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[alliswell]

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@WORKING GAL wrote:

@azgal- I miss Mervyns also.  Especially their month end sales on a Friday, the prices were awesome.  Do you remember Gemco.

I'm in So. Cal. and Gemco was one store I could always count on to find what I was looking for.

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@WORKING GAL 

Yes, I remember Gemco back when I lived in San Joaquin Valley many years ago.

[Terrywu]

in the Chicagoland area Carson Pirie Scott

[just bee]

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@Terrywu wrote:

in the Chicagoland area Carson Pirie Scott

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@Terrywu 

My mother would take us to the Loop on her day off and we'd have lunch at the Tartan Tray Cafeteria.

A good memory.

[Chessa35]

Benny"s .... they had everything !

[ollie5]

Clover

[Trailrun23]

When Pier One closed, their merchandise went to Tuesday Morning. Now, Tuesday Morning is closing. Most of the Pier One things had already been sold, but they only have a few things left. 
just learned the spa I have been going to for 15 years is also closing. It is getting depressing when a really good store is bulldozed and more apartments are built there. In my area, the cheaply-built apartment buildings drag down the whole area with increased traffic, noise, and crime. 

[chlema]

I'm going back decades but I miss the old Woolworths where you could buy anything from needles to turtles lol.

[Sapphiregal]

So many mentioned I've never even heard of, but, in my neck of the woods, we've lost Macy's a few years ago and just recently, Bed, Bath & Beyond. 

[Sapphiregal]

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@Catch71 wrote:

Going way back, but as a child my Mom took me to Korvettes and Woolworths lunch counter for a hot dog and root beer float! That was our bonding time!

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As a child, my Dad managed a hotel in a suburb of Dallas and we lived on the top floor of that hotel. Well, I would strap on my roller skates 😀😀 and my Mom would walk behind me as we went just up the block to Woolworths for lunch! I know, sounds crazy! I loved the lunch counter there! Those were fun times!

[timeless]

I miss Miller's Outpost and 5-7-9.

Of course, these days I can't fit in most of what they offered, but the memories are great from being a teen and shopping there.

Also, I loved going to Emporium-Capwell at Christmas with my mom and grandma.  I still have a gift box from there that has to be over 45 years old.  I keep old letters in it now.