Community Chat

[Catiele]

Nyanza

penny candy store

Robert Hall

[bellanonna]

Newark NJ girl here also! 

S. Klein's on the Square

Ohrbach's

Bakers Shoes (Prudential Square)

Alexander's

Steinbach's

Levy's Dept. Store

Goerke's

Slobodien

Canadians

Mantells

Arnold Constable

Franklin Simon

Villager

Poppy's

[gertrudecloset]

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@Foxxee wrote:

I remember Gimbels, Woolworths, Kresge's  became K-Mart.

John Wanamaker, 1861, Philadelphia.  Clothing and homewares.  Hess's purchased and renamed.  

Hess's, 1897, headquartered in Allentown, PA.  Macy's purchased and renamed.  Clothing and other.

Strawbridge & Clothier, 1868, Philadelphia, PA

I Magnin, 1876, headquartered in San Francisco. Clothing and Christmas decor.

Henri Bendel, 1891, Manhattan, NYC, NY.  Handbags.

Woodword & Lothrop, 1887, Washington, DC.

Jordan Marsh, 1841, Boston, MA

Bombay Co, 1978, New Orleans, LA.  Paintings

Bullock's, 1929, Los Angeles, CA.  Clothing and other. 

Marshall Fields, 1852, Chicago, IL.  Clothing

Robinson's, 1886, Los Angeles, CA.  Clothing and homewares

Gumps, 1861, San Francisco, CA.  Decor

Lord & Taylor, 1826, Manhattan, NYC, NY.  It's back online after bankruptcy.  All stores closed.  

Of all the stores, only a few are memorable.

I. Magnin

John Wanamaker Philadelphia store.  

Gump's

Henri Bendel

John Wannamaker was in NYC as well @Foxxee .  I remember Henri Bendel who was at one time part of

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[gertrudecloset]

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@Queen of shop wrote:

@gertrudecloset  Bambergers which became a Macys. Also Gimbels and Orbachs. EJ Korvettes. Miles Shoe Store. Lord & Taylor.

Bambergers was my favorite.

I remember EJ Korvette's!  Gimble's too, (on my list).  Brings back lots of memories.

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[gertrudecloset]

There were Woolworths' all over NYC.  I used to go in there and sit and have a meal like I was a grown up.  I could be served no matter that I was a youngster.  They didn't have a lot of offerings but you could get a simple sandwhich and an ice cream float @Flatbush 

[gertrudecloset]

I remember when Pergament went out business.  I bought doors from them before they went out business before the Home Depot came to my area.  This was not long after I bought my home.  How about Nobody Beats the Wiz?  Crazy Eddie?

@decaf 

[gertrudecloset]

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@doolie wrote:

Martins, Mays, A&S, Goodwins, Lerners, McCrory's, Greens, Korvettes, Wanamakers,Century 21,Johns Bargain Store, Loehmanns,Ohrbachs, Kleins, 

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@doolieAbraham and Strauss was A&S right?

Lerner's turned into New York and Company which isn't doing well now.  I remember Loehmann's too.  How about Filene's Basement?  Daffy's is gone too.

[gertrudecloset]

I shopped the Spiegel Catalog too.  I loved Spiegel's....

[gertrudecloset]

@jellyBEANTwo Guys in New Jersey we used to go to.  Always got my new Easter duds there.

I recall one time my aunt and all of us going and we couldn't find the car.  Took a while.  I was so little....

[gertrudecloset]

@Jaspersmom 

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@Jaspersmom wrote:

I live on LI and remember all these stores. 

What about shoe stores?

AS Beck

National 

Miles 

Ansonia

Thom McAn

Buster Brown

Kinney

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yep, got those black and white shoes from buster brown that I loathed.

Funny, when I had my daughter her first pair of walking shoes came from Buster Brown too.  They were not Black and White just White....