- Franklin Simon & Co.
Infobox Defunct Company
company_name = Franklin Simon & Co.
company_
fate = Bankruptcy
foundation = 1902
defunct = 1979
location =New York, New York
industry =Retail
key_people =Franklin Simon , founder
products = Fashion apparel, shoes, accessories, and cosmetics.
num_employees =
parent =City Stores Company
subsid =Franklin Simon & Co. was a department store chain specializing in womans fashions and furnishing based in
New York City . The store was conceived as a collection of specialty shops rather than a traditional department store. Each "shop" had a specialty like those that sold ready-to-wear apparel for women, misses, girls, boys, men, young men and infants. [ [http://www.14to42.net/38street1.5.html Franklin Simon & Co., 2003 photograph of fading outdoor sign at 16 W. 38th Street, New York, with company history. (retrieved Sep 1, 2008)] .]History
Flagship Store
The main store was established in 1903, at 414
Fifth Avenue at 38th Street, the former home of Mrs. Orme Wilson, sister ofJohn Jacob Astor . It was the first big Fifth Avenue store above 34th Street. The store closed in 1977. [Trager, James (2004) "The New York Chronology: The Ultimate Compendium of Events, People, and Anecdotes from the Dutch to the Present", HarperCollins (p. 736). ISBN 9780060740627] The 280,000-square-foot building later became the flagship store ofW. & J. Sloane , another subsidiary ofCity Stores .Branch Stores
In 1932, Franklin Simon & Co. opened its first branch store in
Greenwich, Connecticut . [cite news
author=
title=Fifth Avenue to Greenwich
date=1932-04-04
work=Time Magazine
url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,743481,00.html
accessdate=2008-08-09] Other early branch locations were atWestport, Connecticut , on the Boston Post Road, near the intersection of South Compo Road, andManhasset, New York (on Long Island). There were also stores in the Green Acres Shopping Center inValley Stream, New York , Central Avenue inEast Orange, New Jersey , and theLivingston Mall , inLivingston, New Jersey . Founder Franklin Simon also operated a resort shop atPalm Beach, Florida in 1932. Branch stores also operated in theBuffalo, New York area. [Rizzo, Michael F. (2007) "Nine Nine Eight: The Glory Days of Buffalo Shopping" Lulu Enterprises, Inc.; Morrisville, North Carolina. ISBN 978-1-4303-1386-1.] When the chain closed in 1979, there were 42 stores.Former locations
[Locations partially compiled from: "U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York: Bankruptcy Notice of Sale of Leases," "The Washington Post", Sep 28, 1979, p. D8.]
Connecticut
* Milford -
Connecticut Post Shopping Center (Store 239/31)
* Stamford -Grand Central Shopping Center (Store 237/70)
* Westport -Compo Acres Shopping Plaza (Store 238/47)Washington, D.C.
*
Washington, D.C. - 1211 Connecticut Ave., N.W. (Store 571/102)Georgia
* Atlanta -
Cumberland Mall (Store 676/92)
* Atlanta - Greenbriar Shopping Center (Store 675/21)
* Atlanta - Lenox Square Shopping Center (Store 677/27)
* Atlanta -Peachtree Center (Store 698/78)
* Atlanta -Perimeter Mall (Store 957/83)
* Decatur -South DeKalb Mall (Store 678/74)
* DeKalb -Northlake Mall (Store 697/77)Maryland
* Baltimore - Security Square Shopping Mall (Store 560/86)
* Baltimore -Mondawmin Mall (Store 561/32)
* Bethesda -Montgomery Mall (Store 570/64)
* Hyattsville -Prince George's Plaza (Store 574/39)
* Rockville -Rockville Mall (Store 563/100)
* Towson - Towson Plaza (Store 562/43)
* Wheaton -Wheaton Plaza (Store 573/48)Michigan
* Detroit -
Eastland Center (Store 493/16)
* Southfield - Northland Shopping Center (Store 492/36)
* Taylor - Southland Center (Store 494/68)
* Troy -Oakland Mall (Store 496/62)
* Westland - Westland Shopping Center (Store 495/46)New Jersey
* East Orange - 544 Central Avenue (Store 441/14)
* Eatontown -Monmouth Mall (Store 443/17)
* Livingston -Livingston Mall New York
* Buffalo - 534 Main Street "(formerly
Oppenheim Collins )"
* Cheektowaga - Thruway Plaza "(formerlyOppenheim Collins )"
* Garden City - Roosevelt Field Shopping Center (Store 336/40)
* Hicksville - Mid-Island Shopping Plaza (Store 335/25)
* Manhasset - Americana Shopping Center (Store 333/28)
* Nanuet -Nanuet Shopping Mall (Store 431/73)
* New York - 414 Fifth Avenue at 38th Street "(opened 1903, becameW. & J. Sloane )"
* Valley Stream - Green Acres Shopping Center store was demolished to make access for the new wing into the parking lot for Green Acres Mall
* Yonkers -Cross County Center (Store 229/12)North Carolina
* Charlotte -
Charlottetown Mall (Store 879/9)
* Charlotte - South Park Shopping Center (Store 890/75)Ohio
*Cleveland - Shaker Square Shopping Center (Store 583/10)
*Parma - Parmatown Shopping Center (Store 584/58)
*Richmond Heights -Richmond Mall (Store 582/56)Pennsylvania
* Germantown - 36 West Chelten Avenue (Store 467/20)
Tennessee
* Memphis -
Poplar-Highlands Plaza (Store 881/29)
* Memphis -Raleigh Springs Mall (Store 880/84)
* Memphis - Southland Mall (Store 889/71)Virginia
* Falls Church -
Seven Corners Shopping Center (Store 572/41) "(opened 1956)"References
External links
* [http://www.14to42.net/38street1.5.html Faded sign for Franklin Simon & Co. (retrieved Sept 1, 2008).]
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