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Mondschein added wedding dresses and Georgian, Victorian, and Art Deco jewelry to the inventory. In the 1970s, he moved the store to the Upper East Side, and in 1986 legally changed his name to Fred Leighton. [1] Leighton began lending jewelry to celebrities in 1996 when client Miuccia Prada [2] borrowed a necklace for Nicole Kidman to wear to ...
Kobacker, two locations in Buffalo, New York; closure announced on December 27, 1972. [361] No relation to Kobacker's Market, a grocery store in Brewster, New York; E.J. Korvette (New York City), closed 1980; Kresge's (multiple locations) Loehmann's, peaked at about 100 stores in 17 states, liquidated in 2014 after several bankruptcies.
Georg Jensen Inc. was a gift and department store known for Scandinavian imports located in midtown Manhattan at 667 Fifth Avenue at 53rd Street from 1935–1968. In 1935, it was founded and managed by Frederik Lunning (1881–1952), re-inventing his original New York store, Georg Jensen Handmade Silver, Inc., founded 1923, at 169 West 57th Street, across from Carnegie Hall. [1]
Pages in category "Defunct department stores based in New York City" The following 28 pages are in this category, out of 28 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
B. Altman's Fifth Avenue store, which is now home to The Graduate Center of The City University of New York, Church Pension Group, and Oxford University Press Altman's store on Sixth Avenue in the Ladies' Mile shopping district. B. Altman and Company was a luxury department store and chain, founded in 1865 in New York City, New York, by ...
Gertz was a New York-based department store, headquartered in Jamaica, Queens. Founded in 1918 by Benjamin Gertz, along with his five sons, [1] the company was acquired by Allied Stores in 1941. [2] [3] Gertz department store in Mid-Island Plaza in Hicksville, New York in 1957
J.W. Mays, Inc. is a real estate firm based in Brooklyn, New York, United States. From 1927 until 1988 the company ran a chain of discount department stores in the area surrounding New York City referred to as Mays, with stores located in three of New York City's five boroughs, Long Island, and Putnam County. At its height as a retailer, the ...
Marcus & Co. was also known for producing Art Nouveau jewelry featuring vibrant enamelwork in colors such as blue-green, dark green, and deep pink, which complemented the gemstones. Their jewelry incorporated French floral Art Nouveau motifs and often included coils of metalwork or softly curving gold lines, adding to their distinctive character.