# Morris Brothers

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This article is about the New York store. For the country music group, see [The Morris Brothers](/source/The_Morris_Brothers).

**Morris Brothers** was a [retail](/source/Retail) clothing store that became a [New York City](/source/New_York_City) fixture between its [World War II](/source/World_War_II)-era founding and its closing in 2007. Located from 1981 at [Broadway](/source/Broadway_(Manhattan)) and West 84th Street in [Manhattan](/source/Manhattan), the establishment was an [Upper West Side](/source/Upper_West_Side) retail institution alongside the likes of [Zabar's](/source/Zabar's) [delicatessen](/source/Delicatessen), the [Thalia](/source/Symphony_Space) [movie theater](/source/Movie_theater), and the [Murder Ink](/source/Murder_Ink) [bookstore](/source/Bookstore). Morris Brothers became best known for its sale of [summer camp](/source/Summer_camp) clothing, often to generations of the same family.[1]

## History

Morris Krumholtz and his brother founded Morris Brothers in 1939[1] or 1943[2] (sources differ) as an [Army-Navy store](/source/Army-Navy_store) on Second Avenue and East 101st Street in Manhattan. The store later moved to Broadway and West 98th Street before moving first to Broadway and [85th Street](/source/85th_Street) and finally, in 1981, to 2322 Broadway, at West 84th Street.[1] The family expanded that space in 1985[1] to 5,000 square feet (460 m2).[3]

The original store's merchandise expanded over the years to include children's clothing, before eventually dropping infant and toddlerwear to become a casualwear family clothing store and camp outfitter. Labeling summer-camp wear with children's names become a hallmark, creating a tradition that helped retain as customers former New Yorkers who had moved to the suburbs.[1]

Proprietor Barry Krumholtz, son of founder Morris, told the press in May 2007 that landlord Eagle Court LLC had scheduled a rent increase from $600,000 annually to $1.5 million,[2] necessitating a shutdown by the August 2007 lease expiry date.[4]

## References

1. Kurzius, Alexa (June 14, 2007). "Morris Brothers Winds Down after 60-Plus Years". *The West Side Spirit*. [Manhattan Media](/source/Manhattan_Media)

1. Solomont, Elizabeth (May 15, 2007). ["Imminent Morris Brothers Closing Heralds 'End of an Era'"](http://www.nysun.com/article/54466). *[The New York Sun](/source/The_New_York_Sun)*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20110608030059/http://www.nysun.com/new-york/imminent-morris-brothers-closing-heralds-end/54466/) June 8, 2011 at the Wayback Machine.

1. Robledo, S. Jhoanna (May 10, 2007). ["Morris Brothers No More"](http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2007/05/morris_brothers_no_more.html). *[New York](/source/New_York_(magazine))*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20110521160912/http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2007/05/morris_brothers_no_more.html) May 21, 2011 at the Wayback Machine.

1. Pastor, Kate (May 14, 2007). ["Morris Brothers Closing its Doors"](http://www.amny.com/news/local/am-morris0515,0,2820259.story). *[amNewYork](/source/AmNewYork)*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20070927182154/http://www.amny.com/news/local/am-morris0515,0,2820259.story) September 27, 2007 at the Wayback Machine.

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