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DOWNTOWN YOUNKERS TO CLOSE
June 03, 2005
They're pulling the plug on the "electric stairs," and the Tea Room will serve its final sticky roll.
Younkers has announced that their downtown Des Moines location will close its doors permanently in August. The Tea Room will also close.
No new tenant has been announced for the space, which has housed the store for 106 years.
Younkers has been the only department store downtown since Penneys closed its downtown location 10 or so years ago.
Detail from sign marking the Downtown Younkers pioneering "Electric Stairs."
UPDATE: State 29 reminisces.
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My heart is breaking over the news of the planned closing of downtown Des Moines Younkers store. This is as much a part of Des Moines as any other landmark, and it will be missed by many of us. I remember going there as a child to visit the Santa in the decorated street window, and even now I make Younkers a daily stop on my lunch hour. Des Moines residents should be greatly disheartened today.
Posted by: Kathy | June 3, 2005 1:39 PM