20th century retailing in downtown Detroit / Michael Hauser and Marianne Weldon.

"As Detroit developed northward from the riverfront, Woodward Avenue became a mecca for retail, restaurants, and services. The 1870s and 1880s saw many independent merchants open their doors. By 1890, a new type of one-stop shopping had developed: the department store. Detroit's venerable Newcomb En...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hauser, Michael
Other Authors: Weldon, Marianne
Language:English
Published: Charleston, SC : Arcadia Pub., [2008], ©2008.
Series:Images of America.
Subjects:
Detroit (Mich.) > History > Pictorial works.
Central business districts > Michigan > Detroit > Pictorial works.
Stores, Retail > Michigan > Detroit > Pictorial works.
Genre:
Pictorial works.
Online Access:
Connect to: Table of contents only - All users (Cataloging @ Library of Congress)
Physical Description:127 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Variant Title:
20th-century retailing in downtown Detroit.
Twentieth century retailing in downtown Detroit.
Format: Book
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Summary:
"As Detroit developed northward from the riverfront, Woodward Avenue became a mecca for retail, restaurants, and services. The 1870s and 1880s saw many independent merchants open their doors. By 1890, a new type of one-stop shopping had developed: the department store. Detroit's venerable Newcomb Endicott and Company was closely followed by other trailblazers: J.L. Hudson Company, Crowley Milner and Company, and the Ernst Kern Company. At its peak in the 1950s, the Woodward Avenue area boasted over four million square feet of retail, making it one of America's preferred retail destinations"--P. [4] of cover.
Call Number:F574.D443 H38 2008
ISBN:9780738561905 (pbk.)
0738561908 (pbk.)
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