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The building installed the first escalator in Iowa, known as the "electric stairs", in this building in 1939. [2] Younkers closed their downtown Des Moines location on August 12, 2005. Part of the building was destroyed in a fire during the early morning hours of March 29, 2014, that caused the upper floors of the building to collapse.
The downtown Des Moines store became known for its Tea Room restaurant, which opened in 1913 and closed shortly before the store did. It also installed Iowa's first escalator, known as the "electric stairs," in 1939. The original Younkers store in downtown Des Moines, Iowa. The building was vacated when the store closed on August 12, 2005.
Merle Hay Mall is an enclosed super-regional shopping mall in Des Moines, Iowa, in the United States.Opened in 1959, it is the second oldest regional shopping center in Iowa, and was the largest mall in Iowa in terms of gross leasable area before the 2004 opening of Jordan Creek Town Center in neighboring West Des Moines.
'Today is a red-letter day' said Liz Holland of Merle Hay Investors, who has been working to expand the aging mall's offerings
Southridge Mall opened on October 15, 1975, two months after Valley West Mall opened in West Des Moines. Younkers was the first anchor to open, with Sears following in 1977. An expansion in 1978 added Montgomery Ward as a third anchor, while a Richman Gordman department store became the mall's fourth anchor in 1982. [5]
The Des Moines Fat Putter is slated to open this fall. Fat Putter to occupy former Younkers space The Wilkins Building, 713 Walnut St., will house the Fat Putter Mini Golf Lounge on its first floor.
Younkers, American department store; Younker Brothers Department Store, historic building in Des Moines, Iowa This page was last edited on 21 ... Code of Conduct;
ZIP Codes: 50301-50340-50310-50316. Area code: 515: FIPS code: 19-21000: GNIS feature ID: 465961: Website: ... Des Moines has remained Iowa's most populous city. In ...