Showing posts with label stores. Show all posts
Showing posts with label stores. Show all posts
Friday, February 21, 2020
Stores Open Later for Christmas Shopping in 1919
From the December 18, 2019, MidWeek (DeKalb County, Illinois) "Looking Back."
1919, 100 Years Ago.
"Those who find it inconvenient to shop during the day will now have the opportunity of doing the remainder of their buying in the evenings.
"Beginning yesterday, the stores of the city are open during the early evening hours and folks who are busy during the day will now have an opportunity to make Christmas purchases."
And to think this wasn't even Black Friday.
--CootBuy
Monday, March 18, 2019
Sears Kit Homes in Chicagoland-- Part 1: The Legacy
From the December 2, 2019, Chicago Tribune "Cataloging History" by Darcel Rocket.
"Once upon a time, you could purchase a home for less than $5,000. The Barrington. The Lexington. The Sheridan. The Hazleton. The Malden."
Sears, Roebuck and Co., well, Sears, sold thousands of mail-order kit houses from the early 1900s to 1942. All you had to do was pick the model you wanted from the catalog and as long as you had the money and rail connections, you were good to go.
Joe and Mary Beth Turek have a Barrington kit home in Downers Grove, which back then cost $2,606 and came with everything from trim, windows, millwork and flooring and some 30,000. Some assembly required. Actually, lots of assembly. You could either build it yourself or hire someone to do it.
The Hoffman Estates-based company has filed for bankruptcy and its days, sadly, are numbered. But many of their kit homes still stand.
Probably the Legacy of Sears. --Cooter
Thursday, September 1, 2016
Original Chicago Names-- Part 3: Hilton Chicago and 1 S. State Street
6. WHEN IT WAS BUILT IN 1927, THE HOTEL NOW CALLED THE HILTON CHICAGO WAS THE WORLD'S LARGEST HOTEL. ITS ORIGINAL NAME WAS:
A. The WLH
B. The Stevens
C. The Hilton Chicago
7. THE BIG STORE THAT OCCUPIES THE ORNATE BUILDING AT 1 S. STATE STREET IN THE LOOP IS NOW A TARGET. BEFORE THAT, THE STORE THAT OCCUPIED THE SPACE WAS CALLED:
A. Carson, Pirie, Scott & Co.
B. Schlesinger & Mayer
C. H.G. Selfridge & Co.
Hilton State. --Cooter
ANSWERS:
6. B The hotel was developed by the father and grandfather of former Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens.
7. All of them. The store was built for Schlesinger & Mayer in the late 1800s, then occupied by Mr. Selfridge before being sold to Carson, Pirie, Scott, which is what most in Chicago called the building. The entire building is now the Sullivan Center, named after its famous architect, Louis Sullivan.
I got #6 correct, but only guessed A for #7 as I didn't know about the other two businesses.
A. The WLH
B. The Stevens
C. The Hilton Chicago
7. THE BIG STORE THAT OCCUPIES THE ORNATE BUILDING AT 1 S. STATE STREET IN THE LOOP IS NOW A TARGET. BEFORE THAT, THE STORE THAT OCCUPIED THE SPACE WAS CALLED:
A. Carson, Pirie, Scott & Co.
B. Schlesinger & Mayer
C. H.G. Selfridge & Co.
Hilton State. --Cooter
ANSWERS:
6. B The hotel was developed by the father and grandfather of former Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens.
7. All of them. The store was built for Schlesinger & Mayer in the late 1800s, then occupied by Mr. Selfridge before being sold to Carson, Pirie, Scott, which is what most in Chicago called the building. The entire building is now the Sullivan Center, named after its famous architect, Louis Sullivan.
I got #6 correct, but only guessed A for #7 as I didn't know about the other two businesses.
Tuesday, November 3, 2015
Looking Back to DeKalb County History-- Part 3: A New Shopping Center, the Vietnam War and NIU in 1965
From the Oct. 14, 2015, Midweek (DeKalb County, Illinois) "Looking Back."
OCTOBER 1965, 50 YEARS AGO
Ground was officially broken Monday for DeKalb's newest shopping center called Northland Plaza along Sycamore Road. It will include a Woolco Department Store, a Kroger Super market, Super RX Drug, Leath Furniture Company and a Phillips 66 Gas Station.
U.S. military strength in Vietnam soared to a new high of 140,000 men.
U.S. Secretary of Labor, W. Willard Wirtz, a DeKalb native, will dedicate NIU's Wirtz Hall Tuesday. NIU President Leslie A. Holmes announced this Wednesday. The $1,750 building (I suppose this to be an error in print) building was named for William Wilbur Wirtz, the cabinet member's father who died last June 14.
He was a former NIU faculty member and served as chairman of the university's governing board.
Dredging work on the NIU campus' Lagoon is now completely finished. They removed about 3 feet of silt from its floor in work that began in June. The removed silt was used to build up the eqast shore of the Lagoon along the Kishwaukee River. It is slated to be seeded and planted with trees by spring.
Lots of NIU News. --Cooter
OCTOBER 1965, 50 YEARS AGO
Ground was officially broken Monday for DeKalb's newest shopping center called Northland Plaza along Sycamore Road. It will include a Woolco Department Store, a Kroger Super market, Super RX Drug, Leath Furniture Company and a Phillips 66 Gas Station.
U.S. military strength in Vietnam soared to a new high of 140,000 men.
U.S. Secretary of Labor, W. Willard Wirtz, a DeKalb native, will dedicate NIU's Wirtz Hall Tuesday. NIU President Leslie A. Holmes announced this Wednesday. The $1,750 building (I suppose this to be an error in print) building was named for William Wilbur Wirtz, the cabinet member's father who died last June 14.
He was a former NIU faculty member and served as chairman of the university's governing board.
Dredging work on the NIU campus' Lagoon is now completely finished. They removed about 3 feet of silt from its floor in work that began in June. The removed silt was used to build up the eqast shore of the Lagoon along the Kishwaukee River. It is slated to be seeded and planted with trees by spring.
Lots of NIU News. --Cooter
Thursday, June 4, 2009
50th Anniversary of Family Dollar Stores
I saw in a flyer, that the Family Dollar stores were celebrating their 50th anniversary. Until about eight years ago, I was unfamiliar with them, but now I see then pretty much everywhere. Either them, or that easily confused Dollar General. My nephew worked a short time as an insurance adjuster for one of them. I like the deals they have and some of the items are quite good.
A little Wikipedia look up, and I found that family Dollar is not a real "Dollar" store as many items are more than a buck (unlike Dollar Bill's and It's a Buck).
It was founded in 1959 by 21-year-old entrepreneur Leon Levine in Charlotte, NC. It remained a predominantly southern US store through the 1960s. By 1969, there were 50 stores in the Charlotte area. I guess I would have known about them had I been from there.
In 1981, the 400th store opened and 700th in 1983. Growth slowed in the 1990s, but 3,500 were added since the turn of the century. As of March 1, 2009, there are 6,509 stores in 44 states. With the economic malaise, they should do well.
Give Me Cheap Most of the Time. Cooter
A little Wikipedia look up, and I found that family Dollar is not a real "Dollar" store as many items are more than a buck (unlike Dollar Bill's and It's a Buck).
It was founded in 1959 by 21-year-old entrepreneur Leon Levine in Charlotte, NC. It remained a predominantly southern US store through the 1960s. By 1969, there were 50 stores in the Charlotte area. I guess I would have known about them had I been from there.
In 1981, the 400th store opened and 700th in 1983. Growth slowed in the 1990s, but 3,500 were added since the turn of the century. As of March 1, 2009, there are 6,509 stores in 44 states. With the economic malaise, they should do well.
Give Me Cheap Most of the Time. Cooter
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