Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
With both anchors in place and 60 stores, the grand opening of the $10 million, 500,000-square-foot (46,000 m 2) center occurred September 21, 1967. [4] The mall straddles Iverson Street, which bisects the structure, and attached to the front of the mall is a four-story office building.
During the late 1980s, an Auntie Anne's Pretzel Shop and Cinnabon Store also opened inside Capital Plaza, next to the movie theater. The two anchor stores that were the mall's major attractions were Montgomery Ward and the later Bradlees , which opened and operated briefly in 1982 as Memco until it became a branch of the Washington, D.C ...
On August 29, 1960, Maryland Gov J. Millard Tawes opened the Hecht Company's new $4.5 million, 168,000-square-foot (15,600 m 2) store. [3] [4] This was the fifth Hecht Company store to open in the Washington, D.C., area. This addition to the original center expanded the site to 41 acres (170,000 m 2). [5] Smaller shops included a Bond Stores ...
Aldens was founded by Benjamin J. Rosenthal [1] in 1889 in Chicago under the name Chicago Mail Order and Millinery Company and was incorporated on December 15, 1902. [2] The company primarily sold fashion apparel and accessories for women and men via its catalog. [2] In 1906, the name was changed to Chicago Mail Order Company. [2]
Construction began on Woodfield Mall in October 1969 [9] and the mall opened on September 9, 1971, with 59 stores, growing to 189 stores with 1.9 million retail square feet by 1973, along with a 135-foot (41 m) water tower to supply water to the mall and the nearby village. It was the largest mall in the United States at the time of its opening.
You couldn't ask for more-perfect venue for the first game of the expanded College Football Playoff. Notre Dame rose to power in the first half of the 20th century and has been one of the ...
The company's expansion continued throughout the mid-20th century. In 1932, Jewel acquired the Chicago unit of the Canadian firm Loblaw Groceterias, Inc., then a chain of 77 self-service stores, [11] as well as four Chicago grocery stores operated by the Middle West Stores Company, and began operating them under the name Jewel Food Stores. [12]
Enjoy a classic game of Hearts and watch out for the Queen of Spades!