View of The Crescent from a 1974 Ad after the store was enlarged and remodeled for Expo '74
Earlier view of The Crescent from the Wall Street side
The Crescent (Spokane Dry Goods Co.)
Riverside, Main & Wall
Spokane, Washington
Spokane, Washington
DOWNTOWN STORE DIRECTORY (426,000 sq.ft.)
Street Floor
Accessories • Notions • Fine Jewelry • Fashion Jewelry • Handbags • Wonderful World of Cosmetics • Hat Bar • Cosmetic Accessories Scarves • Blouses • Hosiery • Gloves • Lingerie • Fashion Footwear • Miss Spokane Sportswear • Candy • Gourmet Shop • Flower Stall • Cameras • Shavers • Stationary • Adult Games • The Answer Shop • Books
Store for Men Men’s Clothing • Men’s Shoes • Men’s Sportswear • Men’s Accessories • Men’s Furnishings • Boy’s Shop
Second Floor
Sportswear • Active Sportswear • Midway Shop • 7/15 Shop • Dress Salon • Young Moderns Sportswear • Young Moderns Shoes • Millinery • New Dimensions • House & Town Shop • Fur Salon • Better Coats • Shoe Salon • Leisure Square •Intimate Fashions • Infants’ Wear • Toddlers’ Wear • Children’s & Teens’ Shoes • Little Sister Shop • Little Brother Shop • Children’s Accessories • Children’s Furniture
Third Floor
Third Floor Dresses • Third Floor Sportswear • Trendsetter Shop • Town & Travel Shop • Career & Casual Shop • The Women’s Shop • Designer Collection • Pacesetter • Young Spokane Sportswear • Young Spokane Dresses • Young Spokane Coats • JR. Dimensions • Junior High Shop • Fabrics • Luggage • Fabrics • Woolens • White-Elna Sewing Center • Needlework • Bedding & Linens • Table Linens • Bath Shop • Closet Shop • Floor Coverings • Sporting Goods • Ski Shop
Fourth Floor
China • Glassware • Fine Glassware • Silverware • Fine Silver • Gift Shop • The Pewter Shop • Housewares • Small Appliances • Hoover Center • Records • Lamps • Clocks • Hardware • Sound Equipment • Garden Shop
Fifth Floor
Furniture • Mattresses • Draperies • Pictures • Toys
Sixth Floor
Auditorium • The Tea Room • Men’s Grill • The Bakery
Accessories • Notions • Fine Jewelry • Fashion Jewelry • Handbags • Wonderful World of Cosmetics • Hat Bar • Cosmetic Accessories Scarves • Blouses • Hosiery • Gloves • Lingerie • Fashion Footwear • Miss Spokane Sportswear • Candy • Gourmet Shop • Flower Stall • Cameras • Shavers • Stationary • Adult Games • The Answer Shop • Books
Store for Men Men’s Clothing • Men’s Shoes • Men’s Sportswear • Men’s Accessories • Men’s Furnishings • Boy’s Shop
Second Floor
Sportswear • Active Sportswear • Midway Shop • 7/15 Shop • Dress Salon • Young Moderns Sportswear • Young Moderns Shoes • Millinery • New Dimensions • House & Town Shop • Fur Salon • Better Coats • Shoe Salon • Leisure Square •Intimate Fashions • Infants’ Wear • Toddlers’ Wear • Children’s & Teens’ Shoes • Little Sister Shop • Little Brother Shop • Children’s Accessories • Children’s Furniture
Third Floor
Third Floor Dresses • Third Floor Sportswear • Trendsetter Shop • Town & Travel Shop • Career & Casual Shop • The Women’s Shop • Designer Collection • Pacesetter • Young Spokane Sportswear • Young Spokane Dresses • Young Spokane Coats • JR. Dimensions • Junior High Shop • Fabrics • Luggage • Fabrics • Woolens • White-Elna Sewing Center • Needlework • Bedding & Linens • Table Linens • Bath Shop • Closet Shop • Floor Coverings • Sporting Goods • Ski Shop
Fourth Floor
China • Glassware • Fine Glassware • Silverware • Fine Silver • Gift Shop • The Pewter Shop • Housewares • Small Appliances • Hoover Center • Records • Lamps • Clocks • Hardware • Sound Equipment • Garden Shop
Fifth Floor
Furniture • Mattresses • Draperies • Pictures • Toys
Sixth Floor
Auditorium • The Tea Room • Men’s Grill • The Bakery
BRANCH STORES
91,000 sq.ft.
University City (1969)
104,000 sq.ft.
We used to vacation in Spokane when I was a kid in the 70's travelling down from Edmonton, Alberta. I remember the downtown Crescent store from a holiday in 1972. Very "All American" at the time so unlike the dowdy Canuck stores of the day. It used to have a suspended four sided clock on the main floor that Spokanites would always rendevous at "Meet me at the Clock in the Crescent" Always will remember that store.
ReplyDeleteI collect vintage clothes and accessories (and I currently live in Spokane) so I have a number of hats and purses from the Crescent stores. It's neat to see what they looked like back in the day!
ReplyDeleteA friend of mine owns the old telephone switchboard. Does anyone want to buy it?
ReplyDeleteAs a child form the 70's i remember the Christmas toy displays and the mini monorail over the fifth floor toy area.
ReplyDeleteI worked at the Crescent back in the '60's. I started out in the Drapery and Curtain Dept and then moved to the Display Department--we won national display awards! Our Christmas and Spring displays transformed the whole first floor into wonderlands! We had an unlimited budget, full-time carpenters and painters and our boss (Hib Bender)kept us in line and striving for perfection. Russell Bishop was my best friend and worked on the 2nd floor.
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