By Steve Cichon
steve@buffalostories.com
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It was November 5, 1981, when the sign for the William Hengerer Company was replaced by Sibley’s.
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Hengerer’s had been in downtown Buffalo for 105 years when the name was changed. Buffalo’s Hengerer’s and Rochester’s Sibley’s had long been owned by the same parent company.
The downtown store in this photo was closed in 1987, and Sibley’s was eventually merged into Kaufmann’s in 1990. Most remaining Kaufmann’s locations became Macy’s in 2006.