R. H. White

But urban decay had crept up to the lower edge of the downtown shopping area where R. H. White was located (the so-called Combat Zone would soon spring up a few blocks away).

Citymart included a full grocery store and a babysitting service for shoppers.

In 1966 the Boston Redevelopment Authority seized the building by eminent domain and moved Raymond's department store there as part of a larger urban renewal project.

The building was later torn down to make way for the Lafayette Place Mall urban shopping center.

[5] The R. H. White brand continued to exist for a while, and City Stores operated R. H. White branch stores in suburban malls (such as Worcester's Lincoln Plaza shopping center and Leominster, Massachusetts' Searstown Mail).