelle studied at Polytechnic University (New York) in Brooklyn.
Best & Co. was a department store founded in 1879 by Albert Best in New York City. The company initially sold clothing for infants and children, but later expanded to women's clothing and accessories. It was known for its "tastefully styled and proper women's clothes and its sturdy children's wear."
The New York Department Stores had been established in Puerto Rico for 32 years up to that point and operated with a capital of over $12 million. [7] On October 4, 1972, a new store would open at the Mayagüez Mall in Mayagüez. [8] On April 7, 1981, New York Department Stores would celebrate its 50th anniversary.