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Kresge to Kmart: Cedar Rapids retail saga unfolds
Cedar Rapids history traces Kresge Co to its 1969 move to Jupiter’s discount and the 1970 Kmart opening at 180 Collins Rd. The Wa terhouse Building, Taft Corner origins, and 1960 Lindale Plaza expansion mark a century of storefronts, fires, and urban renewal.
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First Avenue
Third Street
Cedar Rapids
William Waterhouse
John Taft
Killian’s
Kresge’s
Jupiter Discount
Merchants National Bank
Edar Rapids
N.M Hubbard
Waterhouse
South Third Street
Taft
John Taft Co
Killian Co
Taft Co
Hubbard
Killians
Edward
James
A.L
Third Avenue
Midwest
Chicago
Kansas City
St. Joseph
Springfield
Milwaukee
Douglas Starch Works
Kresge
S.S. Kresge Co
Tru-Art Engraving
Detroit
United States
Canada
Sebastian Kresge
Lindale Plaza
Kmart Discount
Lindale
Jupiter’s Discount
Jupiter’s
Kmart
Cedar Mall
16Th Ave
Iowa
Jupiter
S.S. Kresge
Collins Rd
Jack Jacobs
Jacobs
Westdale Mall
Westdale
Edgewood Road
16Th Avenue Kmart
Puerto Rico
Australia
Sears, Roebuck & Co
Sears Holdings Corp
Sears
Kmarts
Lindale Mall
16Th Avenue
Collins Road