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McCurdy's

BradMandell — 2009-03-27T14:03:34Z

add former store locatiion B. FOrman info and refs

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- John C. McCurdy founded McCurdy's in ["1901"] and his son, ["Gilbert McCurdy"] later took over the business, expanded it and attracted fame by co-developing the ["Midtown Plaza"] and making McCurdy's Department Store a key player in the plaza.	+ John C. McCurdy founded McCurdy's in ["1901"] and operated a department store at 285 Main Street East. His son, ["Gilbert McCurdy"] later took over the business, expanded it and attracted fame by co-developing the ["Midtown Plaza"] with ["Maurice Forman"] and making McCurdy's Department Store a key player in the plaza along with ["B. Forman's"].
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	+ * [http://bulk.resource.org/courts.gov/c/F2/453/453.F2d.1144.71-1026.71-1027.768-771.35434.35839.html Tax Dispute Appeals Court Documents] from a tax dispute argued in June 1971 and decided in 1972 contain information regarding Midtown, Forman and McCurdy. + * [http://interactive.wxxi.org/content/your-memories-midtown WXXI.org Memories of Midtown] +

BradMandell — 2009-03-26T18:38:03Z

update with history references and context of the sale

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- '''McCurdy's''' was a ["Department Stores" department store] in ["Midtown Plaza"] and mainstay of the Rochester ["Downtown" downtown] in its heyday.	+ '''McCurdy's''' was a ["Department Stores" department store] and mainstay of the Rochester ["Downtown" downtown] in its heyday. + + John C. McCurdy founded McCurdy's in ["1901"] and his son, ["Gilbert McCurdy"] later took over the business, expanded it and attracted fame by co-developing the ["Midtown Plaza"] and making McCurdy's Department Store a key player in the plaza. + + McCurdy sold the store to May Departments Stores in 1994, but a federal judge temporarily prohibited them from acquiring it on anti-trust grounds in November of that year. In 1995 the May Company sold the store along with three others to ["Bon-Ton"] to avoid the legal issues.
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	+ '''Notes and References''' + * [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb4298/is_199503/ai_n14992210?tag=content;col1 May Co. to sell 4 McCurdy's in Rochester, N.Y., to Bon-Ton] from Daily News Record , March, 1995 (Brief Article) + * [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb4298/is_199411/ai_n14982218?tag=content;col1 Federal judge put brakes on May's purchase of McCurdy's] - Daily News Record , November, 1994 +

BradMandell — 2009-03-26T15:06:47Z

Create Enttry - WOrk in progress

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	+ '''McCurdy's''' was a ["Department Stores" department store] in ["Midtown Plaza"] and mainstay of the Rochester ["Downtown" downtown] in its heyday. + + See [wiki:wikipedia:McCurdy's Wikipedia Article] for more details. + + [[Comments]]