E.W. Edwards & Son

AI Edwards after some editing. Courtesy Meta.

 It's a new year and month, yet there's another department store chain that didn't stick around here for me to get to that was right in my backyard. E.W. Edwards & Son had but a few stores in CNY, and I've heard about them here and there. They would branch out to WNY, so now we're getting somewhere. The local stores would close in 1973, with the original downtown Syracuse flagship being demolished. The Monroe County stores were sold and the Edwards name survived until around 1982.

Syracuse (1) - S Salina & W Jefferson Sts; hard to pinpoint because of Deys, Sibleys, RKO Keith, Whelans, Kresge (kmart) and Loews State (Landmark Theatre) being competitors and/or neighbours

Syracuse (2) - S Salina & W Washington Sts, Clinton Square, Syracuse Mall; later the Atrium with Goldome (bank that closed in the early '90s) and state offices; now SUNY Oswego Metro Center with CH Insurance and skating rink entrance during the winter

deWitt - NY 5, Shoppingtown Mall; later JCPenney; now vacant (don't say the D word!)

Camillus - W Genesee St; Camillus Plaza/Mall; later JCPenney; now Walmart

Rochester - NY 96; Midtown Plaza?

Pittsford - NY 31, Pittsford Plaza

Greece - Ridgemont Plaza, US (now NY) 104

Buffalo (1) - Genesee & Pearl Sts; streets no longer meet as store existed a century ago; now Genesee Building (most likely)

Buffalo (2) - US 62, Langley Plaza; later Hens & Kelly

Lackawanna - Abbott Rd, L.B. Smith/Abbott Rd Plaza; later Hens & Kelly; now Rent-A-Center