 The Crescent, originally the Spokane Dry Goods Company, was Spokane's leading department store for decades.The original Crescent, located on West Riverside Avenue next to the Spokesman-Review Tower building, opened for business on August 5, 1889, the day after the Great Fire that destroyed most of downtown Spokane.As the town’s only remaining dry goods store, its entire stock sold out on the first day of business.