Crowley's

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Crowley Milner and Company, generally referred to as Crowley's, was a department store chain that was founded in Detroit, Michigan in the early 1900s. The store maintained a flagship location, corporate office and warehouse complex in downtown Detroit, in direct competition with the Hudson's chain. Crowley's and Hudson's were both noted for the lavish Christmas 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 Steinbach. Crowley's went out of business in 1999. Three mall-based stores were bought by discount chain Value City. 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 Value City locations.

[edit] Former Crowley's locations

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Ann Arbor - Arborland Consumer Mall - (opened 1980, closed 1983. Mall torn down in 1999)
Birmingham - 200 N. Woodward
Burton - Eastland Mall (now Courtland Center) (opened 1983 in former Woolco. Closed 1999. Half of store later became Old Navy. Now occupied by Dunham's Sports, Jo-Ann Etc., and Staples)
Dearborn - Westborn Mall (opened 1959, closed 1999, later Jacobson's Home Store. Torn down, Kroger on site)
Detroit
- Downtown (former flagship and corporate offices, closed July 1977, now demolished)
- 15270 Grand River
- 3031 W. Grand Blvd.
Farmington - men's only store
Lansing - women's only store (opened 1992)
Livonia - Livonia Mall (opened 1964, converted to Crowley's Value City in 1999, now just Value City)
Roseville - Macomb Mall (opened 1964, converted to Crowley's Value City in 1999, now just Value City)
Southfield - Tel-Twelve Mall (opened 1980, closed 1999, mall torn down 2001)
Sterling Heights - Lakeside Mall (opened 1975, closed 1999. Later Hudson's Men's & Home. became Marshall Field's Men's & Home in 2001, now Macy's Men's & Home)
Warren - Universal Mall (opened ca. 1977 in former Federals. Converted to Crowley's Value City in 1999, now just Value City)
Westland - 34420 Ford Rd. (closed 1993, now Super Petz)