W.T. Grant was a national chain of department stores, originally founded in 1906 in Lynn, Massachusetts. At it's height the chain had 1,200 locations, but changes in the economy, internal mismanagement, and a failure to keep up with competitors' innovations led to the company's bankruptcy in 1976, at the time the second-largest in US history. The W.T. Grant in Freeport, NY opened in 1950 and closed in 1975. Though the store closed 45 years ago (the location is now Chubbuck's Farmacia Hispana), the Grant's name can still be seen all over the front entrance.
That is pretty darn cool. By the way... I typed in Chubbuck's Farmacia Hispana into Google images and your blog is the first photo that popped up.
ReplyDeleteI had never heard of this place before, so thanks for the history lesson :)
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