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The store was founded as Blum Brothers Dry Goods in the late 19th century, The company and the Blum name was acquired by Maurice Spector in 1920. [1] Spector's gift for merchandising expanded the store's clientele, and the firm soon opened branch locations in Bala Cynwyd and Exton, Pennsylvania, and Moorestown, New Jersey.
In 1891, Rachel P. Lit (1858-1919, later surnamed Weddel, still later Arnold) opened a women's clothing shop on the corner of Market and N. 8th Streets. With the administration and innovative advertising techniques of her brothers, Colonel Samuel David Lit (1859-1929) and Jacob David Lit (1872-1950), their small store soon became one of the ...
The Center City Philadelphia flagship store was, in its day, a gracious urban emporium. The retailer started adding branch stores starting in the 1930s and, by their zenith in the 1980s, enjoyed annual sales of over a billion dollars [ 1 ] By the 1990s, Strawbridge's became part of the May Department Stores conglomerate until May's acquisition ...
Wanamaker 's, originally known as John Wanamaker Department Store, was one of the first department stores in the United States.Founded by John Wanamaker in Philadelphia in 1861, it was influential in the development of the retail industry including as the first store to use price tags.
Snellenburg's Department Store, 1100 Market St., Philadelphia, PA (1886-87, demolished), in a c. 1915 photograph. The company moved from its South Street location, where it was founded in 1869 by Joseph Snellenburg, to fashionable 12th and Market Streets in 1889. [2] The store was at a location known as the "Girard Estate."
Allen's or Allen's department store, a.k.a. George Allen, Inc., was a large store in Center City, Philadelphia for women's clothing and accessories. It opened at 326 High Street in 1837 and moved to 1214 Chestnut Street in 1896.
The mall was also home to a location of prominent cheesesteak restaurant chain Jim's Steaks, closed due to health violations in 2017. [5] On January 31, 2025, a Learjet 55 crashed on the perimeter of the mall shortly after takeoff from Northeast Philadelphia Airport, killing 7 people (6 in aircraft, 1 on ground) and injuring several others. [6]
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