Twenty five years ago it was the end of an era as F.W. Woolworth’s, the original five-and-dime store launched more than a century before, called it quits. The once mighty retail pioneer announced on ...

A new five-and-dime store opened on a rainy July 2, 1902, at a double storefront at 217-219 First Ave. East in Cedar Rapids. The Woolworth’s opening got billing in The Gazette that day. “An immense ...

Do you remember Woolworth’s store on Main Street? The KeyBank is now located where Woolworth’s was in the 1970s. In 1972 a dangerous fire destroyed the Woolworth building. The fire began before ...