Community Chat

[RainCityGirl]

Would you believe that Nordstrom, a local family owned store only in Seattle, was once a building that housed and sold nothing but shoes? Next to it was Best, the clothing store. Eventually, they merged to become Nordstrom-Best. They had branches around the Puget Sound, but weren't national at all. Now it's just Nordstrom, and it is EVERYWHERE. So many changes since I was a kid visiting Seattle.

[conlt]

This store is regional to the Shrewsbury/Worcester area of Massachusetts. The store was Spags. They gave not bags but they had interesting wonderful deals. For instance there would be a box of shoes, etc. So many people loved going to that store. They came from all over. Even New Hampshire.

[pdxlalesley]

Bullock's, Robinson's, May Co., Judy's. Sigh.

[JaneMarple]

On 1/30/2014 Lotus~ said:

Rickels and Pergament....both Home Depot type stores.

Did anyone have a Grant's?

All three

[JaneMarple]

On 2/1/2014 graycatsrule said:

Growing up in CT, we shopped at Caldors, Bradlees, IGA, Finast (sp?) - it was a grocery store

In New Jersey too.

[AnikaBrodie]

Before the malls went in we had a store called Bowman's Department Store in a small city near us. They sold mainly men's and women's apparel that was excellent quality and made in the USA.

[Chalcedony]

I don't live in Chicago any more, but miss Marshall Field's all the same.

[mgm2]

On 1/31/2014 Opurrra said:

On 1/31/2014 Marienkaefer2 said:

In northern NJ, Bamberger' s. My grandmother would take me shopping for school clothes there, and then we always had a hamburger and Apple pie for lunch in their restaurant.

Epstein' s was another dept. Store I remember in NJ.

When I got older (17), my friends and i would drive to Rockaway Mall. One of our favorite stores was Hahne' s.

i shopped at Bambergers! Do you remember Alexander's?

What about Klein's and Korvettes?

I miss B'Altmans and Gimbles

[JaneMarple]

A&S

Gimbels

E J Korvette

Lerner

B Altmans

Woolworth

S Klein

[sunala]

On 1/30/2014 Lotus~ said:

Rickels and Pergament....both Home Depot type stores.

Did anyone have a Grant's?

Lotus we had a local Grant's when we bought our house. I bought a "Lady Vanity" electric mixer in Grant's right around 1973. Last year it finally cracked in half. That was 40 years later! They also sold Vornado small appliances, which lasted forever. I would love to have another Grant's type store around.