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The U.S. economic downturn of the early 1980s hit West Virginia particularly hard, and the store faced increased competition from other chains. In February 1987 a $125 million merger agreement with New York City -Based Toussie-Viner Group was terminated due to weak performance by Heck's in the final months of 1986, and the company filed for ...
Taylor Books is the last independent bookstore in the state capital city. Intrinsically, it became West Virginia's main venue for author talks. Past speakers include William Brewer, [7] Tony Caridi, [8] and Stephen King. [9] The bookstore includes an Annex Gallery, a café, and pottery studio in the basement. [10]
Charleston Town Center is an enclosed shopping mall in downtown Charleston, West Virginia. One of the largest enclosed malls in the United States to be located in a downtown shopping district, it has comprised more than 130 tenants on two levels at its peak, in addition to food court on a partial third level. As of December 2024, there are 41 ...
The Diamond eventually became West Virginia's largest department store with 180,000 square feet (17,000 m 2) of space. The fifth-floor cafeteria was a destination for businessmen and shoppers alike. The store was acquired by Associated Dry Goods in 1956. During the 1970s, Hickory Farms had a
Loewenstein and Sons Hardware Building, also known as the Loewenstein Building or Rite Aid Building, is a historic commercial structure located at Charleston, West Virginia. It was designed by the Columbus, Ohio architectural firm of Yost & Packard .
The following list of Carnegie libraries in West Virginia provides detailed information on United States Carnegie libraries in West Virginia, where 3 public libraries were built from 3 grants (totaling $81,500) awarded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York from 1901 to 1907. In addition, one academic library was built.
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 ...
Former Huntington store now in use as the Marshall University Visual Arts Center. Vacant Wheeling flagship store. Stone and Thomas was founded in 1847 in Wheeling, Virginia by Elijah J. Stone and Jacob C. Thomas. Also referred to as Stone's or "The People's Store", it was a West Virginia institution for 150 years. From its flagship store in ...