The Southfield Public Library is a public library in Southfield, Michigan . The library serves the communities of Southfield and Lathrup Village .
74-545: Library services began for the people living in the Township of Southfield in 1844. The services proved so popular that by 1845, Township rules were adopted for the Southfield Township Library. The early Library system relied heavily on school districts. Every three months, the Township librarian took a rotating collection of books to each school. In the 1950s, a group of citizens began a campaign for
148-512: A food court were added in 1991, while Montgomery Ward opened in November 1994. Target opened in April 1996. A Jeepers! location opened in 1999, but later closed in 2012. Construction of other malls in the metro area presented remodeling challenges and redevelopment opportunities for the metro area's inner-ring suburban malls including Northland. Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, Northland had
222-544: A Phoenix suburb, that was designed to better fit open air lifestyle malls. Additional stores with the new format have opened in Fairview, Texas ; Lee's Summit, Missouri ; and Nampa, Idaho . The stores are designed to be compact and meet current demands for more convenient shopping similar to Kohl's and newer J. C. Penney stores. Lifestyle stores feature Starbucks Coffee Cafés with wireless web and fitting rooms designed to feel like lounges with sofas and Plasma TVs. Ceilings in
296-511: A bank, post office, infirmary, sculptures by Marshall Fredericks , fountains, an office for lost children, lavish landscaping, and free gasoline for customers who had run out. Gruen would later grow disenchanted with the malls he helped start with Northland. The architect, who also designed suburban Detroit's three other "directional" malls ( Eastland Center , Westland Center , and Southland Center ), Chicago's Randhurst , and South Jersey's Cherry Hill Mall , pronounced himself disillusioned with
370-522: A collection of audio books, DVDs, videocassettes, music CDs, electronic books and downloadable audio books for users. The Library offers numerous public computers in addition to wireless access throughout the building. Public computers offer free access to the Library catalog, research sources and the Internet. Hands-on computer classes in two computer labs give participants assistance with the basics of
444-406: A department store chain in a scripted series. Nearly two years prior to the first episode, one of the first national commercials for Macy's had aired during Desperate Housewives , shortly after the conversions of Rich's, Lazarus, Goldsmith's, The Bon Marché and Burdines. On February 27, 2007, Federated Department Stores announced plans to change its corporate name to Macy's Group, Inc. By March 28,
518-807: A leading position in Southern California and a dominant one in the Northern California marketplace. In early 1996 Federated dissolved Broadway Stores, incorporating the majority of its locations into Macy's West , rebadging them as Macy's and using the opportunity to retire the Bullock's name. Several of the redundant Broadway locations were used to establish Bloomingdale's on the West Coast , while many others were sold to Sears . In 2000 Macy's opened its doors in Puerto Rico ,
592-463: A money-back guarantee, although it accepted only cash into the 1950s. The store also produced its in-house made-to-measure clothing for both men and women, assembled in an on-site factory. In 1875, Macy took on two partners, Robert M. Valentine (1850–1879), a nephew; and Abiel T. La Forge (1842–1878) of Wisconsin , who was the husband of a cousin. Macy died in 1877 from inflammatory kidney disease (then known as Bright's disease ). La Forge died
666-402: A new library building. The new Southfield Public Library opened on June 15, 2003. On May 3, 2011 Southfield voters approved a millage for police and fire protection, library operations, street maintenance and parks and recreation programming. The millage was passed with over 83% of the vote. On September 4, 2012, the library began shortened hours due to property tax revenue decreases. During
740-461: A new management team, which shut several underperforming stores, jettisoned two-thirds of the luxury I. Magnin chain, and reduced Macy's to two divisions, Macy's East and Macy's West . Macy's East , New York City was a division of Macy's, Inc. It is the operating successor to the original R.H. Macy & Co., Inc. and operates the Macy's department stores in the northeast U.S. and Puerto Rico. Over
814-555: A proposal to Amazon for its search to establish a second headquarters, pitching the former 125-acre Northland Center site; ultimately, the former Michigan State Fairgrounds site in Detroit was chosen. In July 2021, the city of Southfield sold Northland Center to Contour Companies for $ 11 million. In September 2021, demolition started to pave the way for a new $ 403 million redevelopment project that includes large-scale housing and some retail. The 115-acre 1954 original J.L. Hudson (at
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#1732797587315888-552: A public library in the newly formed City of Southfield. This group eventually became known as the Friends of the Southfield Public Library. Their efforts were successful, and on February 3, 1960 the first Southfield Public Library opened its doors in a renovated two-room school house. It quickly became apparent that the Library would need a new building in order to keep up with the rapid growth and vitality of
962-459: A renovation of its interior and exterior, as well as an expansion to accommodate a pharmacy , Starbucks , and Pizza Hut , but in November 2014, Target announced the closing of its store. The store closed in February 2015 as part of closing 11 stores nationwide. Macy's also announced that it was closing operations at Northland Center as well, with the store closing on March 22, 2015, 61 years to
1036-579: A reorganization of its divisions into Macy's Northeast (former Macy's New York and Macy's New Jersey), Macy's South/Bullock's (Macy's Atlanta stores plus Macy's New York's operations in Texas, Florida and Louisiana), and Macy's California, the latter including a semi-autonomous I. Magnin/Bullocks Wilshire organization. The Bullocks Wilshire stores were renamed I. Magnin in 1989. Subsequently, R. H. Macy & Co., Inc., filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on January 27, 1992, after which point its banks brought in
1110-703: A small house on the corner refused to sell his land. As a result, a round department store was constructed on 90 percent of the lot. The building has since been converted to the Queens Place mall, though Macy's Furniture Gallery remains in a portion as a tenant. Macy's New York began opening stores outside of its historic New York City–Long Island trade area in 1983 with a location at Aventura Mall in Aventura, Florida (a suburb of Miami), followed by several locations in Plantation, Florida (now relocated from
1184-519: A turnover of major tenants. Kohl's closed its operations in 1995 at the mall, along with a sister store at Eastland Center . Target built its store on the building's west end and opened in 1996. Montgomery Ward shuttered due to the chain's financial troubles in 1998; JCPenney and T.J. Maxx closed in 2000 and 2004, respectively. National Wholesale Liquidators opened in 2005 in Wards' former building, and closed three years later. In 2007, Target completed
1258-533: A year and cut more than 10,000 jobs. Macy's claimed it would instead invest $ 250 million in digital business and growth strategies for the remaining stores. By January 2018, Macy's had revealed the locations of 81 of the 100 store closures. In September 2016, Macy's announced that it would be opening an Apple Store in its flagship location, making it the first department store to host an Apple store. The announcement came after six straight quarters of sales drops and significant store closings. In early January 2017,
1332-519: Is demolished, the tunnels will likely be razed as well. There were also additional tunnels, although much narrower, that ran between the mall and an old power station, police substation and Firestone building. Northland Center was enclosed as a mall in 1975, the same year that J. C. Penney was added. Federated Department Stores ' short-lived MainStreet chain opened in 1985 and was later acquired by and rechristened Kohl's in March 1989. T.J. Maxx and
1406-719: The Bloomingdale's department store chain since being acquired by holding company Federated Department Stores in 1994, which renamed itself Macy's, Inc. in 2007. It is the largest department store company by retail sales in the United States as of 2023. Macy's operates with 508 stores in the United States. Its flagship store is located at Herald Square in the New York City borough of Manhattan . The company had 94,000 employees and an annual revenue of $ 25.3 billion as of January 2023. Macy's has conducted
1480-833: The Greater Philadelphia Metropolitan area in the 1960s and 1970s as well as into Nanuet, New York (southern Rockland County), and into the Baltimore metropolitan area in the early 1980s, was renamed Macy's New Jersey in 1986. In 1986 Edward Finkelstein, Chairman & CEO of R. H. Macy & Co., Inc., led a leveraged buy-out of the company and subsequently engaged in a takeover battle for Federated Department Stores, Inc. , in 1988 that he lost to Canada's Campeau Corporation . As part of its settlement with Campeau, Macy's purchased Federated's California-based, fashion-oriented Bullock's and its high-end Bullocks Wilshire and I. Magnin divisions. It followed with
1554-755: The Jordan Marsh moniker in New England in early 1996. Federated followed that by leading a bid in mid-1995 to acquire the bankrupt Woodward & Lothrop / John Wanamaker organization in the mid-Atlantic region, a bid it lost to a rival group led by long-time rival and future acquisition target The May Department Stores Company . Instead Federated soon agreed to purchase Broadway Stores , Inc. (owner of The Broadway , Emporium and Weinstock's stores in California, Arizona, Nevada and New Mexico), from its majority shareholder, Sam Zell , thereby gaining
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#17327975873151628-516: The Parkchester development in The Bronx, on October 13, 1941. The company also acquired local department store chains across the country, including Lasalle & Koch ( Toledo , 1923), Davison-Paxon-Stokes ( Atlanta , 1929), L. Bamberger & Co. ( Newark , 1929), O'Connor Moffat & Company (San Francisco, 1945) and John Taylor Dry Goods Co. ( Kansas City , 1947). O'Connor Moffat
1702-567: The 1990s. Managed by Spinoso Real Estate Group , Northland Center featured approximately 100 stores. Macy's , the last anchor, closed on March 22, 2015, exactly 61 years to the date of the mall's opening. The mall was partially demolished in September 2021, and is currently being redeveloped as Northland City Center. The J. L. Hudson Company , a Detroit-based department store chain, built Northland Center. Hudson's—at its Downtown Detroit location on Woodward Avenue —grew to become
1776-515: The 867 stores were Macy's, including 584 that are full line and 57 that are home, furniture, clearance and specialty stores. In November 2018, Macy's announced they would test smaller "neighborhood" stores to reduce costs and promote innovation within the customer experience realm. As of 2018, Macy's ranked 120 on the Fortune 500 list of the largest United States corporations by revenue. Gennette has also launched an overhaul of Macy's stores called
1850-640: The COVID 19 pandemic the library shifted its focus to online offerings as the building was closed. Services were gradually brought back and as of 2022 the hours are expanded to full hours. Southfield Public Library provides a book collection of over 280,000 volumes and subscribes to numerous print magazines and newspapers. Large print titles as well as video magnifiers and computer enhancements are available for individuals with limited vision. A Small Business StartUp Center provides resources for small businesses and non-profits. The Southfield Public Library also offers
1924-747: The Fashion Mall to the Broward Mall since the Burdines acquisition), Houston , New Orleans, and Dallas . Davison's in Atlanta was renamed Macy's Atlanta in early 1985 with the consolidation of an early incarnation of Macy's Midwest (former Taylor and Lasalle's stores in Kansas City and Toledo, respectively), but late in 1985, Macy's sold the former Midwest locations. Bamberger's , which had aggressively expanded throughout New Jersey , into
1998-458: The Growth150 strategic plan. In the second quarter of 2019, Macy's shares fell more than 13 percent. On August 14, shares hit $ 15.82, which was their lowest since February 2010. After conducting two years of research, Macy's announced in 2019 that it intended to ban the sale of fur products at its stores by the end of the 2020 fiscal year. The news follows the state of California's ban on
2072-436: The Internet, email and popular software. The Southfield Public Library hosts numerous educational and informational programs and exhibits. Regular programs are story times, Summer Reading program, Jazz & Blues @ Your Library, book discussions, author events and more special programs. The library also has four different exhibit areas with rotating exhibits. The Library is home to numerous artworks. Many were relocated from
2146-477: The ability to provide consumers with a convenient means to purchase iPods and other consumer electronics, saying "This is exciting because it brings most-wanted merchandise into stores in a unique new way.... How cool is that?" Today, Macy's has converted its entire Electronics section in every store to (over 400) eSpot ZoomShops . Macy's significantly increased its use of television advertising and product placement in 2006 and 2007, using branding spots that featured
2220-503: The annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City since 1924 and has sponsored the city's annual Fourth of July fireworks display since 1976. Macy's Herald Square is one of the largest department stores in the world. The flagship store covers almost an entire New York City block, features about 1.1 million square feet (100,000 m ) of retail space, includes additional space for offices and storage, and serves as
2294-418: The center areas are higher to be reminiscent of older department stores. The format was the culmination of 18 months of research to create stores for the "My Macy's" initiative that allows stores to be merchandised differently in markets across the country to meet local demands. On October 28, 2014 Macy's, Inc. announced an extension of the lease-operation agreement with Al Tayer Group LLC that would bring
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2368-796: The chain's first location in a U.S. territory. It is located in the Plaza Las Américas mall in San Juan . In 2001 Federated dissolved its Stern's division in the New York metropolitan area, with the bulk of the stores being absorbed into Macy's East . Additionally, in July 2001, it acquired the Liberty House chain with department and specialty stores in Hawaii and Guam, consolidating it with Macy's West. In early 2003 Federated closed
2442-414: The changing needs and expectations of consumers and was slowly replaced by more upscale shopping alternatives. In its later years, there were a few violent crimes and shoplifting was rampant, which further contributed to its decline. Macy%27s Macy's (originally R. H. Macy & Co. ) is an American department store chain founded in 1858 by Rowland Hussey Macy . It has been a sister brand to
2516-531: The city's former Northland Center shopping mall following its closure in 2015. Northland Center Northland Center was an enclosed shopping mall on an approximately 159-acre (64 ha) site located near the intersection of M-10 (the John C. Lodge Freeway) and Greenfield Road in Southfield, Michigan , an inner-ring suburb of Detroit , Michigan , United States . Construction began in 1952 and
2590-490: The color of money. On January 12, 2006, Federated announced its plans to divest May Company's Lord & Taylor division by the end of 2006 before converting and closing seven stores. On June 22, 2006, Macy's announced that NDRC Equity Partners, LLC would purchase Lord & Taylor for US$ 1.2 billion (equivalent to $ 1.81 billion in 2024), and completed the sale in October 2006. By September 9, 2006, after renaming
2664-503: The company further announced plans to convert its stock ticker symbol from "FD" to "M", and revised its name change to Macy's, Inc . The change in corporate names was approved by shareholders on May 18, 2007, and took effect on June 1, 2007. The company continues to operate stores under the Macy's and Bloomingdale's nameplates. In March 2009, Macy's opened a one-level, 120,000-square-foot (11,000 m ) concept store in Gilbert, Arizona,
2738-459: The day the store opened as Hudson's in 1954. With just a handful of inline stores left, Northland Center officially closed on April 15, 2015. Northland Center was sold on December 18, 2008, to New York City -based Ashkenazy Acquisition Corporation, with Jones Lang LaSalle (which also owns Eastland Center in Harper Woods ). Ashkenazy Acquisition defaulted on a $ 31 million payment in
2812-493: The end of 2021, JANA had reduced their holding in Macy's by 84%, or about 1.5% of the company. In August 2021, Macy's announced they were partnering with Toys "R" Us to open toy shops in Macy's stores, starting in 2022. In November 2021, Macy's announced they were starting a free education program and boosting its corporation base salary to $ 15 per hour. In February 2023, Macy's said they would no longer sell leather goods made of exotic skins, such as reptiles or ostriches. On
2886-530: The endpoint for the Thanksgiving Day parade. The value of Herald Square alone is estimated at $ 3 billion. In August 2021, WHP Global announced that Toys "R" Us is opening 400+ stores within Macy's starting in 2022. In recent years, the brand has opened new stores under the "Market By Macy's" monicker. Rowland Hussey Macy opened four retail dry goods stores between 1843 and 1855. One of them
2960-401: The exception of a small pre-existing building on the corner of 35th Street and Seventh Avenue and another on the corner of 34th Street and Broadway. This latter 5-story building was purchased by Robert H. Smith in 1900 for $ 375,000 (equivalent to $ 13.7 million in 2024) with the idea of getting in the way of Macy's becoming the largest store in the world: it is largely supposed that Smith, who
3034-778: The first Bloomingdale's stores in Atlanta. The company rapidly followed suit in May 2003 with similar rebranding announcements for its other nameplates, Burdines in Florida, Goldsmith's in Memphis , Lazarus in the lower Midwest, and The Bon Marché in the Pacific Northwest. On March 6, 2005, the Bon-Macy's , Burdines-Macy's , Goldsmith's-Macy's , Lazarus-Macy's , and Rich's–Macy's stores were renamed as simply "Macy's",
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3108-472: The first Macy's store overseas to Abu Dhabi , anchoring a new mall with its corporate-sister Bloomingdale's , which will open its second overseas store (the first was located at The Dubai Mall ); both are slated to open in 2018. Macy's was the 15th-largest retailer in the United States for 2014 by revenue . In January 2015, it was announced that Macy's would close 14 stores nationwide and shift 830 workers from Macy's and Bloomingdale's stores. Unrelated to
3182-604: The first two as the new Macy's West and Macy's Florida divisions respectively and the later three as part of the Macy's Central division. As of July 2005, Macy's had 424 stores throughout the U.S. On February 28, 2005, Federated agreed to terms of a deal to acquire The May Department Stores Company for $ 11 billion (equivalent to $ 17.2 billion in 2024) in stock, creating the nation's second largest department store chain with $ 30 billion (equivalent to $ 46.8 billion in 2024) in annual sales and more than 1,000 stores. On July 28, 2005, Federated announced, based on
3256-508: The following year, and Valentine died in 1879. Ownership of the company remained in the Macy family until 1895, when the Straus brothers, Isidor and Nathan , acquired the company (now called "R. H. Macy & Co."). Isidor Straus and his brother Nathan Straus had previously held a license to sell china and other goods in the Macy's store. In 1902, the flagship store moved uptown to Herald Square at 34th Street and Broadway, so far north of
3330-795: The former May Company stores, Macy's operated approximately 850 stores in the United States. To promote its largest and most recent expansion, Macy's used a version of the Martha and the Vandellas hit song, " Dancing in the Street ", in its advertising. Also, the company took props from its annual Thanksgiving Day parade to various re-labeled stores throughout the nation, in what the company marketed as its "Parade on Parade". In October 2006, Federated Department Stores entered into an agreement with Zoom Systems to test more than 100 stores within retail giant Macy's. Terry Lundgren, CEO of Federated, raved about
3404-493: The holiday season in 2015. The company announced that it experienced same store sales declines of 5.2% in November and December 2015 – typically busy months. In January 2016, Macy's announced that it will layoff up to 4,800 employees. The company said that these closings would experience cost savings of $ 400 million. As of January 2016, Macy's had 770 stores in total. On August 11, 2016, Macy's announced that it would close 100 stores in early 2017, expecting to save $ 550 million
3478-545: The iconic Herald Square flagship store at a reported cost of $ 400 million. Studio V Architecture , a New York-based firm, was the overall Master Plan architect of the project. Studio V's design raised controversy over the nature of contemporary design and authentic restoration. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places as a National Historic Landmark in 1978. Macy's opened their first branch store outside their 34th Street location in
3552-485: The majority of its historic Davison's franchise in Atlanta (operating as Macy's since 1985), rebranding its other Atlanta division Rich's with the unwieldy name, Rich's–Macy's. The downtown location – formerly the Davison's flagship store at 180 Peachtree Street – was shuttered at this time as well. The original Macy's Lenox Square and Perimeter Mall locations were extensively remodeled and opened in October 2003 as
3626-638: The mall opened on March 22, 1954. Northland was a milestone for regional shopping centers in the United States. Designed by Victor Gruen , the mall initially included a four-level Hudson's with a ring of stores surrounding it. As originally built, it was an open air pedestrian mall with arrayed structures. The mall was enclosed in 1975 and expanded several times in its history. Additions included five other department store anchors: J. C. Penney in 1975, MainStreet in 1985 (sold to Kohl's three years later), and TJ Maxx , Target , and Montgomery Ward in
3700-412: The manufacturing and sale of such items. In 2020, Macy's closed its Cincinnati headquarters, consolidating headquarters operations in New York City. JANA Partners , an activist investment firm, disclosed a large stake in Macy's in 2021, and sent a letter to the board recommending spinning off the company's online business. In response, Macy's hired AlixPartners to review their business structure. By
3774-593: The merger by federal regulators. The rebranding of the May stores was disliked in Chicago and elsewhere because the stores were regarded as beloved local institutions. The renaming of Filene's, Marshall Field's, and Kaufmann's, which were well known for their downtown flagship stores and local traditions provoked the most outrage. For example, Kaufmann's operated the Kaufmann's Celebrate the Season Parade which
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#17327975873153848-553: The new City of Southfield. In 1964, the Library moved to a new building in the Southfield Civic Center complex. The 1960s and 1970s were years of continued growth for the City of Southfield and its Library. To keep pace with the City's expansion, an enlarged and renovated Southfield Public Library was made available to the community in 1980. In 1999, Southfield voters approved a millage increase to build and operate
3922-424: The new Macy's star logo. Macy's television commercials are produced primarily by New York Production Services , a New York-based commercial and independent film production company. During two episodes of the popular ABC television series Desperate Housewives (" I Remember That " and " Now You Know "), a Macy's location in the fictional city of Fairview was featured, rare instances of product placement promoting
3996-462: The original property that would be spared are the maintenance garage, the network of tunnels underneath the mall, the water tower and the building that formerly housed Hudson's/Marshall Field's/Macy's. On October 26, 2017, two-and-a-half years after the mall's shuttering, demolition began on Northland Center, with the former Target store being the first section to be levelled, followed by the former Firestone tire center. The city of Southfield submitted
4070-474: The other main dry goods emporia that it had to offer a steam wagonette to transport customers from 14th Street to 34th Street. Although the Herald Square store initially consisted of just one building, it expanded through new construction, eventually occupying almost the entire block bounded by Seventh Avenue on the west, Broadway on the east, 34th Street on the south and 35th Street on the north, with
4144-532: The remainder of the I. Magnin chain, converting several to Macy's or Bullock's and selling four in Carmel , Beverly Hills , San Diego and Phoenix to Saks Fifth Avenue . Federated also merged its Abraham & Straus / Jordan Marsh division with the new "Macy's East" organization based in New York, renaming the Abraham & Straus stores in metropolitan New York with the Macy's nameplate in 1995, and then erasing
4218-409: The second largest department store (next to Macy's of New York City ) in the United States. In 1948, architect Victor Gruen convinced Hudson's, then reluctant to build branch stores, to take advantage of suburban growth by constructing a ring of four shopping centers surrounding the city of Detroit. Of the four – Eastland Center , Southland Center , and Westland Center were the others – Northland
4292-423: The small Macy's North division. In May 1993, Macy's announced the planned fall 1994 launch of TV Macy's, the retailer's own home shopping channel, in conjunction with Don Hewitt , Thomas Leahy and Cablevision . R. H. Macy & Co. merged with Federated Department Stores on December 19, 1994. Following the merger, the reorganized Macy's moved its headquarters to Cincinnati , Ohio. Federated promptly shut down
4366-639: The store closings, on July 13, 2015, Macy's announced it had sold the former flagship store of Kaufmann's in Downtown Pittsburgh for redevelopment, closing the location after 128 years. In May 2015, Macy's joined the new American Express -backed Plenti rewards card, which it shares with AT&T Mobility , Direct Energy , Enterprise Rent-A-Car , ExxonMobil , Hulu , Nationwide Insurance , and Rite Aid . On September 9, 2015, Macy's announced it would close 35 to 40 under-performing stores by early 2016. The retailer's struggles continued into
4440-605: The success of converting its own regional brands to the Macy's name, its plans to similarly convert 330 regional department stores owned by the May Company (as May Department Stores was generally referred to) to the Macy's nameplate. This included May's Marshall Field's (which had just been purchased by the May Company from Target in 2004), Kaufmann's , Famous-Barr , Filene's , Foley's , Hecht's , The Jones Store , L. S. Ayres , Meier & Frank , Robinsons-May , and Strawbridge & Clothier chains, pending approval of
4514-417: The summer of 2014, and Spinoso Real Estate Group was named receiver . In February 2015, following the closure of the anchor stores, a local judge announced that the mall would be closing as of March 2015. Around this time, the mall's official website closed. On October 7, 2015, the city of Southfield purchased the property for $ 2.5 million with plans to demolish most of the property. The only remnants of
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#17327975873154588-623: The time of closure was a Macy's) building will be saved. The first phase of the redevelopment will feature "1,546 new for-rent housing units, the majority of them in 14 planned five- and six-story buildings." The "remaining 254 residences would be loft-style apartments built into Northland's original shell surrounding the former Hudson's." The original building, Hudson's, will then become a "530,406-square-foot food and goods emporium called Hudson City Market, featuring food and entertainment options, home furnishing stores, local "mom and pop" businesses as well as office space." A common complaint and belief
4662-494: The time. On the company's first day of business on October 28, 1858, sales totaled $ 11.08, equal to $ 390.19 today. The branding emblem at the onset of the 1858 store was a rooster. The red star did not appear to replace it until 1862. As the business grew, Macy's expanded into neighboring buildings, opening more and more departments. The store used publicity devices such as a store Santa Claus , themed exhibits, and illuminated window displays to draw in customers. It also offered
4736-403: The ugliness and fast-buck approach of many projects. "I refuse to pay alimony for those bastard developments", he told Time magazine. The shopping center also featured various underground service tunnels used for various purposes. Mainly, truck deliveries, storage, workshop space, and at one point, a nuclear bomb shelter. The network is several miles long and has 484 rooms. When the building
4810-612: The value of Macy's shares fell 14%, its biggest drop in seven months. In February 2017, the Hudson's Bay Company made an overture to Macy's for a potential takeover of the struggling department store. Macy's acquired experiential concept Story in May 2018 and made a minority investment in b8ta, a retail as a service concept, in June 2018. By February 2019, Macy's Inc. was operating 867 stores, including Macy's, Backstage, Bloomingdale's, Bloomingdale's Outlets, Bluemercury, and STORY; 641 of
4884-629: The years it has been known as Macy's New York and Macy's Northeast . On February 1, 2006, Macy's East assumed operating control over the Filene's , Strawbridge's , many of the Kaufmann's stores in upstate New York and the Hecht's stores in Pennsylvania , Maryland , D.C. and northern Virginia. These locations assumed the Macy's moniker officially on September 9, 2006. In 2008 Macy's East took over
4958-884: Was $ 88 million. The shopping center opened to much fanfare. Articles about the center appeared in national media outlets such as The Wall Street Journal , Time , Look , Life , Ladies Home Journal and Newsweek . Reviewers had heralded the Northland as the future of shopping in post-war America. Besides Hudson's, Northland opened with a number of other local retailers including: Hughes & Hatcher, Max Green's, Kosins, The Wild Pair, Barna-Bee Children's Shops, Cunningham Drug , Baker's Shoes, Chandler's Shoes, Big Boy restaurant, Himelhoch's, Winkelman's, Albert's, S.S. Kresge Corporation , Robinson Furniture, Raimi's Curtains, Better Made Potato Chips, Kroger , Barricini Candies, and Sanders Confectionery . Northland featured auditoriums, The Northland Playhouse, The Northland Theater,
5032-497: Was a neighbor of the Macy's store on 14th Street, was acting on behalf of Siegel-Cooper , which had built what they thought was the world's largest store on Sixth Avenue in 1896. Macy's ignored the tactic, and simply built around the building, which now carries Macy's "shopping bag" sign by lease arrangement. In 1912, Isidor Straus died in the sinking of the Titanic at the age of 67 with his wife, Ida. The original Broadway store
5106-547: Was designed by architects De Lemos & Cordes , was built in 1901–02 by the Fuller Company and has a Palladian facade, but has been updated in many details. There were further additions to the west in 1924 and 1928, and the Seventh Avenue building in 1931, all designed by architect Robert D. Kohn , the newer buildings were increasingly Art Deco in style. In 2012, Macy's began the first full renovation of
5180-680: Was renamed Macy's San Francisco in 1947, later becoming Macy's California, and John Taylor was renamed Macy's Missouri-Kansas in 1949. Stores in Toledo retained the Lasalle's name until 1981, joining the Missouri-Kansas stores to become Macy's Midwest. The Toledo stores were sold to Elder-Beerman in 1986. In 1965, Macy's opened a large branch store on Queens Boulevard in Elmhurst , in the New York City borough of Queens . The owner of
5254-500: Was that Northland's decline and demise was in part to the change in consumer base and changing demographics in Metro Detroit. During Northland's early years, there was a larger consumer base and less competition from rival malls. Competition from newer malls like Somerset Collection , Fairlane Town Center , Oakland Mall , Twelve Oaks Mall contributed to the migration from Northland. Northland failed to compete and change with
5328-475: Was the first to be built. These malls encircle Detroit's inner-ring of suburbs. At the time, Northland Center was the world's largest shopping center. Northland Center became the first major postwar development in suburban Detroit and was the first of many forays into the suburbs by Hudson's. Some $ 30,000,000 was invested in constructing the facility. The first-year gross for the Northland Hudson's
5402-403: Was the original Macy's store in downtown Haverhill, Massachusetts ; it opened in 1851 to serve the mill industry employees of the area. They all failed, but he learned from his mistakes. Macy moved to New York City in 1858, to establish a new store named "R. H. Macy & Co." on Sixth Avenue between 13th and 14th Streets . The location was far north of where other dry goods stores were at
5476-548: Was traditionally broadcast live throughout the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania on television. Many customers publicly vowed to never again shop at the renamed May stores and to switch to competitors. Prominent film critic Roger Ebert voiced the grief of many Chicagoans at the loss of Field's when he wrote in his column on September 21, 2005: I thought the day would never come. I am looking at my Field's charge card, which I have cut up into tiny pieces. They look like little tears
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