But whenever a major purchase was contemplated forty years ago -- a new bedroom set or a winter coat, an Easter bonnet, a bicycle for Junior -- the family set off for the downtown department store, where the selection would be greatest.

These stores are still there, but the volume of the `` downtown store '' has been on a relative decline, while in many cities the suburban `` branch '' sells more and more dry goods.

In many cases that statement -- `` We break even on our downtown operation and make money on our branches '' -- would be turned around if the cost analysis were recalculated on terms less prejudicial to the old store.

Just as the suburban factory may be more convenient than the downtown plant to the worker with a car, the trip to the shopping center may seem far easier than to the downtown department store, though both are the same distance from home.

If the distant patron of the suburban branch has been frightened away from downtown by traffic problems, however, the city store can only pressure the politicians to do something about the highways or await the completion of the federal highway program.

And if the affection for the suburban branch reflects a desire to shop with `` nice people '', rather than with the indiscriminate urban mass which supports the downtown department store, the central location may be in serious trouble.

* 1983 – The tallest department store in the world, Hudson's flagship store in downtown Detroit, closes due to high cost of operating.

* 11: 05 PM, a Pakistani immigrant and businessman, Waqar Hasan, 46, was shot dead in his store, Mom's Grocery, in downtown Dallas, TX — again, possibly because of his turban.

The store remained in operation until 1987 and was later closed that year due to redevelopment in downtown Rochester.

Vick jewelry store in Columbus since 1975, and moved to downtown Atlanta to live with his son, William Laws Calley III.

With neighboring communities seeing downtown development and a focus on either recruiting chain store or upscale small stores, Cranford has been debating the issue.

Benjamin worked with his son Harry in the shoe repair shop until he secured a loan to open a meat counter and grocery store in the city's downtown area.

The chain's flagship store was in downtown Ann Arbor, Michigan at the corner of Liberty and Maynard Streets, in the building once occupied by the now defunct Jacobson's Department Store.

Known afterwards as the Greensboro Four, the four men deliberately sat at a " whites-only " lunch counter at the Woolworth's store in downtown Greensboro and asked to be served.

The original name can be seen in the names of two of the longer standing downtown businesses, Pinegrove consignment store, and the Pinecone restaurant.

Ferndale's downtown shopping area, 9 Mile Road, featured many busy, popular stores in the 1940s to 1960s, including A & P Supermarket, State Supermarket ( which later became Food Fair, and eventually Farmer Jack ), Federal Department Store, Cunningham's Drugs, Hagelstein's Bakery, F & M Drugs ( the first store in the chain ), Sanders Bakery, Western Auto, several clothing and shoe stores, Ferndale Lanes ( a 20-lane second-story bowling alley over a group of stores on 9 Mile west of Woodward ), Kresge's, Woolworth's and Neisner " dime stores.

As the Richmond Telegram reported, on June 6, 1894, Jenkins gathered his family, friends and newsmen at Jenkins ' cousin's jewelry store in downtown Richmond and projected a filmed motion picture for the first time in front of an audience.

In 2010, additional commercial real estate activity is anticipated including the construction of the Lowe ’ s Home Improvement store mentioned earlier ; a new 30, 000 professional office building to house a high tech network-based solutions company named Ednetics ; a 30, 000 LEED certified industrial building to be the home of a subsidiary of Berg Integrated Systems will begin construction in early 2010 ; the State of Idaho Department of Labor will construct their new regional office here in Post Falls that will provide services to the northern five counties of Idaho ; Blue Dog RV is planning on constructing a new recreational vehicle showroom and maintenance facility ; several restaurants are also anticipated to locate within the Pointe at Post Falls regional power center to take advantage of the retail traffic of Cabela ’ s and Wal-Mart ; the City ’ s downtown area is expected to see a major mixed use project also take off with infrastructure and the first phase including a hospitality component begin construction ; and finally the community anticipates that construction on the Beck Road Interchange with Interstate 90 will begin this fall ultimately providing service to the Pointe at Post Falls and EXPO on the north side of the freeway and the Riverbend Commerce Park and Greyhound Event Center on the south side of the Interstate 90.

Scenes from the 1992 movie Universal Soldier were filmed in the downtown area as well as a local grocery store and at the Kingman Airport.

In 1891, he moved that store west out of the valley to what is now downtown Gravette.

The store, now owned and operated by Fred and Mabel Webb McKinney, continues in its original location on East Pickens downtown.

It has a small downtown area with a general store, post office, library, two restaurants, one gift shop and a coffee shop.

If the retailer and hotelman's downtown unit sales have been decreasing, however, his dollar volume continues to rise, and it is dollars which you put in the bank.

Common usage, as well as signs until 1997, continues Route 128 east along the first 7 miles ( 11 km ) of Interstate 93 to the Braintree Split in Braintree, where I-93 turns north with Route 3 toward downtown Boston.

Route 28 continues east as a four-lane undivided road through the downtown area of Westfield, crossing County Route 613 ( Central Avenue ).

Past this interchange, Route 28 becomes West Westfield Avenue and crosses into Roselle Park, where it continues through a mix of residences and commercial establishments, where it crosses over the Raritan Valley Line and intersects with County Route 617 ( Faitoute Avenue / Gordon Street ) before heading into the downtown area of Roselle Park.

The road widens to six lanes and the route intersects County Route 510 ( Market Street ) near Newark Penn Station and continues north into downtown Newark, splitting from the Northeast Corridor rail line.

* 25px25px Business U. S. Route 40 ( Uniontown )- bypassed by a freeway through the more suburbanized areas of the small city, the original routing of US 40 has been turned into this downtown connector ; from its western expressway terminus, the route runs as a narrow four-lane street toward the business district, at which its eastbound and westbound lanes split to become East Fayette St and East Main St respectively ; the road then continues with a two-lane segment through hilly but populated South Union Township, before ending as US 40's freeway stretch transitions to a mountain climb

At the south end of I-45, State Highway 87 ( formerly part of US 75 ) continues into downtown Galveston.

The route continues through the downtown area of Frenchtown as county-maintained two-lane undivided Bridge Street.

Overall, however, the downtown area of Terre Haute continues to be plagued by much blight and poverty.

At the intersection with Main Street in the commercial downtown, Route 45 splits from U. S. Route 40 by heading north on Main Street while County Route 672 heads south on Main Street and U. S. Route 40 continues to the east on East Avenue.

The road intersects County Route 663 and continues through the downtown.

It runs from 10th near downtown Indianapolis through Broad Ripple and then crosses into Carmel at 96th Street and continues north through 146th Street into Westfield.

It proceeds straight through the downtown and continues south until you leave town.

* begins in downtown Munising and continues northeasterly through Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore.

Despite the recent recession that has affected Southeast Michigan, downtown Brighton continues to be a dining and nightlife destination for the local area.

In 1867, Drew University was founded in 1867 and continues to operate in Madison, on a wooded campus near downtown that previously was a private residence.

Despite its small size, Lordstown continues to grow slowly ; people seeking housing in the area are drawn to its rural appearance, abundance of buildable land, and proximity to downtown Warren.

The downtown area continues to bear its English and Dutch street names today.

The Utah Transit Authority operates 3 bus routes into the community-# 335 comes from downtown Salt Lake City, while # 35 and # 475 begin at the West Valley City town center ( near Valley Fair Mall and the E Center ) and come down 3500 South-# 475 continues on to Tooele.

The Simpson Timber Company mill on Puget Sound's Oakland Bay continues to dominate the landscape of the downtown area.

After passing Lolo Peak to the south and traveling east for, it meets with US 93 at Lolo and continues as a concurrency northeast for, where US 93 heads due north on Reserve Street, and US 12 keeps going Northeast to downtown Missoula, eventually meeting Interstate 90.

Here, County Route 537 continues along Route 35 as Route 71 terminates at the intersection in downtown Eatontown.

Though significant renovations were made to Greer Stadium, MFP continues to explore building a new downtown ballpark for the club, which will remain in Nashville.