The tower, designed by Cass Gilbert for five-and-dime-store pioneer Frank Woolworth, was completed in 1913. At 241 metres, it was the world’s tallest skyscraper until 1930.

A historic Upper East Side townhouse at 4 East 80th Street is being offered for rent as its owners search for a buyer.

Frank Woolworth (pictured) Woolworths was founded in 1879 by American entrepreneur Frank Winfield Woolworth, who opened his first five-and-ten variety store in Utica, New York.

Frank Woolworth dies American entrepreneur Frank Winfield Woolworth was a retail pioneer. Born in Rodman, N.Y., Woolworth was known for his “5 and 10 cent” stores, or five-and-dimes.

Frank Woolworth's second cousin, Fred Moore Woolworth, was appointed the managing director of overseas subsidiaries, taking charge of the Liverpool store.

Frank Woolworth started his retail career in 1873 as a sales assistant in the Augsbury and Moore Dry Goods Store in Watertown, New York, and opened his first store in 1879.

Holding rank as fifth tallest in lower Manhattan, 16th tallest in the city, 44th tallest in the U.S., and 148th tallest in the world is the beautiful Woolworth Building (233 Broadway), which ...

Just over a week later, an account stated that the estate of Frank W. Woolworth amounted to £8,000,000. Woolworths stores proliferated in Yorkshire during the 1920s.

In 1873, a sales assistant called Frank Woolworth launched his retail career in the Augubury and Moore Dry Goods Store in Watertown, New York. By 1879, he had persuaded the store's co-owner ...

Ironic that the UK's iconic high street retailer, Woolworth's network of 800 plus stores will shut down on 5 January, 2009, exactly a century from its inception in 1909, when Frank Woolworth ...