<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\nUnder Wineberg\u2019s management, Larocque Registered flourished for several decades. The store maintained its reputation for excellent customer service and bilingual assistance, continuing to cater primarily to Francophone Ottawans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In 1947, Joseph Wineberg passed control of the business to his sons. After successfully managing the store for many years, he passed away in 1967.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
By the early 1970s, Larocque faced insurmountable challenges. For the Francophone population of Ottawa and the store’s employees, its closure was a shocking development, given its long-standing success.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The emergence of large shopping malls, boutiques, and retail chains in Ottawa during the 1970s made it increasingly difficult for Larocque Registered to compete. The store was too small to rival major department stores yet too large to compete with niche boutiques.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As a result, Larocque Registered permanently closed in the early 1970s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In 1972, a temporary department store named Kaplan moved into the former Larocque building. Kaplan\u2019s main store was located on Rideau Street.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Between 1989 and 1993, the former Larocque building underwent renovations. Today, in the 21st century, the building belongs to a different company.<\/p>\n\n\n\nThe mid-20th century was a time of great change and challenges for Ottawa’s department stores. Many long-standing stores and retail chains began to close, making way for new, modern shopping complexes. Ottawa lost numerous iconic businesses that had thrived as family-run establishments, many of which were located in the city’s historic downtown. One such store […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":469,"featured_media":5898,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1164],"tags":[3291,3275,3284,3279,3282,3290,3280,3277,3278,3274,3285,3283,3286,3287,3281,3289,3276,3288],"moimportance":[78,81],"motype":[],"moformat":[93],"class_list":{"0":"post-5897","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-business","8":"tag-la-roca-registered","9":"tag-la-roca","10":"tag-la-roca-store-number-two","11":"tag-la-roca-work","12":"tag-la-roca-work-in-ottawa","13":"tag-20th-century-stores","14":"tag-20th-century-stores-in-ottawa","15":"tag-business-successes-and-expansion","16":"tag-construction-of-the-la-roca-department-store","17":"tag-decline-of-the-la-roca-department-store","18":"tag-how-old-stores-in-ottawa-worked","19":"tag-how-old-stores-worked","20":"tag-opening-of-the-store","21":"tag-what-was-sold-at-the-la-roca-store","22":"tag-work","23":"tag-work-in-ottawa","24":"tag-work-in-ottawa-in-the-20th-century","25":"tag-work-in-the-20th-century","26":"moimportance-golovna-novina","27":"moimportance-retranslyacziya-v-agregatori","28":"moformat-longrid-korotka"},"modified_by":"Katya Koshevaya","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ottawa1.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5897","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ottawa1.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ottawa1.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ottawa1.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/469"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ottawa1.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5897"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ottawa1.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5897\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5918,"href":"https:\/\/ottawa1.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5897\/revisions\/5918"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ottawa1.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5898"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ottawa1.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5897"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ottawa1.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5897"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ottawa1.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5897"},{"taxonomy":"moimportance","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ottawa1.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/moimportance?post=5897"},{"taxonomy":"motype","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ottawa1.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/motype?post=5897"},{"taxonomy":"moformat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ottawa1.one\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/moformat?post=5897"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}