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| '''Crowley Milner and Company''', generally referred to as '''Crowley's''', was a ] chain that was founded in ] in the early 1900s. | |||
| The store maintained a flagship location, corporate office and warehouse complex in downtown Detroit, in direct competition with the ] chain. Crowley's and Hudson's were both noted for their lavish annual ] displays. Faced with a decline in retail traffic in downtown Detroit, Crowley's closed its downtown location in July of 1977, the firm did open and maintain a store in Detroit's New Center area that remained open until the chain's demise. | |||
| In 1995, the chain acquired ]. Crowley's went out of business in 1999. Three mall-based stores were bought by discount chain ]. These three stores were converted to "Crowley's Value City" in 1999; they have since dropped the Crowley's name from signage, and now operate as regular ] locations. | |||
| ==Former Crowley's locations== | |||
| {{incomplete-list}} | |||
| *] - ] - (''opened 1980, closed 1983. Mall torn down in 1999'') | |||
| *] - 200 N. Woodward | |||
| *] - Eastland Mall (now ]) (''opened 1983 in former ]. Closed 1999. Half of store later became ]. Now occupied by ], ] and ]'') | |||
| *] - ] (''opened 1959, closed 1999. Was to be come Value City; instead became ] Home Store. Torn down, ] on site'') | |||
| *] | |||
| **Downtown (''former flagship and corporate offices, closed July 1977, now demolished'') | |||
| **15270 Grand River | |||
| **3031 W. Grand Blvd. | |||
| *] - men's only store | |||
| *] - women's only store (''opened 1992'') | |||
| *] - ] (''converted to Crowley's Value City in 1999, now just Value City'') | |||
| *] - ] (''opened 1964, converted to Crowley's Value City in 1999, now just Value City'') | |||
| *] - ] (''opened 1980, closed 1999, mall torn down 2001'') | |||
| *] - ] (''opened 1975, closed 1999. Later ] Men's & Home. became ] Men's & Home in 2001, now ] Men's & Home'') | |||
| *] - ] (''opened ca. 1977 in former Federals. Converted to Crowley's Value City in 1999, now just Value City'') | |||
| *] - 34420 Ford Rd. (''closed 1993, now Super Petz'') | |||
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| {{Michigan-stub}} | |||
| ] | |||
| ] | |||
| ] | |||
| ] | |||
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