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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]
F. C. Nash & Co. – Nash's (Pasadena), at one time had 5 stores in downtown locations in neighboring small cities during the 1950s and 1960s, founded in 1889 as a grocery store, became a department store in 1921, branch stores were unable to compete with larger chains opening in malls built in the late 1960s and early 1970s and had to be ...
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 ...
Pages in category "Defunct department stores based in New York City" The following 28 pages are in this category, out of 28 total. ... This page was last edited on 16 ...
Most businesses are located in booths at one of the 25 "exchanges" in the district. Commission based hawkers are a common sight and they usually solicit business for stores located on the street level. [11] According to The New York Times, the Diamond District has maintained a thriving, bazaarlike marketplace since the 1920s. [9]
Take the original Apple-1 computer, which first went on the market in 1976: A fully functional model is worth up to $475,000 today. Related: 10 Tech Flops of the 1970s and '80s That Were Ahead of ...
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. Gertz had branch stores in Douglaston, Flushing, Great Neck, Hicksville, Massapequa, Bay Shore, Lake Grove, and East Hampton. [4]
Miriam Haskell (July 2, 1899 – July 14, 1981) was an American designer of costume jewelry. With creative partner Frank Hess, she designed affordable pieces from 1920 through the 1960s. Her vintage items are eagerly collected and the namesake company, which first displayed her jewelry in New York City's McAlpin Hotel, continues.