F.W. Woolworth, unable to renegotiate a lease for its store in the newly renovated Quakertown Plaza Shopping Center, is closing the store. For the first time since May 1932, Quakertown will not ...

F.W. Woolworth Co., the country`s eighth-largest retailer, will open more than 800 new stores this year, primarily in its specialty store divisions, according to executives attending the company`s ...

The lunch counter existed from the time that F.W. Woolworth opened in 1912 at 205 E. Douglas until it closed on Dec. 22, 1990, a month ahead of the 12,000 square-foot store.

A few months later, on June 21, 1879, he opened his first successful store, "F. W. Woolworth Great Five Cent Store," in Lancaster, Pa. Within two weeks, he'd opened a second store, in Harrisburg, Pa.

All traces of the streamlined bands of ornament that once graced the facade of the former Fulton Street F.W. Woolworth store are gone, leaving a blank slate as the building preps for a new look.

Mon., Feb. 1, 2010 50 Years Since Woolworth Sit-In In this Jan. 7, 2010 photo, a historical marker is shown in front of the former F.W. Woolworth store at the International Civil Rights Center and ...

The remake of the former Fulton Street F.W. Woolworth store is complete and the building, which once had a streamlined Art Deco limestone facade, is now wrapped in gray and bright blue panels and a ...

F.W. Woolworth Co. said it plans to add 548 units to its 28 specialty store chains by year-end, devoting more than half its $200 million in capital outlays to its specialty businesses. Nearly 300 ...