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Pittsburgh Fashion Week is an annual fashion week held in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Pittsburgh model Miyoshi Anderson, created the event to help highlight the fashion industry in Pittsburgh, which had been struggling with the closure of several major department stores. [1] The first Pittsburgh Fashion Week was held in 2010, with events held in ...
A year after the mall's opening, Horne's added a second store at the mall which specialized in discounted clothing. [2] The mall was largely vacated in the late 1970s, having lost most of its business to Monroeville Mall, a larger mall that also featured a Horne's. In 1979, Horne's closed its East Hills store, as did G. C. Murphy, Kresge, and ...
According to historical writer and blogger Leon J. Pollom, the lowest section of Forbes Avenue was originally named Diamond Street. The remainder was named Forbes Street in honor of John Forbes (1707–1759), [1] whose expedition recaptured Fort Duquesne and who renamed the place Pittsburgh in 1758.
The Joseph Horne Company, often referred to simply as Joseph Horne's or Horne's, was an American department store chain based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.The store was one of the oldest in the country being founded on February 22, 1849, but was often overlooked as it maintained only a regional presence. [1]
American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. is an American clothing and accessories retailer headquartered at SouthSide Works in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.It was founded in 1977 by brothers Jerry and Mark Silverman as a subsidiary of Retail Ventures, Inc., a company that also owned and operated Silverman's Menswear.
The company was founded in 1970 as Pennsylvania Fashions Inc. [6] The company operated stores under various brand names. Cary Klein purchased the company from his father in 1989 and later developed the rue21 concept. [7] In February 2002, Pennsylvania Fashions filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. [8]
By the 1920s, the Strip District was the economic center of Pittsburgh. By the mid-to-late 20th century, fewer of the Strip's products were being shipped by rail and boat, causing many produce sellers and wholesalers to leave the area for other space with easier access to highways, or where there was more land available for expansion.
Ellsworth Avenue is located in the Shadyside neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It is mostly a commercial street that has locally owned businesses, galleries, restaurants, and bars. [ 1 ] It runs southwest-northeast, parallel to Walnut Street , another commercial street, and is bounded by Shady Avenue to the east and South Neville Street ...