Always on the cutting edge, Woolworth opened a store at America's first shopping mall. The NORTHGATE CENTER store, north of Seattle, was dedicated in November 1950.

Photo from F.W. Woolworth Company Annual Report 1950

Woolworth also established a store at another iconic American mall. The SOUTHDALE CENTER store, in Edina, Minnesota, opened its doors in October 1956.

Photo from http://www.mnhs.org / Minnesota Historical Society

The downtown Omaha Woolworth opened in 1962. It encompassed 107,000 square feet on 5 levels and was the largest variety store in the chain.

Photo from F.W. Woolworth Company Annual Report 1962

A newly-expanded -and totally renovated- Woolworth re-opened in downtown Denver in 1963. It encompassed a whopping 174,000 square feet, featured fifty-eight departments on 4 levels, and was now the largest variety store in the world.

Photo from F.W. Woolworth Company Annual Report 1963