Donaldson's, Minneapolis, Minnesota is a defunct department store company. Nickname: City of Lakes Motto: En Avant (French: Lets go!) Location in Hennepin County and the state of Minnesota. ... The interior of a typical Macys department store. ...

History

The L. S. Donaldson Co., Minneapolis, Minnesota, was founded in 1883 by Scottish Immigrants. It was built as "The Glass Block" in 1884 because the building extensively used glass in its design. That building even included a small dome at the intersection of Nicollet avenue and West Seventh Street, but it was dismantled for scrap metal durind the Second World War. It was renovated beyond its historical recognition after the war. 1884 (MDCCCLXXXIV) is a leap year starting on Tuesday (click on link to calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Thursday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Glass can be made transparent and flat, or into other shapes and colors as shown in this sphere from the Verrerie of Brehat in Brittany. ... This article includes a list of works cited or a list of external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks in-text citations. ... Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ...

The store was acquired by Allied Stores Corp. in 1928. In 1985 it acquired its struggling rival The Powers Dry Goods Co. from Associated Dry Goods Corp., which gave it same breathing room against dominant rival Dayton's. Allied Stores was a department store chain in the United States. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The famous Minneapolis department store known as Daytons was among the leaders in shopping and fashion in the United States for nearly a century. ...

When the producers of The Mary Tyler Moore Show were filming Minneapolis exteriors for the opening sequence of the show in March, 1970, the famous hat-toss scene was filmed directly in front of Donaldson's. This can best be verified in the opening scenes of the shows from the first season. All other openings of the show deleted the Donaldson scene. The Mary Tyler Moore Show is an American television sitcom created by James L. Brooks and Allan Burns that aired on CBS from September 19, 1970 to March 19, 1977. ... This article is about the city in Minnesota. ...

Donaldson's scene from Mary Tyler Moore opening

Years later, the flagship store left its old building for the basement of City Center when it opened in 1980. The original store complex, which occupied an entire block, burned in a fire on Thanksgiving day in 1982 due to arson. In 1987, after Campeau Corp.'s buy-out of Allied Stores Corp., Donaldson's was purchased by Carson Pirie Scott & Co. of Chicago, Illinois which renamed the stores with its own imprimatur. Carson's in its turn was acquired by P.A. Bergner & Co. of Milwaukee, Wisconsin (and formerly of Peoria, Illinois) in 1989, which in turn filed for bankruptcy in 1991. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Campeau Corporation was a Canadian real estate development and investment compamy founded by entrepeneur Robert Campeau. ... Carson Pirie Scott & Co. ... Flag Seal Nickname: The Windy City Motto: Urbs In Horto (Latin: City in a Garden), I Will Location Location in Chicagoland and northern Illinois Coordinates , Government Country State Counties United States Illinois Cook, DuPage Mayor Richard M. Daley (D) Geographical characteristics Area     City 606. ... Bergners is a major department store in central and northern Illinois, established in 1889 in Peoria, Illinois, and offering mid-line to higher end merchandise in their largest stores. ... Nickname: Cream City, Brew City, Mil Town, The City of Festivals Location of Milwaukee in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin Coordinates: County Milwaukee Government  - Mayor Tom Barrett Area  - City  97 sq mi (251. ... Location of Peoria in Illinois Coordinates: Country United States of America State Illinois County Peoria European settlement 1680 Town incorporation 1835 City incorporation 1845 Government type Council-Manager  - Mayor Jim Ardis Area    - City 120. ...

In 1995 Carson's sold the rump of the chain to Dayton's parent Dayton Hudson Corp., which re-opened them under its moderate Mervyn's chain, mostly in a move to prevent serious competition in its Twin Cities stronghold by Kohl's. In 2004 when Dayton's successor Marshall Field's was acquired by May Department Stores, it also agreed to buy the former Donaldson locations, which Mervyn's promptly shuttered, and be responsible for disposing of the real-estate. This article is about the United States retail company. ... Mervyns is a neighborhood department store based in Hayward, California. ... Kohls Corporation (NYSE: KSS) is a department store chain headquartered in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, a suburb of Milwaukee. ... Marshall Fields was an iconic Chicago, Illinois department store that grew to become a major chain before being acquired by Cincinnati-based Federated Department Stores on August 30, 2005. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

References

http://www.lileks.com/mpls/donald/index.html (Long Gone Minneapolis)