Charles A. Woodward, William Tuff Whiteway, William Culham Woodward, Woodward's, and 1 other

Vancouver, BC, Canada

Woodward's Charles Woodward opened his store at Main and E. Georgia in 1892. Seeing potential on Hastings Street, he moved there in 1902-1903, and by 1908 enlarged the W.T. Whiteway and George Wenyon designed building from four to six floors. A full range of goods – including a pharmacy and its famo

us food floor – proved highly successful. By 1946 it expanded eight times, four in the 1920s alone. Charles’ sons William and Percival led the growth into B.C. and Alberta: the first mall store was at

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