Pre-WWII Downtown Hartford, Connecticut (Postcard)

G. Fox & Company Department Store

• 1947:  Established in Hartford 
• 1918:  Eleven-story building open, replacing 5-story structure destroyed by fire.
• 1965:  Sold to May Department Stores Company.
• 1969:  Downtown store's final expansion.
• 1969:  First branch store opens in Waterbury.  (11 more opened during following 2 decades.)
• 1992:  Name change to Filene's.
• 1993:  Downtown Hartford flagship store closes.
• 2006:  Remaining stores sold to Federated Department Stores; name changed to Macy's.

Reviving Ailing Retail in Downtown Hartford.  (The New York Times, 6/9/1993)
Escape from Connecticut's Cities.  (Brookings, 4/8/2001)
Downtown Discount.  (Hartford Business Journal, 2/7/2011)

Source:  Trip Advisor (Hartford:  Architecture)