1930s – Printemps, Tours, Indre-et-Loire, France
An unusual looking department store in the main shopping district of Tours.
1932 – Etam Department Store, Paris
Architect: Franz Jourdain & Henri Sauvage
A very interesting building on a narrow site,
1935 – Sinclair’s Department Store, Royal Avenue, Belfast
Architect: James Scott
A fine building, developed as a department store in the 1930s and opposite the Bank of Ireland,
1948 – Former Roches Stores, O’Connell Street, Limerick,
A fine corner building, but stylistically old-fashioned by the time of its construction.
1960 – Goldberg’s Department Store, Tollcross, Edinburgh
Architect: J. & F. Johnston & Partners
Goldberg’s Department Store opened in 1960 at High Riggs in Tollcross and was intended to be the focal point in a new road system for Tollcross –
1963 – Cannock’s Department Store, Limerick
Architect: John C. Thompson
Cannock’s department store was a mecca for Limerick shoppers until its sad decline and closure in the 1980s.
1963 – Todd’s, O’Connell Street, Limerick
Architect: Charles J. Quinn
Built as a more than 76,000 sq.ft replacement for the previous Victorian store which had been destroyed in a massive fire on August 25 1959.
1963 – Woolworth’s O’Connell Street, Limerick
Architect: Douglas W. Hardy
The 97th Woolworths store opened in Limerick,
1964 – Winstons & Besco, Kilkenny Co. Kilkenny
Winstons & Besco were a short-lived chain, largely based in the midlands –
1965 – Todco, Grafton Street, Dublin
Architect: Stephenson Gibney & Associates
At the corner of Grafton Street and Lemon Street,
