Woolworth's never went bankrupt. The five-and-dime that paid cash for the world's tallest building, and whose Greensboro lunch counter became a landmark of the civil rights movement, closed its last U.S. variety stores in 1997. Then it changed its name, twice. Today the same corporation is Foot Locker. This is how a nickel store turned into a sneaker chain.

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Narrated with an AI voice (ElevenLabs), reading an original script researched from the sources below. No AI-generated images; photos are real and credited in the YouTube description.

Sources
Library of Congress, Frank W. Woolworth Papers: https://findingaids.loc.gov/repositories/19/resources/6299
Skyscraper Museum, Woolworth Building: https://skyscraper.org/tallest-towers/woolworth-building/
Smithsonian NMAH, Greensboro Lunch Counter: https://www.americanhistory.si.edu/explore/exhibitions/greensboro-lunch-counter
NPR, The Woolworth Sit-In That Launched a Movement: https://www.npr.org/2008/02/01/18615556/the-woolworth-sit-in-that-launched-a-movement
NYT, Kinney Corp. Sold to Woolworth (1963): https://www.nytimes.com/1963/09/04/archives/kinney-corp-sold-to-woolworth.html
NYT, Woolworth Gives Up on the Five-and-Dime (1997): https://www.nytimes.com/1997/07/18/business/woolworth-gives-up-on-the-five-and-dime.html
SEC, Certificate of Amendment, Venator to Foot Locker, Inc. (2001): https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/850209/000095011701501759/ex4-2.txt
SEC EDGAR, CIK 850209 (one company, three names): https://www.sec.gov/edgar/browse/?CIK=850209
DICK'S Sporting Goods, Foot Locker acquisition (2025): https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/dicks-sporting-goods-completes-acquisition-of-foot-locker-302548690.html
Full source list (48 sources) in the pinned comment on YouTube.