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Chester (formerly Big Meadows) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Plumas County, California, United States. [2] Chester is located on Lake Almanor , 30 miles (48.3 km) north-northwest of Quincy . [ 3 ]
Browns was a department store in Chester established in 1780 by Susannah Brown. [1] The store traded from its site on Chester's Eastgate Street from 1791 until 2021. [2] Once regarded as the "Harrods of the North", [3] [4] the building interior contains many ornate features such as glass-domed roofs and elaborate plasterwork surrounding small chandeliers in the main entrance area. [4]
This is a list of department stores and some other major retailers in the four major corridors of Downtown Los Angeles: Spring Street between Temple and Second ("heyday" from c.1884–1910); Broadway between 1st and 4th (c.1895-1915) and from 4th to 11th (c.1896-1950s); and Seventh Street between Broadway and Figueroa/Francisco, plus a block of Flower St. (c.1915 and after).
The department store grew during and after the Civil War and would eventually become a chain by the end of the nineteenth century. Macy's moved into its flagship Herald Square location in 1902 ...
Value City Department Stores was an American department store chain with 113 locations. It was founded in 1917 by Ephraim Schottenstein, a travelling salesman in central Ohio. The store was an off-price retailer that sold clothing, jewelry, and home goods below the manufacturer suggested retail price. The chain focused on buyout and closeout ...
The store grew to a large downtown department store, and starting in the 1950s, grew slowly over the years to be a small regional chain of 16 speciality department stores across Southern California at the time of its closure in 1990. [1] [2] [3] Over the years, the stores gained a reputation as the "Grand Dame" of department stores in the area.
Westchester began the 20th century as an agricultural area, growing a wide variety of crops in the dry, farming-friendly climate. The rapid development of the aerospace industry near Mines Field (as the Los Angeles Airport was then known), the move of then Loyola University to the area in 1928, and population growth in Los Angeles as a whole created a demand for housing in the area.
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