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Edward Hines (1863–1931) circa 1901. Hines Supply (originally the Edward Hines Lumber Company), based in Buffalo Grove, Illinois, in the United States, is a company which manufactures lumber, plywood and other wood products. [1]
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.
Ruehl No.925 – concept brand launched by Abercrombie & Fitch in 2004; poor sales and operating losses led to A&F ceasing operations of Ruehl in early 2010; The Sample – Western New York based retailer founded in Buffalo in 1928 when its founder brought a sample set of 48 dresses back from New York City. At its peak, the retailer was noted ...
In 1944, they began to develop a retail network primarily in the Midwest (which eventually expanded to 16 stores by 1959). [ 2 ] In 1947, the company was the fourth-largest mail-order distributor in the United States with $79.2 million in sales and changed its name to Aldens, Inc. [ 2 ] In 1957, sales were $102.4 million, they had 4,795 ...
The Sullivan Center, formerly known as the Carson, Pirie, Scott and Company Building or Carson, Pirie, Scott and Company Store, [4] is a commercial building at 1 South State Street at the corner of East Madison Street in Chicago, Illinois.
Randhurst Village in Mt. Prospect, Illinois - closed Dec. 1987, 209,000 sq ft (19,400 m 2), became Bergner's [4] Harlem Irving Plaza in Norridge, 3 floors; Other stores: [5] [6] Chicago Ashland Avenue and Madison Street, Chicago; 1279 Milwaukee Avenue near Paulina Street, Wicker Park, Chicago; 63rd Street and Halsted Street; Evanston, Illinois ...
1879: The original wooden factory was torn down and replaced with a five-story brick building with 27,000 square feet of floor space. 1883: The firm was incorporated in Illinois as the Johnson chair company, with A.P. Johnson, president; Nels Johnson, secretary; and Adolph Borgmeier, treasurer. An additional five-story building was constructed ...