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It was the first shopping mall built by Homart Development Company, a former division of Sears department stores through which they built shopping malls. [2] Plans for the shopping center were drawn by Preston Geren of Fort Worth, George Dahl of Dallas and Lobel, Schlossman & Bennett of Chicago. The construction contract for the center was ...
Brentano's was founded as an independent bookstore in New York City in 1853 by August Brentano, who established a newsstand in front of the New York Hotel. [1] The first branch store for the company was opened in Washington D.C. in 1883. [2] A year later, a second branch store was opened in Chicago in 1884. [3]
Iconic Wise Men Fish Here sign, (2007). The Gotham Book Mart was a famous Midtown Manhattan bookstore and cultural landmark that operated from 1920 to 2007. The business was located first in a small basement space on West 45th Street near the Theater District, then moved to 51 West 47th Street, then spent many years at 41 West 47th Street within the Diamond District in Manhattan, [1] New York ...
The Sunwise Turn, A Modern Bookshop was a bookshop in New York City that served as a literary salon and gathering-place for F. Scott Fitzgerald, Alfred Kreymborg, Maxwell Bodenheim, Peggy Guggenheim (an intern in 1920), Theodore Dreiser, Robert Frost, Harold Loeb, John Dos Passos and others. [1]
The original Samuel Weiser Bookstore was started in New York City's famous "Book Row" area by Samuel Weiser in 1926.It moved several times within the "Book Row" before relocating to 117 4th Avenue, where it remained for a number of decades. [2]
Fort Worth Water Gardens. Sundance Square Plaza is a 55,000 square foot plaza spanning two city blocks within Sundance Square. IT features four large Teflon umbrellas, a permanent stage built into the Westbrook building, jetted fountains that illuminate at night, various other fountains, and a pavilion that can be rented.
Daunt Books was founded in 1990 by former banker James Daunt with the purchase of a bookshop on Marylebone High Street. [1] It now focuses on first-hand titles (especially travel-related material). The Marylebone branch is housed in a former Edwardian bookshop with long oak galleries, graceful skylights and William Morris prints.
The Mysterious Bookshop It is one of the oldest mystery bookstores in the U.S. [ 1 ] In addition to housing its own imprint, the shop contains the offices of Penzler Publishers, an independent publishing house consisting of the imprints The Mysterious Press, Scarlet, American Mystery Classics, and Crime Ink, all distributed by W.W. Norton. [ 2 ]