PDK Highlights America’s Last Historic Woolworth’s Luncheonette in Brand-New Access Control Case Study
Draper, UT | October 26, 2026: PDK, a leading provider of cloud-based access control solutions, just released a customer case study highlighting how its technology helps protect the historic Woolworth’s Building in downtown Bakersfield, California.
The building is home to the country's last functioning Woolworth's lunch counter, while also housing an investment advisory firm, a coffee shop, a basement music venue, and a professional recording studio. The result is a unique environment where business professionals, restaurant patrons, musicians, visitors, vendors, and tenants all share the same historic property.
Working with local security integrator RLH Fire Protection, the Woolworth’s Building implemented ProdataKey’s access control platform, including High Security Red™ Readers, to create a modern security environment tailored to the property’s unique operations.
“Being able to control access and monitor the space effectively is absolutely necessary,”
remarks Emily Waite, Owner of the Woolworth Building. “The fact that PDK allows us to have different groups of people who can have different degrees of access to the building is so important.”
The case study, “Securing a Piece of History: How PDK Protects The Historic Woolworth’s Building,” explores the project in greater detail and demonstrates how flexible access control can help historic and mixed-use properties balance security, convenience, compliance, and community. Read it today at prodatakey.com/single-post/how-pdk-protects-the-historic-woolworths-building-case-study.
ProdataKey (PDK) is a leading provider of cloud-based access control solutions, delivering secure, scalable, and innovative technologies for organizations across North America and beyond. The company’s PDK.io cloud platform and PDK Access mobile application provide centralized system management and control from virtually any web-connected device, enabling organizations to efficiently manage access, security, and operations across their facilities and portfolios.
With hundreds of thousands of active devices protecting millions of people around the world, PDK combines enterprise-grade security, reliability, and data privacy with an intuitive user experience. By unifying cloud-based management with innovative access control technology, PDK empowers organizations to modernize physical security, streamline operations, and confidently scale their access control infrastructure.
