May-Daniels & Fisher

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May-Daniels & Fisher (also known as "May-D&F") was a Denver, Colorado department store created in 1957 when the original May Company operations in Colorado, founded in 1877 in Leadville (and relocated to Denver in 1888), were merged with the newly acquired The Daniels & Fisher Co. store founded in Denver in 1864.

In 1987 May D&F absorbed 3 stores from The Denver Dry Goods Company (from the 1986 acquisition of Associated Dry Goods Corp.) and closed the other 9, and 1989 it assumed the Goldwater's location in Albuquerque, New Mexico. It was merged into the Foley's division in 1993 which became Macy's in 2005. The last remaining remnant of this store is the landmark Daniels & Fisher clock tower in downtown Denver which once anchored the Daniels & Fisher store's flagship, opened in 1910 and closed in 1957 when the new May-D&F store opened further up 16th Street at Courthouse Square (Zeckendorf Plaza). The original May Company store, built in 1906 and expanded in 1924, was demolished in 1965 for the Colorado National Bank building. A mid-priced chain, it competed with stores like Dillard's, Kohl's, and JCPenney.

[edit] Former Locations

Aurora: Aurora Mall (now Town Center at Aurora) (opened 1975, Foley's 1993, rebuilt 2005, became Macy's same year)
Boulder: Crossroads Mall (now Twenty Ninth Street) (opened 1983, Foley's 1993, Macy's 2005)
Colorado Springs: The Citadel (opened 1984, Foley's 1993, Macy's 2005)
Denver

Cherry Creek Shopping Center

First location (opened 1953 as Denver Dry Goods, May D&F 1987, replaced with new store 1990, now Bed Bath & Beyond)
Second location (opened 1990, replacing old store, Foley's 1993, Macy's 2006)

Downtown

First location (opened 1910, closed 1957, all but clock tower demolished)
Second location (opened 1957, closed 1993, now part of Adam's Mark Hotel)

Southwest Plaza (opened 1982, Foley's 1993, Macy's 2006)
Southglenn Mall (becoming The Streets at Southglenn) (opened 1974, Foley's 1993, Macy's 2005)
University Hills Shopping Center (opened 1955, closed 1990, demolished 1997)

Englewood

Cinderella City Mall

First location (opened 1968 as Denver Dry Goods, May-D&F 1987, closed/sold to Montgomery Ward late 1987
Second location (opened 1985 as Broadway Southwest, closed/sold to May-D&F 1987, Foley's 1993, closed 1996)

Fort Collins: Foothills Mall (opened 1974, Foley's 1993, Macy's 2005)
Lakewood

Westland Shopping Center (opened 1960, closed 1989, mall torn down 1995)
Villa Italia Mall (now Belmar) (opened 1985 as The Broadway, closed/sold to May-D&F 1987, Foley's 1993, closed 2003, now Dick's Sporting Goods)

Northglenn: Northglenn Mall (opened as Denver Dry Goods, May-D&F 1987, closed 1989)
Thornton: North Valley Mall (now North Valley Tech Center) (opened 1967, mall converted to offices)
Westminster: Westminster Mall (opened 1986, Foley's 1993, Macy's 2005)