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The mall housed numerous niche stores, eateries, and other retailers throughout the 1970s and 1980s. In November 1970 the Cinemagic movie theater opened in the mall. Grant City became Kmart in 1976, while Wilmington Dry Goods became Value City. Value City closed in 2008 due to the chains bankruptcy and became Burlington Coat Factory. [3]
The war created enormous demand for goods and materials supplied by Wilmington including ships, railroad cars, gunpowder, shoes, and other war-related goods. By 1868, Wilmington was producing more iron ships than the rest of the country combined [citation needed] and it rated first in the production of gunpowder and second in carriages and ...
1929 - Wilmington Dry Goods in business. [18] 1930 - Population: 106,597. [11] 1937 - Main Post Office built. 1942 - Crest Theater in business. [13] 1950 – Population: 110,356. [11] 1961 - Burton v. Wilmington Parking Authority lawsuit decided by U.S Supreme Court, broadening the Equal Protection Clause of the U.S. Constitution's 14th Amendment.
Timeline of former nameplates merging into Macy's. Many United States department store chains and local department stores, some with long and proud histories, went out of business or lost their identities between 1986 and 2006 as the result of a complex series of corporate mergers and acquisitions that involved Federated Department Stores and The May Department Stores Company with many stores ...
Wilmington is home to the Wilmington Conservatory of Fine Arts, a studio for foundlings. The Wilmington Conservatory of Fine Arts is the only studio in the region to offer Progressing Ballet Technique [102] instruction from two certified instructors. The Conservatory is also host to Turning Pointe Dance Company, a faith-based dance company ...
New Hanover County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina.As of the 2020 census, the population was 225,702. [1] The county seat is Wilmington. [2] Though the second-smallest county in North Carolina by land area, [3] it is one of the most populous counties, as Wilmington is one of the largest communities in the state.
During the colonial era of American History, the East was the dominant region of North Carolina in both government and commerce. Towns of early significance included Bath, Beaufort, Elizabeth City, Edenton, Kinston, New Bern, Tarboro, and Wilmington. North Carolina's early economy was built upon cash crops, fisheries and turpentine industries.
Dilapidated buildings now stood where once had been a prosperous economy. In an attempt to recreate Wilmington, the Wilmington Redevelopment Commission began demolishing buildings in an attempt to make room for new ones (Demolition was, at the time, cheaper than renovation costing $21 per sq. ft. and $26 per sq. ft. respectively). [2]