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If you grew up with Frank W. Woolworth`s ”five-and-dime” stores, you probably mourned as the old Woolworth`s on your hometown`s main street closed its doors. Great old company, as American as ...
Syracuse, N.Y. — The old Woolworth’s five-and-dime store opened in downtown Syracuse in 1941 and closed in 1979, but the structure has changed little since then.
The historic Woolworth’s building, reopening as early as August 15, is going to have a lot of music, as its basement stage ...
Transformation of a familiar Old Market warehouse is complete — and now there’s room for more than just retailers, bars and restaurants at the 133-year-old Woolworth building.
Six decades later, participants of Woolworth's sit-ins reflect on legacy of movement, ... Charles Bess was 23 years old when he started working as a busboy at Woolworth’s in 1960.
Nothing of the old Woolworth’s except the early-century architecture, protected by official historic building status – and the original 1950s-vintage soda fountain.
The last Woolworth’s lunch counter currently resembles a puzzle. On the first floor of the Woolworth’s building in downtown Bakersfield, relics from the historic building are scattered ...
LAPORTE | It was a symbol of LaPorte's glory days, but now the old Woolworth's store in the downtown is part of the city's future. The once bustling five and dime store in the 600 block of ...
Pieces of history from an old St. Paul brick-and-mortar store are up for grabs starting this week. Developers heading the conversion of the former Woolworth five-and-dime store in downtown St ...
Kendall Soliwoda's large-scale paintings of Greek gods, aquatic scenes, intriguing figures fill the windows of the old Woolworth’s building at 428 Main St.