Frank Winfield Woolworth, an ambitious 27-year-old from Watertown in Northern New York, stands on the north side of Bleecker Street in Utica — near Genesee Street — and has a good feeling that he has ...

Working for 58 years in retailing would be enough to raise the blood pressure, flatten the feet and give a person a dim view of human nature. But for Mary and Cora Chapman, their 58 years (combined) ...

Four young black men -- the Greensboro Four -- held a peaceful sit-in at a Woolworth’s lunch counter, and the world noticed ...

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 ...