When Woolworth's declared bankruptcy back in 1997, it marked the symbolic end of an era when beloved "five and dime" stores could be found in every big city and small town in America. No matter what ...

Memories were made at the iconic five-and-dime, once home to Fargo-Moorhead’s only escalator. The end came in 1980 with a shopping season of nostalgia, indecision and cottage cheese on the side.

Nanci Griffith's most famous song shows off her storytelling skills. "Love At The Five And Time" follows a couple through a lifetime of joy and pain.

It was 1949, and the employees of the F.W. Woolworth store at 212 S. Broadway could look across the street and watch as the finishing touches were being placed on their new home. The sleek, modern ...

In downtown Santa Fe, the adobe buildings have stood for centuries. Despite the changing facades over the years at 58 East San Francisco Street, there’s been a spot that beats alongside the heart of ...

What happens in Santa Fe doesn’t stay in Santa Fe. Wednesday marks 20 years since Five & Dime General Store on the Plaza opened as a smaller, repurposed version of the doomed F.W. Woolworth on the ...

Nickel parakeets and grilled cheese: welcome to the world's most famous five-and-dime -- Early years of the merchant prince -- Birth of Woolworth's "great five-cent store" -- Frank sires a ...

A roast turkey dinner with giblet gravy, cranberry sauce, creamy whipped potatoes, buttered vegetables, a hot Cloverleaf roll and butter, a drink and dessert. The cost: 25 cents. A pick-a-balloon ...

Along a carnival-like half-mile of self-service counters and dashing pushcarts sat Tiki gods and aloha shirts, maki sushi and hibiscus plants. Through the aisles milled thousands of customers as ...