The Northshore Mall is a shopping mall in Peabody, Massachusetts . As of 2022, the mall currently features Macy's in two locations, J. C. Penney , and Nordstrom .
100-734: The mall is near the Route 128 and Route 114 junction, and less than a mile from the Simon-owned Liberty Tree Mall in Danvers . The mall is 1,667,004 square feet (154,869.7 m) in size, and most of this space is located on one level, with the exception of the Nordstrom wing and most anchor stores. Plans for Greater Boston 's second shopping mall were formally announced in December 1954. A $ 10 million retail complex
200-598: A freeway . Until the 1990s, its southern terminus was located at the junction of I-93, US 1, and Route 3 (the Braintree Split ) in Braintree . At this present-day terminus, Route 128 runs concurrently with I-95, and follows the mileage-based exit numbering scheme used by I-95 as it enters Massachusetts from Pawtucket, Rhode Island . It also begins a wrong-way concurrency with US 1; as Route 128 and I-95 are signed traveling north, US 1
300-716: A $ 1.1 million project between Reading and Lynnfield. Progress continued in 2005 and 2006 during a $ 2.2 million project which replaced the signs on from Peabody to Gloucester, and continued with a $ 1.4 million project in 2008 and 2009 that replaced signs in Peabody and the remaining ones in Lynnfield. A $ 2.9 million federal stimulus project helped replace exit and highway signs in 2010 and 2011 along Route 128/I-95 from US 3 in Lexington to I-93 in Reading. A project begun in
400-475: A few hundred feet from the Atlantic Ocean. All but the northernmost three miles (4.8 km) are a freeway , with the remainder being an expressway. Its concurrency with I-95 makes up most of its length. Originally designated in 1927 along a series of surface streets, Route 128 provided a circumferential route around the city of Boston. The original route extended from the seaport of Gloucester, on
500-541: A fourth female president, Liz Rodbell, took over in 2013. Federated Department Stores, now Macy's Inc , acquired May Department Stores on August 30, 2005. On January 12, 2006, Federated chairman, president, and CEO Terry Lundgren announced that Lord & Taylor would be sold by the end of the year. In a move that took advantage of valuable real estate, Federated announced on March 10, 2006, that seven conflicting Lord & Taylor locations would be sold or downscale into Macy's. The legendary Center City, Philadelphia store,
600-626: A joint venture led by Simon Property Group , which also assumed management of the center. Since then there have been many smaller cosmetic upgrades and a few structural changes increasing the size. The shopping center has been home to the St. Therese Society of Mt. Carmel Chapel since 1960. It is one of few chapels to be located inside of a shopping center. The mall also houses the Peabody Police Department Community Outreach Center. On September 1, 2001,
700-526: A large outpost opened at The Mall at Rockingham Park . In 2013, a contemporary-style outpost opened at Mizner Park in Boca Raton, Florida . In 2014, a $ 20 million ($ 25.4 million in 2023) contemporary outpost, modeled after the Boca Raton location, opened at Crossgates Mall near Albany, NY . Around this time, a store was announced to open alongside Saks Fifth Avenue in the luxury wing of
800-449: A mile along the highway in 2010 (except for the area covered by the widening project) for I-93 between Braintree and Canton and I-95/Route 128 from Canton to Peabody. New markers put along Route 128 (north of I-95) from Peabody to Gloucester reflect the state highway's total mileage from Canton, indicating MassDOT's change of heart in decommissioning the route where it shares the road with I-95. The previous mile markers (reflected in
900-676: A new highway inside of Route 128 has contributed to three significant problems. The political decision not to build new highways inside of Route 128 also led to abandonment of plans to extend the US ;3 freeway from its current interchange with the Yankee Division Highway in Burlington to a junction with Route 2 in Lexington as originally planned. This decision caused a temporary reroute of US 3 onto
1000-399: A new logo. However, Saadia Group faced financial difficulties leading to a default on their obligations. In September 2024, Regal Brands Global acquired the intellectual property of Lord & Taylor, marking a new chapter for the brand with bold plans to revive the retailer. In September 2024, Regal Brands Global acquired the intellectual property of Lord & Taylor. In August 2021, it
1100-419: A new patio and landscape, and renovations to the food court and restrooms. This new area is called The Promenade . On June 29, 2018, Toys "R" Us closed as part of the chain's liquidation. The store shared a 63,000-square-foot building, built in 1994 on the former Sears & Roebuck site, with an Ulta Beauty cosmetic store, according to city records. The toy store rented about 45,000 square feet, and its space
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#17327880806461200-582: A new two-lane ramp from Route 128 to I-95 in Canton and installation of a new interchange at Kendrick Street in Needham, designated as exit 35A (old exit 19A) with the ramps to Highland Avenue become exits 35B and 35C (old exits 19B and 19C). Construction on phase 1 was officially completed in October 2009. Construction of phase 2 of the project began in summer 2006. This phase of
1300-519: A northeast Expressway and construction of a southwest expressway to carry I-95 through downtown Boston. This policy cascaded into designation of the segment of the Yankee Division Highway between the existing I-95 junction in Canton and the new I-95 junction in Peabody as I-95 rather than building a new highway to complete the connection, coupled with a decision to extend I-93 southward along the Central Artery and John Fitzgerald Expressway and onto
1400-429: A number of high-technology firms and corporations. This part of Route 128 was dubbed "America's Technology Highway", and signs marking it that way were put in place beginning in October 1982. Two years later, those blue signs were changed to read "America's Technology Region" after complaints from veterans groups that noted the highway already had a name: the Yankee Division Highway, a name bestowed in 1941 in honor of
1500-529: A segment of Whiting Street (Route 53) in Hingham, all of which remain in service for local traffic. However, fate was not so kind to the rest of the original route. Although some segments of remain in service as local parallel streets, other segments became part of the present right of way, but with connections severed at both ends, and some segments were severed where they cross the present right of way and even closed if no longer used by local traffic. Thus, it
1600-795: A three-way flying junction known as the Braintree Split . With the completion of the final segment of the Yankee Division Highway in Braintree in 1960, the segment of Route 128 through Braintree , Weymouth and Hingham was rerouted to run concurrently with Route 3 on the Southeast Expressway/Pilgrim Highway between the Braintree Split (Route 3 exit 42 [old exit 19], Route 128 exit 67) and exit 35 (old exit 14), then along Pond Street in Norwell to Queen Anne's Corner on
1700-550: Is known as the "inner" beltway, especially around areas where it is 15 miles (25 km) or less outside of Boston . The route's current southern terminus is at the junction of I-95 and I-93 in Canton, and it is concurrent with I-95 around Boston for 37.5 miles (60.4 km) before it leaves the Interstate and continues on its own in a northeasterly direction towards Cape Ann . The northern terminus lies in Gloucester
1800-603: Is located at the first interchange north of the junction of I-93 and I-95 in Canton. Despite no longer officially carrying the designation, the section of the Yankee Division Highway between Braintree and Canton is popularly called Route 128 within Massachusetts. However, signage for Route 128 has gradually disappeared from the segment designated as I-95 as the Massachusetts Department of Transportation has replaced signage along that segment of
1900-509: Is no longer feasible to drive the original route between Braintree and Gloucester. In 1965, the Massachusetts Highway Department truncated Route 128 at the Braintree Split and redesignated the non-freeway section of Route 128 from Route 3 through Hingham and Hull as Route 228, with its direction reversed to reflect the actual geographical direction of that segment of the route. This action ended
2000-598: Is now the following roads: Derby Street) At the same time as Route 128 was extended along the new Circumferential Highway, it was extended further into Hull . This alignment, not part of the Circumferential Highway, ran southeast on Route 3 (now Route 53 ) (Whiting Street) to the border of Hingham and Norwell , where it turned north on present Route 228 (Main Street) through Hingham and into Hull . The exact route through Hingham
2100-474: Is signed traveling south, and vice versa. US 1 splits onto its own roadbed at exit 29 (old exit 15) in Dedham . In response to the outcome of the 1970 Boston Transportation Planning Review , Massachusetts focused federal highway funding on public mass transportation rather than building new highways through Boston and the inner suburbs ("inside of Route 128"), cancelling plans for completion of
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#17327880806462200-474: Is valued at $ 4.9 million. In February 2019, the former Toys "R" Us spot would be the new home of the PGA Tour Superstore golf shop. On May 31, 2018, it was announced that Sears would be closing its 450,000 square foot store as part of a plan to close 78 stores nationwide. The store closed on September 2, 2018, just ten days shy of the mall's 60th anniversary. The Sears building, completed in 1978,
2300-617: The American Dream Mall . In March 2017, Lord & Taylor partnered with Brideside.com to launch an in-store bridal shop.In April 2017, Lord & Taylor completed a $ 12 million ($ 14.7 million in 2023) renovation plan at the Fifth Avenue store. In October 2017, after an attempt made to build a skyscraper above the Fifth Avenue store, it was announced the building would be sold in a joint partnership to WeWork for $ 850 million ($ 1.04 billion in 2023). WeWork
2400-621: The Apple Store opened. The shopping center was chosen by Apple as its first store in the Northeastern United States . When the Apple Store opened, which was located by what is now the Nordstrom wing, it was the 6th Apple Store to ever open in the world. On January 27, 2017, Apple moved the store to a new open-air shopping plaza, MarketStreet Lynnfield. Except for the renaming of Jordan Marsh to Macy's in 1996,
2500-625: The Bergen County Blue Laws that occur on Sunday for the Westfield Garden State Plaza and Fashion Center locations both in Paramus, New Jersey , it was decided to close all of the stores on Saturday. In October 2020, the investment firm Saadia Group acquired Lord & Taylor; they transformed the retailer into a digital-first format. In fall 2022, an ad campaign called "Fall Fete" debuted alongside
2600-656: The North Shore , to the beach resort community of Hull on the South Shore . Construction of the present circumferential highway began in Gloucester in the early 1950s and progressed southward, in part on new alignments and in part by the improvement of older roads, and came to completion with the final link into the Southeast Expressway (Route 3/John Fitzgerald Expressway/Pilgrim Highway) at
2700-534: The Panic of 1873 , though the original partners gave the company "a large loan" in 1879. By 1894, the company was fast-growing and would open stores on Fifth Avenue in 1903 and 1906. The downtown store continued to function, expanded through to Forsyth Street and advertised until at least 1887 as a new building. Samuel Lord's estate sold the Grand Street store in 1901. The Lord & Taylor Building ,
2800-475: The Starrett & van Vleck -designed Fifth Avenue store and headquarters opened between 38th and 39th streets on February 24, 1914. It touted many modern improvements, including an electric delivery vehicle garage; elevator and hidden conveyor systems for moving goods, people, showcases, and trash, and for loading and unloading trucks; and an on-site electrical generation and heating system. The Broadway store
2900-463: The U.S. Army unit first formed in Boston in 1917 . The segment of the highway that still carries the sole designation as Route 128, which is a four-lane freeway for most of its length, was not originally built as a freeway. Many junctions in this segment were constructed as signaled intersections at grade in the 1950s and subsequently reconstructed with grade separation and interchanges in
3000-819: The 1960s—often with local streets that happened to be in convenient locations doubling as ramps for access to the highway. However, four junctions nearest the northern end in the town of Gloucester were not improved. Proceeding in the direction signed as northward beyond exit 55 (old exit 12, the interchange with Crafts Road), the route runs eastward as a four-lane expressway through two rotaries , named Grant Circle (intersection with Washington Street) and Blackburn Circle (intersection with Dory Road going northward and Schoolhouse Road going southward) and another intersection at Route 127 (Eastern Avenue) to its terminus in another intersection at Route 127A (East Main Street/Bass Avenue). As designated in 1927,
3100-451: The 1970s and 1980s, including the expansion of Sears to a full-line anchor. Starting with a small section near the Sears store, the entire outside shopping center was enclosed to better compete with nearby Liberty Tree Mall , constructed by New England Development in 1972. In 1992, Northshore Mall was acquired by New England Development, which expanded the mall to almost 1.7 million ft². On
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3200-638: The Add-A-Lane project. The $ 315 million MassDOT Highway Division project has widened the existing 14.3-mile (23.0 km) six-lane section of highway to eight lanes from north of Route 9 in Wellesley to Route 24 in Randolph. The project consists of adding a lane on the inside of each carriageway, complete with a 10-foot (3.0 m) inside shoulder. The existing 1950s bridges, 22 in total, also were replaced. The project also included construction of
3300-519: The Hingham–Norwell line, retaining its original route from Queen Anne's corner to its terminus in Hull. Subsequent upgrades on the northern segment in the 1960s completed a full freeway from Braintree in the south to Gloucester in the north. In local culture, "Route 128" is generally recognized as the demarcation between the more urban inner suburbs and the less densely developed suburbs surrounding
3400-566: The I-95 interchange. Phase 4 of the project, which began in March 2011, is replacing seven bridges and widens Route 128 (I-95) to four lanes in each direction from Route 109 to south of Highland Avenue in Needham. The southeastern freeway (Pilgrims Highway) that extends from Braintree to Cape Cod, Route 3 , is also in the process of undergoing a similar "add-a-lane" project for much of its own 42-mile (68 km) length. Construction on
3500-722: The I-95/Route ;128 overlap portion are in accordance to the I-95 exit numbering scheme in Massachusetts . The stretch north of I-95, as well as the rest of the length before I-95 exit numbering was applied, previously had decreasing exit numbers traveling northbound, contrary to almost all highways in the US with numbered exits. Route 128 currently has 18 numbered interchanges, which previously started at exit 37 (old exit 29, southbound) and continued downwards to old exit 9 (former exit 27, an at-grade intersection,
3600-512: The Lord & Taylor intellectual property. English-born Samuel Lord started a dry goods business in New York City in 1824 and opened the original store that would become Lord & Taylor in 1826, on Catherine Street in what is now Two Bridges, Manhattan . The shop stocked hosiery, misses' wear, and cashmere shawls. His wife's cousin, George Washington Taylor, joined in 1834, and
3700-532: The Massachusetts Department of Transportation) assigned the concurrent designation of Route 128 to the segment of the Southeast Expressway (Route 3) from exit 35 (old exit 14) to the Braintree Split (exit 42, old exit 19), linking to the segment of the original Route 128 from the intersection with Route 53 at Queen Anne's Corner at the Hingham - Norwell line to
3800-648: The Southeast Expressway) at a wye junction now known as the Braintree Split in Braintree . This segment, which opened in 1960, replaced a two-lane undivided road to complete the first circumferential highway around any major city. Upon completion of the final segment of the Yankee Division Highway, the agency then known as the Massachusetts Highway Department (subsequently reorganized the Highway Division of
3900-646: The United States as president of Lord & Taylor. As vice president working with the well-known design firm of Raymond Loewy Associates, she opened what is credited as the first-ever branch store, in Manhasset, New York . Unlike earlier forays into the suburbs that consisted of smaller boutique-style shops, this merchandising effort became the model for modern suburban shopping. The store consisted of 66 individual shops. Lord & Taylor's relationship with Raymond Loewy Associates continued until 1969, following
4000-544: The United States. HBC committed to spending an additional $ 250 million upgrading stores. The Fifth Avenue flagship store received a $ 150 million ($ 205 million in 2023) update in 2010. In 2011, an ultra-modern concept store opened in Westchester County at the new Ridge Hill Mall . During this time, locations such as Manhasset , Garden City , Bala Cynwyd , Eastchester , and Stamford all saw ultra-modern style renovations and upgrades. In 2012,
4100-442: The United States. The company operated full-line department stores from 1826 until it filed for bankruptcy in 2020. The following year, in 2021, it closed all its brick-and-mortar stores. Saadia Group acquired the Lord & Taylor intellectual property and relaunched the e-commerce website later that same year. However, due to financial challenges, Saadia went into default in March 2024. In September 2024, Regal Brands Global acquired
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4200-465: The Yankee Division Highway, but in the opposite direction, to connect with its original route, one interchange to the north of the current junction, to become permanent. A metropolitan planning organization for the Boston area studied the Route ;128/I-95 Corridor from approximately 2005 to 2010. The study focused on the heavily congested section from I-90 (Newton) to US 3 (Burlington), and
4300-437: The actual geographical direction of the new route. This shifted the southern terminus of Route 128 to the Braintree Split. With the designation of the part of the highway as I-95 in 1973, the need to upgrade it to Interstate Highway standards became apparent. By the 1980s, traffic levels had also increased on the section significantly due to the change. In 1988, this section was finally brought to Interstate standards, and
4400-417: The ceremonial ribbon. It was anchored by Jordan Marsh , an adjoining Filene's , and included Sears , Kresge , J.J. Newberry , R.H. Stearns , and Stop & Shop . Recreational facilities at the time included a bowling alley, a cinema, and a small amusement park called Kiddietown, next to the former Sears & Roebuck, where Office Depot is now located. The shopping center went through several changes in
4500-721: The city of Boston. It also approximately delimits the region served by the rapid transit and trolley system operated by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA). It is furthermore used to reference the high-technology industry that developed from the 1960s to the 1980s in the suburban areas along the highway. Route 128 begins in the south in Norfolk County , at the interchange with I-93 , I-95 , and U.S. Route 1 (US 1) in Canton . It immediately begins as
4600-621: The completed segment of I-95 from Peabody to the New Hampshire border and the junction with the completed segment of I-95 from Canton to the Rhode Island border as I-95 to complete that highway. Concurrently, these agencies extended I-93 from its original terminus in Boston southward on the John Fitzgerald Expressway to the Braintree Split, then westward on the southern segment of the Yankee Division Highway to
4700-561: The concurrent route designation on the John Fitzgerald Expressway. In the wake of a political decision not to complete the Northeast Expressway and to construct a Southwest Expressway to connect I-95 through Boston as originally planned, the United States Department of Transportation and the Massachusetts Highway Department redesignated the segment of the Yankee Division Highway between the junction with
4800-843: The construction of the Stamford, Connecticut store (designed by Loewy Vice President Andrew Geller ). Many of Lord & Taylor's special services, including personal shoppers, were introduced while Shaver presided. During this period she introduced the Andrew Geller handwritten logo and the American Beauty Rose as icons of the store. Shaver died in 1959. William J. Lippincott was elected chairman and chief executive in 1972. His obituary in The New York Times read: "In his years as president and chairman, Lord & Taylor moved beyond its traditional territory in
4900-542: The designation of Route 128 and reinstalled signage on the segment of the Yankee Division Highway designated as I-95, partly in response to public protest and partly due to the fact that an Amtrak and MBTA commuter rail station adjacent to the highway at the University Avenue interchange in Canton bears the name Route 128 (RTE on the railroad timetables and in the Amtrak reservation system). The station
5000-537: The enterprise. On August 29, 1859, Lord & Taylor opened a second store on Broadway at Grand Street in the modern-day SoHo neighborhood, keeping the older store open. The new store was described as a "five-story marble emporium" and was among Broadway's first major new department stores since the A.T. Stewart building at 280 Broadway was completed in 1846. At the same time, Lord & Taylor started participating in wholesaling . Lord retired in 1862. Samuel Lord Jr. and George Washington Taylor Lord succeeded
5100-508: The exit list below) had mile 0 in Peabody. During the 1960s reconstruction of Route 128, a provision had been made for a fourth lane within the widely spaced median along the 1.5-mile (2.4 km) length of Route 128 running from just north of the US ;1 interchange in Dedham, Massachusetts, northwestwards to the Route 109 interchange, and this will finally be used for
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#17327880806465200-444: The exits along Route 128 will start on February 3 and will go on for two weeks, but it was delayed until February 11 due to weather and a delay on renumbering the exits along US 3. In 2002, American mathematician Robert P. C. de Marrais named the routons , or the 128-dimensional hypercomplex numbers , after Route 128. Lord %26 Taylor Lord & Taylor was the oldest-surviving department store chain in
5300-594: The exterior of the building surrounding a newly renovated entrance. Massachusetts Route 128 Route 128 , known as the Yankee Division Highway , is an expressway in the U.S. state of Massachusetts maintained by the Highway Division of the Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT). Spanning 57 miles (92 km), it is one of two beltways (the other being Interstate 495 [I-495]) around Boston , and
5400-521: The fall of 2012 and completed in the fall of 2015 replaced exit and guide signs on Route 128/I-95 from Route 9 (exit 36, old exit 20) in Wellesley to Route 4/Route 225 (exit 49, old exit 31) in Lexington and, as part of the Add-A-Lane project discussed above, new signs were put up along a section of the I-95/Route 128 project completed in 2015 from Great Plain Avenue in Needham to Route 109 in Dedham. New signage
5500-526: The former flagship of the John Wanamaker chain, opened after a one-month renovation as Macy's City Center on August 1, 2006. On June 22, 2006, NRDC Equity Partners, LLC announced it would purchase Lord & Taylor for $ 1.2 billion after Federated converted and sold the previously announced locations; the sale was completed in October 2006. Federated continued to service Lord & Taylor consumer credit accounts in an agreement with NRDC under
5600-501: The highway jointly consider a plan of establishing a form of monorail to add further mass transit options to businesses along the Route 128 corridor. The exit numbers along the I-93 portion of the Yankee Division Highway (indicated by an asterisk in the table below because that segment of the highway is no longer officially part of Route 128) are in accordance with I-93's exit numbering scheme in Massachusetts. Exit numbers along
5700-416: The junction with the completed southern segment of I-95 from Canton. At that time, the Massachusetts Highway Department officially truncated Route 128 at its intersection with I-95 in Peabody, began removal of Route 128 signage, and assigned I-93 and I-95 exit numbers to the interchanges on both affected segments of the Yankee Division Highway. The Massachusetts Highway Department subsequently restored
5800-480: The last week of March 2018. The company noted that most compromised records were from Lord & Taylor and Saks Fifth Avenue customers. The Hudson's Bay Company noted that customers would not be liable for any charges incurred due to this breach, and they will offer no-cost credit report monitoring and identity protection services. In May 2018, Walmart began carrying Lord & Taylor fashions on their website to modernize Walmart and position it more upscale. This
5900-629: The local and state governments on non-essential retail by Wednesday, March 18, 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States . While it took some time for the locations to reopen to the public , some of its closed U.S. stores were looted following the murder of George Floyd . Lord & Taylor began the process of reopening on Friday, May 15, 2020, with two of its locations in Florida and New Hampshire allowed to reopen. All stores resumed operations by July 3, 2020. On August 2, 2020, it
6000-543: The mall over time, including Newbury Comics in 2012, Uniqlo and LoveSac in 2014, Michael Kors in 2016, and Flying Tiger Copenhagen in 2018, the latter being their first New England store. The Flying Tiger store closed in November 2020, alongside the other New England locations. In 2017, renovations began outside the mall to add two new restaurants, Bancroft & Co. and Tony C's Sports Bar and Grill, and an outdoor stage for community events and performances. Other additions include two additional fast-casual restaurants,
6100-521: The mall sometime in 2009. Plans called for demolishing the former Jordan Marsh to clear space for an expansion, anchored by the new Nordstrom store. Perhaps due to the increased competition, Federated announced plans to convert Lord & Taylor into Macy's Mens & Home. The new wing opened on November 4, 2009, with some of the new stores in the wing including Zara , Sephora , The North Face , Pandora , Rack Room Shoes , Swarovski , White House Black Market , The Walking Company , and Aerie . Unlike
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#17327880806466200-457: The mall's structure and anchors remained intact until 2005, when May Department Stores (parent of Lord & Taylor and Filene's at the time) was acquired by Federated Department Stores (the owner of Macy's ). In March 2006, Federated briefly closed the Filene's store, before using the space to relocate its Macy's store that May, as part of the brand's merger into Macy's. In June 2006, Simon announced an agreement with Nordstrom to open at
6300-433: The mid-1970s when plans to construct I-95 through Boston, directly connecting the two I-95/Route 128 interchanges, were cancelled leaving a gap filled using Route 128. An unused cloverleaf in Canton , partially removed circa 1977, was one of the leftover structures from this plan as well as the existing expressway (part of US 1 since 1989). The decision to reroute I-95 onto Route 128 rather than building
6400-402: The new interchanges with I-95 were finally completed. In 1989, US 1 was signed concurrently with part of the expressway. In 1991, parts of the roadway had their shoulder converted into travel lanes at peck travel periods. In late 2001, a project to resurface the road in Lexington and Burlington was completed. Starting in 1998 and continuing through 2002, signs were replaced through
6500-405: The northeast to open stores in Atlanta, Houston, and Dallas and four stores in Illinois." A management shakeup ousted him in 1976. Under the leadership of CEO Joseph E. Brooks during the 1970s, the company aggressively expanded into Texas , Illinois , and Michigan ; throughout the 1980s, South Florida saw 11 stores opened in quick succession. When the May Company acquired ADG in 1986, it
6600-409: The northwest end of the mall, Filene's built a replacement store where the amusement park once was, while Lord & Taylor also constructed a new store at this end of the mall as well. Both stores had their opening in 1993. A new food court was added adjoining the original Filene's location, which was gutted and rebuilt for the addition of JCPenney . In 1999, New England Development sold the mall to
6700-497: The original Route 128, called the "Circumferential Highway", followed existing roadways from Gloucester to Hull through Boston's suburbs. The first (northernmost) segment of the present freeway , which is still just four lanes wide, opened in 1951. Construction progressed southward. The final (southernmost) segment, originally built as the present eight-lane highway that spliced into the John Fitzgerald Expressway (then Route 3 for its entire length, and popularly also known as
6800-422: The original partners in leading the company. In 1870, the Broadway store moved uptown to a new cast-iron building at Broadway and 20th Street , in the area known as the " Ladies' Mile ". This store was designed by James H. Giles and included one of the first steam-powered passenger elevators. The new store expanded around 1890 by annexing a building to the east. Lord & Taylor faced economic troubles after
6900-449: The piece from Route 9 in Wellesley south to Highland Avenue in Needham , was designated as Route 128. Former Route 128 along Highland Avenue into Needham center was left unnumbered (as was the Circumferential Highway north of Highland Avenue), but the rest of former Route 128, from Needham center east to Quincy , became part of Route 135 . Thus the full route of the Circumferential Highway, as it existed by 1933,
7000-491: The project consisted of the replacement of the Route 1 and Route 1A bridges over Route 128 in Dedham along with the road widening between exits 27 and 29 (old exits 13 and 15, US 1). Construction of four sound barriers between the US 1 and I-95 interchanges were also included. This phase was completed in the spring of 2011. Construction on phase 3, begun in April 2009, widened I-93/US 1 to four lanes in each direction from Route 24 to
7100-566: The renumbering and thus coincidentally retained its number until the switchover with the mileage-based system in 2021. Along with other highways in the commonwealth, exits were renumbered with a mileage-based system in 2021. As a result of this political decision, about two thirds of Route 128 runs in tandem with I-95 from Canton north to Peabody , and after I-95 splits off and continues north from Peabody toward New Hampshire , Route 128 runs eastward on its own right-of-way from Peabody to Gloucester. The I-95 and I-93 signage were added in
7200-422: The rest of the mall, it has stores on two floors, both of which connect to and have access to Nordstrom. The food court entrance was also renovated and expanded, with the additions of The Cheesecake Factory , which opened in October 2007, and P.F. Chang's China Bistro , which opened in early 2009. The P.F. Chang's restaurant closed in 2017 and Bancroft & Co. currently occupies the space. Other retailers joined
7300-517: The retailer into a digital first format. On Tuesday, October 20, 2020, Lord & Taylor's traditional brick-and-mortar format began ceasing operations for at least the foreseeable future. On Tuesday, December 29, 2020, 18 out of 38 stores had closed and about a month later, the freestanding store in Bala Cynwyd shuttered. Finally, on Saturday, February 27, 2021, the remaining 19 stores closed; these stores would have closed on Sunday, but due to
7400-673: The road and on the intersecting roads. At its current southern terminus, Route 128 begins running concurrently with I-95 (same direction) and US 1 (opposite direction). While its concurrency with US 1 ends in Dedham , its concurrency with I-95 continues as it intersects with expressways including I-90 (the Massachusetts Turnpike ) in Weston ; US 20 in Waltham ; Route 2 in Lexington ; US 3 in Burlington (with which it runs concurrently within
7500-462: The sale of the flagship store to intense activist investors and opportunity seen to monetize real estate at HBC. On April 1, 2018, the Hudson's Bay Company gave notice of the theft of customers' credit and debit cards due to a hacking incident. A hacking group known as JokerStash or Fin7 attempted to sell the information from five million stolen customer credentials on dark web sites during
7600-564: The sixth and final segment in Needham and Wellesley began in January 2015, and included wider bridges and more auxiliary lanes and a new collector road. Major road construction ended in October 2018, and the project wrapped up with painting and landscaping in the spring of 2019. In 2015, the mayor of the City of Waltham , Jeannette McCarthy, noted that traffic was exceeding the capacity of Route 128 and proposed that communities located along
7700-477: The southern end of the Yankee Division Highway to the I-95 junction in Canton. After completion of the I-95/Route 128 interchange in Peabody in 1988, the State Highway Department changed the numbers of all exits south of the newly completed junction to those of the respective Interstate Highway designations. Since then, the highway has had three sets of exit numbers: I-93 exits 7–1 from
7800-617: The southern terminus in Hull . That action removed the designation as Route 128 from Blue Hill River Road in Randolph and Braintree, which is now closed to traffic, and West Street, Franklin Street, segments of Washington Street and Plain Street, and Grove Street in Braintree, a segment of Columbian Street, Park Avenue, and a segment of Ralph Talbot Street in Weymouth , and Derby Street and
7900-495: The southern terminus to the I-95 junction in Canton, I-95 exits 26–64 (old exits 12–45) from the I-95 junction in Canton to the I-95 junction in Peabody, and the original Route 128 exits 37–55 (old exits 29–12) from the I-95 junction in Peabody to the northern terminus. The interchange with I-93 in Woburn, which was Route 128 exit 37 before the renumbering, became I-93 exit 37 (now exit 28) in
8000-502: The state in 1919 (to Braintree center) and 1917 (in Braintree center). The rest of the new highway, from Route 37 east to Route 3 (now Route 53 ), through Braintree, Weymouth and Hingham , was taken over by the state in 1929. This was all along existing roads, except possibly the part of Park Avenue west of Route 18 in Weymouth. By 1933, the whole Circumferential Highway had been completed, and, except for
8100-446: The store was named Lord & Taylor. The store continued to grow: it annexed 49 Catherine Street in 1832 and moved six years later to 61–63 Catherine Street. James S. Taylor, Lord's brother-in-law, replaced George Taylor in 1845. The company erected a new building at Grand and Chrystie Streets in 1853 and moved into that location the following year. Lord later named his son John T. Lord and his employee John S. Lyle as partners in
8200-462: The stores' rent for at least three years, at an estimated CA$ 77 million ($ 58 million) cash per year. The acquisition was completed in November 2019. In November 2019, the sale to Le Tote was finalized and it was reported that all 38 Lord & Taylor brick-and-mortar locations would transfer ownership. Lord & Taylor's stores were forced to close due to executive state orders by
8300-541: The terms of its sale until mid-2007. On July 16, 2008, NRDC Equity Partners announced that it had purchased the 338-year-old Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) for an undisclosed price to expand internationally and positioned Lord & Taylor under HBC. The combined HBC, as of February 2018, consisted of Hudson's Bay and Home Outfitters in Canada, Galeria Kaufhof in Germany, and Lord & Taylor and Saks Fifth Avenue in
8400-706: The town); and I-93 and US 1 again in Reading and Lynnfield , respectively. Route 128 and I-95 split in Peabody ; as I-95 continues north towards New Hampshire, Route 128 travels east towards its northern terminus at an interchange with Route 127A in Gloucester . Route 128 was assigned by 1927 along local roads, running from Route 138 in Milton around the west side of Boston to Route 107 (Essex Street or Bridge Street) in Salem . Its route
8500-662: Was Main Street, Short Street, Leavitt Street, East Street, and Hull Street. The end of the numbered route was at the south end of Nantasket Beach , where Nantasket Avenue curves northwest to follow the shore of Massachusetts Bay . In 1955, Business Week ran an article titled "New England Highway Upsets Old Way of Life" and referred to Route 128 as "the Magic Semicircle". In 1957, there were 99 companies employing 17,000 workers along Route 128; in 1965, 574; in 1973, 1,212. The development of college-like suburban campuses and marketing to technology companies
8600-504: Was a bold move praised by many as being innovative. In August 2019, Le Tote, Inc. purchased the retailer for CA$ 99.5 million ($ 75 million) in cash on closing and an additional CA$ 33.2 million ($ 25 million) two years later. HBC was to get a 25% equity stake in Le Tote. The buyer would retain the stores' inventory, with an estimated value of CA$ 284.2 million. The deal, expected to close before year-end, required HBC to pay
8700-478: Was along existing roads that were improved to handle the traffic. In 1931, the Massachusetts Department of Public Works acquired a right-of-way from Route 138 in Canton through Westwood , Dedham and Needham to Route 9 in Wellesley. This was mostly 80 feet (24 m) wide, only shrinking to 70 feet (21 m) in Needham, in the area of Great Plain Avenue and the Needham Line . Much of this
8800-725: Was along new alignment, but about half—mostly in Needham—was along existing roads: From Route 138 in Canton east through the Blue Hills Reservation in Canton, Milton , Quincy and Braintree , Norfolk County acquired right-of-way in 1927 and built the Blue Hill River Road. This tied into West Street in northwest Braintree, which itself had been taken over by the county in 1923. West Street led to Route 37 , which ran southeast to Braintree center. This part of Route 37 had been taken over by
8900-570: Was as follows: By 1928, it had been extended east to Quincy from its south end along the following streets, ending at the intersection of Route 3 and Route 3A (current Route 3A and Route 53 ): The first section of the new Circumferential Highway , in no way the freeway that it is now, was the piece from Route 9 in Wellesley around the south side of Boston to Route 3 (current Route 53 ) in Hingham . Parts of this were built as new roads, but most of it
9000-680: Was assumed that May bought it just for the luxury division. The chain partially withdrew from the oil-shocked Texas and southern Florida markets in 1989–1990 after its 1986 acquisition by May. Under May, the majority of the upscale Hahne & Co. , Wanamaker's , and Woodward & Lothrop chains were refitted and converted into Lord & Taylor. Jane T. Elfers became Lord & Taylor's second female president in June 2000. Former Neiman Marcus executive, Brendan Hoffman replaced her in October 2008, when Elfer's contract had expired. A third female president, Bonnie Brooks , took over in 2011, and
9100-472: Was completed in 1964, and involved replacement of all of the old overpasses with new ones. In 1967, with the enaction of a policy that limited each road to one route number a decision was made to drop the designation of Route 128 from the Southeast Expressway and to redesignate the orphaned segment from exit 35 (old exit 14) of the Southeast Expressway to the terminus in Hull as Route 228 —but with its designated directions reversed to reflect
9200-403: Was completed in November 2010. As of 2010, the highway carried over 200,000 vehicles per day. Some possible improvements to Route 128 include HOV Lanes, reconstruction of shoulders, ramp metering , bus on shoulder, and fiber optic traffic system improvements. More studies will need to be completed before projects will begin. The area along the western part of Route 128 is home to
9300-537: Was demolished in February 2019. Site work is ongoing to prepare for construction. At this time the hallways that accessed Sears are closed and stores occupying them have been temporarily relocated. Health club chain Life Time Inc., which has locations in Burlington and Chestnut Hill , plans to build a standalone three-story health club adjacent to the Sears site. Simon is also planning to add new restaurants to
9400-523: Was intentional on the part of real estate developers such as Gerald W. Blakeley Jr. In the 1980s, the area was often compared to California's Silicon Valley , and the positive effects of this growth on the Massachusetts economy were dubbed the " Massachusetts Miracle ". By 1958, it became apparent that due to premature traffic congestion, the highway needed to be widened from four to six lanes, as business growth continued, often driven by technology out of Harvard University and MIT . This widening project
9500-514: Was put up between I-95 and US 1 in 2010 and most of the signage between I-95 and Route 24 (on I-93/US 1) had been replaced by the end of 2011. Future projects will replace the signs on I-95 (south of Route 128) between the Rhode Island state line and the interchange with I-93, US 1, and Route 128 in Canton in 2018 and (along I-95/Route 128) between I-93 in Reading and US 1 in Peabody in 2019. New mileage markers were placed every 2 ⁄ 10 mile (0.32 km) of
9600-416: Was quickly sold after the new store opened on March 26. The new store became a New York City Landmark on October 30, 2007. Lord & Taylor announced in November 1915 that it would sell off its wholesale business. A founding unit of Associated Dry Goods , Lord & Taylor was considered to be its crown jewel . In 1945, Dorothy Shaver became the first woman to head a major retail establishment in
9700-437: Was removed, and the last two exits are at-grade intersections). However, upon Massachusetts switching to mileage-based exit numbers, the exit numbers now abide by standard numbering rules. The new numbers along the stretch of highway north of I-95 increase from 37 in Peabody to 55 in Gloucester, with the traffic circles and at-grade intersections no longer receiving numbers. On January 27, 2021, MassDOT announced that renumbering
9800-399: Was reported that Lord & Taylor and Le Tote had filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States . On August 3, it was reported that the company would simultaneously solicit bids for its Le Tote and Lord & Taylor businesses. On October 15, 2020, Saadia Group, LLC announced it would acquire Lord & Taylor which would then transform
9900-423: Was set to occupy the uppermost floors of the building, with the rest remaining a flagship space for Lord & Taylor. This was part of a trend on Wall Street to maximize profits and real estate value. In February 2019, the sale completed for $ 725 million ($ 852 million in 2023) in cash and the remainder in equity, forming a joint venture with Lord & Taylor as minority owners. Industry observers connected
10000-476: Was to be built on 100 acres, located 18 miles northeast of Boston, in suburban Peabody. The site had previously been a country estate . Later, it contained St. Joseph's Juniorate, a parochial school, and a dairy farm with gardens. Originally, the center had been planned for Beverly instead. The Northshore Shopping Center opened with a dedication ceremony on September 12, 1958 as an open-air shopping center. Then- Governor of Massachusetts Foster Furcolo ( D ) cut
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