Community Chat

[persiflage]

In the 1960's Nordstrom (Nordstrom Best) would at times have monkeys in the store, the store we shopped was very small, only selling shoes and handbags.  They had an exterior corner window where they put the monkeys.  It was a rare treat, they took the monkeys around to different locations for special events.   As they became larger that store was closed.

[sugar plum]

Caldor and Bradlees. I used to get clothes, home goods, electronics, and a slew of other things at these stores. Brings back good memories.

[Danky2]

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@willomenia wrote:
Ann and hope, ( house stuff) and Benny's an everything you would need store.

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@willomenia
When I was a little girl , my grandmother used to take me to Ann&Hope in Cumberland 

RI........it was so much fun like an old factory with stuff piled everywhere...

[LavernLuvsShoes]

Another vote for Dress Barn - Loved that store ♥

[phoenixbrd]

REI is leaving due to crime.  

Another is Whole Foods closing.

[tansy]

For me it's the loss of two family owned restaurants that we ate at regularly.  They were torn down for a big hotel.  

[DrakesMomma]

There was a fabulous junk store on Market Street in Akron, Ohio named Schoolhouse Antiques.  There was always some things there that was calling my name!  

[ValuSkr]

Smith & Hawken was a good store, selling pottery and garden goods.  The brand is now owned by Target but the things are not the same quality.

[Greeneyedlady21]

I agree with Pier 1, such a pretty store

[scatcat]

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@bmorechick wrote:

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@piperbay wrote:

This is going years back, but I really liked Casual Corner.

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Wow yeah I remember them!!  Every payday, I would head to the Casual Corner in downtown Baltimore.  They had some great stuff in the 70's especially.  I must say, I looked like a model strutting in my platform shoes (at 5'11" 125 pounds) back in the day. I wore a "Dorothy Hamil" haircut and dressed so well.  I had so many clothes.  Also, Baker's shoe stores...another icon.   I still love my high heels and do wear them to work with a pencil skirt on meeting days.  Other than that, jeans and workout clothes ha!  I should have saved some of those blazers...they really never went out of style. 

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@bmorechick 

I actually said "wow" out loud when I read Baker's. What a blast from the past. I bought my first pair of work pumps from there after I graduated college. Thus the start of my "pump toes" - toes jammed in heels 40 hours a week.

Were they the store that had dyables - they'd dye satin pumps to match bridesmaids dresses?