ABRAHAM & STRAUS (A & S)

THIS PLAQUE COMMEMORATES THE HISTORIC SITE OF ABRAHAM & STRAUS   IN 1885, ABRAHAM ABRAHAM AND JOSEPH WECHSLER SELECTED THIS SITE AS THE HOME OF THE RETAIL ENTERPRISE THAT WOULD BECOME ABRAHAM AND STRAUS, AS A SUPPORTER OF THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE ABRAHAM'S VISION AND SENSE OF CIVIC PRIDE LED TO THE CREATION OF A NEW DOWNTOWN SHOPPING DISTRICT WITH THIS INNOVATIVE STORE AS ITS CENTERPIECE. IN 1893 THE ASSOCIATION OF WECHSLER ABRAHAM DISSOLVED, AND, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH ISIDOR AND NATHAN STRAUS OF RH MACY & COMPANY. THE THRIVING BUSINESS CHANGED ITS NAME TO ABRAHAM & STRAUS. IN 1929 A & S BECAME PART OF FEDERATED DEPARTMENT STORES INC. IN 1995 THIS RENOWNED BROOKLYN LANDMARK MERGED WITH ANOTHER HISTORIC NEW YORK CITY INSTITUTION... Macy's A DIVISION OF FEDERATED DEPARTMENT STORES