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Attack. On December 8, 1995, Roland James Smith Jr., who may have attended previous protests outside the store, entered Harari's with a .38-caliber revolver and a container of flammable liquid. He ordered black customers to leave, then set the store on fire by sprinkling around the accelerant, positioning himself near the only exit.
Wallachs was a New York City men's clothing store which once maintained additional locations in Newark, New Jersey. [1] It was a New York institution for more than a century. Together with Roots and F.R. Tripler, Wallachs was part of a nineteen state chain of fifty stores controlled by the Hastings Group. Hastings Group filed for Chapter 11 ...
W. F. W. Woolworth Company. Categories: Defunct department stores based in New York State. Defunct department stores of the United States by city. Retail companies based in New York City.
Coppa was born in Brooklyn, New York.He graduated from high school and spent a few months in college before dropping out. [2]Coppa lived in New Jersey and Staten Island, but operated his criminal activities on the eastern edge of Bensonhurst and Willamsburg on the corner of Broadway and Kent in Brooklyn.
Ohrbach's was a moderate-priced department store with a merchandising focus primarily on clothing and accessories. From its modest start in 1923 until the chain's demise in 1987, Ohrbach's expanded dramatically after World War II, and opened numerous branch locations in the New York and Los Angeles metropolitan areas.
Peck & Peck was a New York City-based retailer of private label women's wear prominently located at 581 Fifth Avenue. [1]Peck & Peck was known for its classic clothes. Like Bonwit Teller and B. Altman and Company's post–World War II fashions, Peck & Peck personified and flourished in the pre-hippie era in New York [2] when WASP fashion ruled stores and fashion magazines.
The New York Times referred to the store as "a version of Elizabeth Street for the Carnegie Hill crowd, a little oasis of downtown aesthetic at Ladies Who Lunch prices," and said that "the celebrity boutique is a way for famous people to admit the civilian into their universe; it is a presentation of themselves, their likes and desires, their ...
Inside the seamless, sophisticated, stealthy L.A. theft that netted up to $30 million. ... said the store’s Wi-Fi was down much of Sunday. ... All the best photos from New York Fashion Week 2024 ...