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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 ...
The Bon Marché was founded in 1890 by Edward and Josephine Nordhoff, who had moved to Seattle from Chicago. Edward Nordhoff was a German immigrant who had worked for the Louvre Department Store in Paris, which competed with the Maison of Aristide Boucicaut "Au Bon Marché" (now part of the LVMH group). Nordhoff moved to Chicago in 1881 and ...
Bon Marché was a department store based in Brixton, London, England. It was the first purpose built department store in the city. [1] The store was founded in 1877 by James Smith of Tooting [2] [3] after he won a fortune at Newmarket races. [4] [5] The store was named and modelled after Bon Marché in Paris. [6]
Merrill Chase Galleries was an art dealership in Chicago, Illinois.It was started in 1964 by Robert Merrill Chase Sr., and his father, Merrill Chase. [1] [2] By 1978 it had more than 150 employees and 13 galleries, and was among the largest organizations of its kind in the United States.
In addition to the world-renown Art Institute of Chicago, which houses nearly 300,000 works of art alone, there are countless independent spaces to explore—which is exactly why we did a deep ...
The Merchandise Mart (or the Merch Mart, or the Mart) is a commercial building in downtown Chicago, Illinois.When it opened in 1930, it was the world's largest building, with 4 million square feet (372,000 m 2) of floor space.
The Marshall Field and Company Building is a National Historic Landmark retail building on State Street in Chicago, Illinois.Now housing Macy's State Street, the Beaux-Arts and Commercial style complex was designed by architect Daniel Burnham and built in two stages—north end in 1901–02 (including columned entrance) and south end in 1905–06.
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