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Carol Himelhoch | Himelhoch’s
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Meet the woman reimagining Detroit’s golden era of retail in the digital age.
There was a time in the early 20th century when the department stores of downtown Detroit were symbolic of a certain middle-class aspiration.
By the 1970s, entire neighborhoods were bleeding population and the iconic department stores of downtown gave way to the next chapter in retail, with the opening of America’s first shopping malls that started sprouting up in Detroit’s suburbs.
Carol Himelhoch knows this story well. She is the great granddaughter of Wolf Himelhoch, founder of one of downtown Detroit’s iconic department stores. Opened in 1907, Himelhoch’s sat just south of Grand Circus Park. The last bricks and mortar store closed in September of 1979.
But that’s not where the family legacy ends.
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“My dad helped start the careers of Calvin Klein and Estee Lauder. If I go back in history, we help designers get discovered. It’s in our blood.”
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Find additional stories of resilience, resourcefulness and inspiration in this unprecedented time as Shannon Cason, In Good Co. Detroit storyteller + podcaster, connects with small businesses grinding it out.
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