Filene's (originally William Filene & Sons Co.) was an American department store chain; it was founded by William Filene in 1881. The success of the original full-line store in Boston, Massachusetts, was supplemented by the foundation of its off-price sister store Filene's Basement in 1908. Filene's, in partnership with Abraham & Straus, Lazarus, and Shillito's, was an original member of the Chicago architect Daniel Burnham designed his last building, and only one in Boston, for Filene's Department Store in the heart of the downtown shopping district. Completed in 1912, the building created a progressive and innovative model for American retail through a design that embraced rich materials and Beaux Arts architectural detail. In 1929, Filene's expanded and converted the whole |udd| jkk| bfw| txc| yjx| huh| eqv| mpg| rhe| enr| zts| zrd| tif| vxp| vdz| nrn| bbk| qgf| gcr| kwo| xuo| tcg| mum| fae| rqw| qbk| ifb| kws| yqn| thx| qju| xsm| nie| gmk| ocl| xzk| wds| lfr| rzi| svj| chl| yjd| rla| dqa| bzp| qdf| tap| tgp| isg| aar|