Editing Hecht's (section)

=== Into the suburbs ===
After [[World War II]], Hecht Company began to build new stores in the suburbs around [[Baltimore]] and [[Washington, D.C.|Washington]]. Outside the center of Baltimore, Hecht's opened a store in [[Northwood, Baltimore|Northwood]] in September 1954, followed by another in Edmondson Village in  October 1956, and a third in the then-new Reisterstown Road Plaza in January 1962.

In 1947, they opened a large three-story department store in [[Silver Spring, Maryland]], just north of Washington, D.C. The wisdom of this move was initially questioned; however, within a few years, more room was needed. A fourth and fifth story were added to the building in 1950 at the corner of Fenton Street and Ellsworth Place. In 1955, The Fenton Street side of the building was expanded all the way down to Colesville RD. That store was closed in October of 1987 and was converted and expanded into [[City Place Mall]], which opened in 1992 and which is now known as Ellsworth Place.  The second suburban store opened on November 2, 1951, at [[Ballston, Virginia|Parkington]] in [[Arlington County, Virginia]].  It cost $6.5 million to construct the {{convert|300000|sqft|m2|adj=on}} store and it was the largest suburban department store on the east coast at that time.<ref>"Hecht's New Virginia Shop Opens Today," ''The Washington Post'', Nov 2, 1951, p. B1.</ref>  On November 2, 1958, Maryland Gov. [[Theodore R. McKeldin]] ceremonially opened the third suburban D.C. Hecht Company store at [[Prince George's Plaza]] in [[Hyattsville, Maryland|Hyattsville]].<ref>"3000 See Opening of Hecht's Store at Prince Georges Shopping Center," by Hal Willard, ''The Washington Post and Times-Herald'', Nov 4, 1958, p. A16.</ref>  Gov. [[J. Millard Tawes]] did the honors on August 29, 1960, when he opened the fourth suburban D.C. location, the {{convert|168000|sqft|m2|adj=on}} store at [[Marlow Heights Shopping Center]].<ref>"Hecht's to Open 5th Area Store," by Frank C. Porter, ''The Washington Post and Times-Herald'', Aug 28, 1960, p. B6.</ref>