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Gately's People's Store. Gatelys Peoples Store was a department store at 11201 S. Michigan Avenue, in the Roseland neighborhood of Chicago. It was described as "the biggest store on Michigan Avenue". [1] James Gately purchased the Peoples Store in 1917 and added his name. The store thrived until the late 1960s, when white flight led to ...
Abt Electronics is an independent family-owned retailer in the United States of consumer electronics, major appliances, and furniture. Abt operates 880,000 square feet at a single location in Glenview, Illinois, on 70 acres (280,000 m 2) of land, and online since 1997. [1] Abt Electronics now distributes products from coast to coast in the US. The company has operated in the Chicago market ...
Pages in category "Defunct companies based in Chicago" The following 145 pages are in this category, out of 145 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
WFLD (channel 32) is a television station in Chicago, Illinois, United States, serving as the market's Fox network outlet. It is owned and operated by the network's Fox Television Stations division alongside Gary, Indiana –licensed MyNetworkTV outlet WPWR-TV (channel 50). The two stations share studios on North Michigan Avenue in the Chicago Loop, and transmitter facilities atop the Willis ...
Pages in category "Defunct consumer electronics retailers in the United States" The following 36 pages are in this category, out of 36 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The Merchandise Mart (or the Merch Mart, or the Mart) is a commercial building located in downtown Chicago, Illinois. When it was opened in 1930, it was the largest building in the world, with 4 million square feet (372,000 m 2) of floor space. [1] [2] The Art Deco structure is located at the junction of the Chicago River 's branches. The building is a leading retailing and wholesale location ...
The Shops at North Bridge, once known as Westfield North Bridge, is an upscale, urban retail-entertainment district in Chicago, Illinois, located at 520 N. Michigan Avenue. Its anchor store is Nordstrom. Its name alludes first to its location within the nine-block North Bridge complex and to the literal distinction of the shopping center incorporating four-level enclosed bridges over both east ...
Kroch's and Brentano's was the largest bookstore in Chicago, and at one time it was the largest privately owned bookstore chain in the United States. The store and the chain were formed in 1954 through the merger of the separate Kroch's bookstore with the former Chicago branch of the New York-based Brentano's bookstore. [1] The chain was closed in 1995 after suffering financial losses from ...