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Lerner
Lerner may refer to: Organizations * Lerner Enterprises, a real estate company in Washington, D.C. * Lerner New York, the former name of the New York & Company clothing chain * Lerner Newspapers, a former newspaper chain in Chicago * Lerner Publishing Group, a publisher of children's literature based in Minneapolis Other uses * Lerner (surname), a surname; includes list of people with the name * "Lerner Exchange," an illegal maneuver figuring in the conviction of ex-media baron Conrad Black * Lerner index, a measure of a firm's market power * Lerner Theatre, a historic theatre in Elkhart, Indiana, US See also * Lerner and Loewe Lerner and Loewe is the partnership between lyricist and librettist Alan Jay Lerner and composer Frederick Loewe. Spanning three decades and nine musicals from 1942 to 1960 and again from 1970 to 1972, the pair are known for being behind the cr ..., the musical partnership of lyricist Alan Jay Lerner and composer Frederick Loewe * Lerner parado ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lerner Newspapers
Lerner Newspapers was a chain of weekly newspapers. Founded by Leo Lerner, the chain was an important contributor to community journalism in Chicago from 1926 to 2005 and called itself "the world's largest newspaper group". In its heyday, Lerner published 54 weekly and semi-weekly editions on the North and Northwest sides of Chicago and in suburban Cook County, Illinois, Cook, Lake County, Illinois, Lake and DuPage County, DuPage counties, with a Newspaper circulation, circulation of some 300,000. Editions included the ''Booster (newspaper), Booster, Lerner Newspapers#Citizen, Citizen, Lerner Newspapers#Life, Life, Lerner Newspapers#News-Star, News, Lerner Newspapers#News-Star, News-Star, Lerner Newspapers#Skyline, Skyline, Lerner Newspapers#News-Star, Star, Lerner Newspapers#Times, Times'' and ''Lerner Newspapers#Voice, Voice.'' [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lerner Theatre
The Lerner Theatre, previously known as the Elco Theatre, is a historic theatre located at Elkhart, Elkhart County, Indiana, United States. History The Lerner Theatre was built in 1924, after Harry E. Lerner commissioned Chicago architect K. V. Vitchum to design it. Built as a vaudeville theatre, by the late 1920s it had evolved into a motion picture palace. Lerner sold it to Warner Brothers in 1932, who operated it for a couple of years under the name Warner Theatre. They redecorated it in red and gold and added the distinctive "waterfall curtain", and a "huge vertical marquee spelling out the theatre's name in bold letters" out the front. After Warner Brothers went bankrupt, the Indiana-Illinois Theatre took over in 1934. They held a contest to rename it, with Elco Theatre chosen as the winning name. In 1940, Manta & Rose Theatres acquired the Elco in 1940 and operated it for 20 years. They modernized it and took down the old vertical marquee, replacing it with a horizontal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lerner Enterprises
Lerner Enterprises is a company owned by the Lerner family that develops and invests in real estate in the Washington metropolitan area. The company has developed more than 20 million square feet of real estate. History The company was founded in 1952 by lawyer Ted Lerner, after he borrowed $250 from his wife. In 1958, the company developed its first shopping center, Wheaton Plaza (now Westfield Wheaton) in partnership with the Gudelsky family. Shortly thereafter, it bought 2 parcels of land in Tysons, Virginia. In 1968, the company completed development of Tysons Corner Center. In 1972, the company completed development of Landover Mall in Prince George's County, Maryland, but the mall was closed and demolished in 2002. The company solicited the site as a location for a new headquarters of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. In 2003, a joint venture between the company and Guggenheim Partners acquired 1275 K Street NW in Washington, D.C. from JBG Smith. In 2004, in partner ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York & Company
New York & Company, Inc. (NY&C) is an e-commerce workwear retailer for women. New York & Company apparel and accessories are sold exclusively through their digital store. From 1918 to 1992, the company was known as Lerner Shops. Its name was then changed to Lerner New York and then to New York & Company. The company began retailing exclusively through its digital store in 2020. Company history Lerner Shops The company started as Lorraine Shops in 1917. Lerner Shops was founded in 1918 by brothers Samuel A. Lerner, Joseph J. Lerner, and Michael Lerner, and Harold M. Lane in New York City. Joseph was the father of lyricist Alan Jay Lerner. The first Lerner Shops store was in New York City; 18 more shops opened later that year. The company was then organized under Lerner Stores Corporation. By 1920, 23 Lerner Shops were in operation. Within ten years, that figure grew to 160 units in 37 states. In 1948, the company was said to have just under 200 stores nationwide. In 1963, McCro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lerner Publishing Group
Lerner Publishing Group, based in Minneapolis in the United States, U.S. state of Minnesota since its founding in 1959, is one of the largest private sector, independently owned children's literature, children's book publishers in the United States. With more than 5,000 titles in print, Lerner Publishing Group offers nonfiction and fiction books for grades K–12 (education), K-12. History Lerner was founded in 1959 by Harry Lerner. The company started as a one-room office in the old Lumber Exchange Building in downtown Minneapolis. Lerner's sister-in-law, Marguerite Rush Lerner, M.D., asked him to publish her stories about childhood diseases. These became the Medical Books for Children series (1959). The company has expanded to encompass four offices: the main Lerner building, Lerner Distribution Center, and Muscle Bound Bindery, all located in Minneapolis, and a New York City, New York office located in the Empire State Building. In 1963, Lerner was the first publisher to prin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
