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In August of 1955 the F.W. Woolworth Co. showed their new downtown store to the public as they were preparing to open.
In August of 1955 the F.W. Woolworth Co. showed their new downtown store to the public as they were preparing to open.
In August of 1955 the F.W. Woolworth Co. showed their new downtown store to the public as they were preparing to open.

Do you remember the Woolworths store in River Park Square? The store closed in 1980 or so and the building, which was mostly parking, was torn down in the RPS reconstruction in the mid-1990s.
What do you remember about it? Which of the downtown variety stores was your favorite as a shopper?

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