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Designed by architect Charles Bickel, the Kaufmann's flagship store was built in 1887 at 400 Fifth Avenue in downtown Pittsburgh. Known as The Big Store, it continued to undergo several expansions and renovations in later years.
23 de dic. de 2015 · By Catherine Walworth. When Macy’s closed its historic downtown store in September it also shuttered in the ghosts of the former Kaufmann’s department store, a Pittsburgh institution which had been receding in the city’s collective memory for decades. 1 Much has been made of the fact that Kaufmann’s was more than a store. It was part of a nationwide phenomenon that today seems ...
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18 de nov. de 2015 · The store was founded by a pair of brothers, Jacob and Isaac Kaufmann, as a menswear and tailoring store on Carson Street, on Pittsburgh’s South Side, in 1871. Two more brothers, Morris and Henry, would emigrate from Germany to join the store, which moved across the Monongahela River to a four-story location in 1877, on the opposite side of ...
In 1885, Kaufmann’s moved into a new flagship location, a block-long building, known as the “Grand Depot,” and later, “The Big Store.” Among its details was a tower topped by a statue of the Goddess of Liberty holding a flaming torch, which was lit by natural gas.
By 1888, the store was advertised as "The Big Store" and began to carry women's clothing, housewares, and shoes. Since 1871, the store had been exclusively a men's store. The Kaufmann brothers' business practices were revolutionary at the time.
Photographs of the The Kaufmann’s Department Store depicting its early history and employees, interior views of store departments and restaurants, window displays, executives, store events, expansions to the Kaufmann’s Department Store downtown and regional locations, Kaufmann family members and philanthropic projects. Depositor.
