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counter-style "Maple Room" (located in the basement), which was very popular with downtown office workers. The "Maple Room" closed in the early 1980s when the basement level was closed as a selling floor, while the "Pine Room" remained open until the entire store was closed in 1987. A third restaurant was available for employees. A Merry-Go-Round was in the basement and operated during the Christmas season when the Newark store was in its heyday. Hahne's also operated a furniture warehouse a few blocks away from the Newark location.
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broke ground in June 2015. The building has 60% dedicated market rate housing units and 40% affordable units to promote the healthy revitalization of Newark while serving those who already live in Newark. The atrium featuring a grand staircase is capped by a steel-and-glass skylight and serves as the
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Hahne's remained too focused on its Newark Store in the 1960s. The Montclair store was built too small to be a true department store, management was so pressed for selling space in Montclair that it had to take their Christmas decorations to the Newark flagship just to store them. Although the
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repositioning had some good ideas but they were too little and too late to save the chain. The stores below that Kane opened are still operated as Lord & Taylor locations, or are occupied by the chains that bought them, while the three that he inherited are all gone except for Westfield.
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announced that they would open a new arts center on three floors of the Hahne and Company building. The arts center will be called "Express Newark", and will include an arts incubator, media center, design consortium, print shop, portrait studio, lecture hall, as well as new exhibition and
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Newark declined badly in the 1960s and 1970s and the division, with most of its sales volume coming from the Newark flagship, went down with it. The Newark location lacked parking and was in a neighborhood that suburban shoppers felt was unsafe. Alan Kane, the executive in charge of their
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in the center of the building which ran from the street floor to the 4th floor. An extensive Budget Store operated in the basement level until it was folded in the mid 1970s. The store also contained two popular dining rooms, the more formal "Pine Room" located on the street floor, and the
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and retail arcade on the ground floor and 83 residential units above. A nine story addition with 77 residential units was constructed on the Halsey St. side of the building and underground parking as well. On October 9, 2014, nearby
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Westfield location was attractive, Hahne's lacked the customer base to compete with the nearby Lord & Taylor in Millburn, Saks Fifth Avenue in Springfield, and Bonwit Teller, B. Altman & Co and Bloomingdale's in Short Hills.
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In mid-1986 Hahne & Co. announced a major reorganization that would see not only the downtown Newark location close, but the corporate offices would leave Newark as well. ADG acquired the large Gimbels location at the
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In 2007, after sitting empty for approximately 20 years, the architecturally significant 1951 Montclair store was demolished and replaced by a new development housing condominiums known as Siena At Montclair.
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During the course of the 1970s and 1980s, the chain attempted to reach out to a broader shopper demographic with mixed results. In 1978, parent ADG appointed Alan Kane, a graduate of
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on June 18, 2004. Occupying a 2.4-acre (9,700 m) site, this single building contained 441,000 square feet (41,000 m) of selling space spread over five floors (
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Associated Dry Goods Corporation, Annual Report: 1979 (This annual report spotlighted the new Woodbridge Center store and the many innovations planned by CEO Alan Kane)
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was added. The firm did not enter the growing mall market in New Jersey until the 1970s, and this cost the chain valuable time in keeping up with its competitors.
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Starting in the 1950s, the company began to focus slowly on suburban growth. The Montclair store was replaced with a larger full-line branch, designed by
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performance spaces for artists. The university has reached out to community partners to collaborate on the project. L+M Development partnering with
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In January 2013, after sitting empty for almost 30 years, it was announced that the Newark flagship store would be renovated with a
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The firm was founded by Julius Hahne in 1858 as a specialty store which by the early 20th century had grown into a full-line
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on August 30, 1994, for its significance in commerce and social history. It was added as a contributing property to the
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Individually listed contributing properties to historic districts on the National Register in New Jersey
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In 1929, Hahne's was the first of Newark's department stores to open a branch on Church Street in
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May contemplated running Hahne's as a more contemporary focused chain that would compete with
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of Hahne & Company. Kane oversaw the planning and opening of two new locations (
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Commercial buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in New Jersey
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Clothing, footwear, jewelry, furniture, bedding, beauty products, electronics
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National Register of Historic Places listings in Essex County, New Jersey
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location was branded the company's "flagship" during this time.
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Historic district contributing properties in Newark, New Jersey
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Department stores on the National Register of Historic Places
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In 1916, Hahne's became one of the founding members of the
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National Register of Historic Places in Newark, New Jersey
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bookstore, an upscale restaurant opened by celebrity chef
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focal point for the redevelopment. The complex also has a
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Historic district contributing properties in New Jersey
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The Old Newark Web Group: The "Big 3" Department Stores
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The Montclair Times: A Brief History of Hahne & Co
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Hahne's

Lord & Taylor
Lord & Taylor
Newark, NJ
Edison, NJ
Parent
Associated Dry Goods
May Company
department store
Newark, New Jersey
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Contributing property
New Jersey Register of Historic Places

Hahne and Company is located in Essex County, New Jersey
Hahne and Company is located in New Jersey
Hahne and Company is located in the United States
Newark, New Jersey
40°44′25″N 74°10′12″W / 40.74028°N 74.17000°W / 40.74028; -74.17000 (Hahne and Company)
Military Park Commons Historic District
ID04000649
94001005
department store
Newark
flagship store
Goldwin Starrett
Military Park
National Register of Historic Places

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