The era of the department store seems to be a thing of the past. Many New York shoppers enjoyed these stores for years but now they're all just a distant memory.
Water Slide World has since been leveled and now that prime parcel of land is for sale. There was a slim chance that someone would have reprised the notorious water park but that wasn't in the cards. What will be built on these nostalgic childhood grounds?
The final chapter in the 60-plus year story of the Carrols Burger chain, headquartered in Syracuse, NY, is about to close. This week, the Carrols Restaurant Group announced it has sold all of its properties to Burger King for a whopping $1 billion.