The article traces the origins of James Cash Penney's operations in Washington, including the Golden Rule philosophy of its founder and unique architectural features of Penney's downtown locations, notably the company's first metropolitan store that served downtown Seattle from 1931-1982.David ...
During the time that French was first snapping pics, Santa Claus was played at Frederick’s in downtown Seattle, for the most part, by a radio actor (and tuxedo store salesperson) named Dave Harris. Photos of Harris as Santa, taken by Art French, are on the mantles (or in the attics...
In its heyday, the symbol of the company’s and the family’s success was the downtown store. Period advertisements billed it as “the greatest store in the West.” Modeled after Marshall Field’s, nothing quite as elaborate as Brandeis could be found fromthe Windy Cityto the Rockies. An...
On April 14, the Washington State House also passed an oil transportation safety bill sponsored by Representative Jessyn Farrell (D-Seattle). Much of downtown Seattle falls within the crude-oil route’s half-mile blast zone, including Safeco Field, which sits right next to the railroad. But ...
The Hastings store was sold to Eaton’s in 1948. Eaton’s moved to Pacific Centre in the 1970s and the site was redeveloped into Harbour Centre, which has a 28-storey tower. Simpsons-Sears took over the department store, then in 1988 Simon Fraser made Harbour Centre its d...
So we went to the Sprint shop to relay our discovery to the store manager, and his “fix” was to put the store address in instead of our home address. I knew this wasn’t proper procedure, and the manager said that, since our neighborhood was brand new, it needed to be registered ...
Also, the manager at the T-Mobile store on Bee ridge Road in Sarasota Florida should be fired. Rude, Nasty and other adjectives I could throw in there but I am trying to be a gentleman. Chronology of issues: - I wanted to switch 2 lines from Verizon and go to the senior plan on ...
The Bellevue Police Department today announced the departure of Major Alycia McKinney from the agency after serving the organization and the city of Bellevue for close to a decade. Starting January 6, McKinney will assume the deputy chief of police role with the Port of Seattle Police Department....
The foursome met at the Columbus College of Art and Design (CCAD) located waaay downtown, where few feared to tread at the time. M. Shawn Wolfe benefited from his parents' purchase of the local mom & pop record store in Mt. Vernon, Music Mart, where his obsession with music was fed ...
Big Lots is a department store in Cowlitz, Washington which is located on Ocean Beach Highway. Mapcarta, the open map.