SHARON, Pa. (WKBN) – The downtowns of cities around Youngstown all have rich histories. A Sharon author has preserved that history in a new book about the department stores that have lined State ...

The first object you see in “The History of Department Stores” at the City of Architecture and Heritage museum is a larger-than-life plaster caryatid. This draped female figure, familiar from ancient ...

Before malls and online shopping, downtown San Diego was the city’s retail heart. Fifth and Broadway teemed with families, teens, and neighbors drawn to polished wood floors, glass display cases, and ...

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The high ceilings and glowing lights make the broad aisles look otherworldly in the 1936 photograph. Below the lights, long rows of polished shelves offer precious commodities, meticulously staged to ...

Author and historian Leslie Goddard’s fascination with department stores runs in the family. Her grandfather was a department store lifer, working first for Marshall Field’s then Carson Pirie Scott.

The Rike-Kumler building opened on Tuesday, Mar. 19, 1912. DAYTON EVENING HERALD ARCHIVE Exterior view of Lazarus in downtown Dayton from the Kettering Tower, 1989. The building was previously home to ...

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