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Hey, we have Macy's too! (what a surprise). One is in downtown Minneapolis, a huge store that was once the flagship store for Dayton's (which had bought Hudson's, which was later bought by Marshall Field's, and after that by Macy's). Downtown St Paul also has a Macy's.
Macy's is by far the largest department store in Minneapolis (I think around 450,000 sf). Downtown also has a Target, Saks Off-5th and Neiman Marcus, which are all large stores of 100,000 - 130,000 sf or so, but of these three probably only Neiman Marcus could be considered a true department store.
That's interesting.........the Boscov's in Wilkes-Barre used to be called The Boston Store and before that it was.......Fowler, Dick and Walker. The 2 large Department stores in Scranton have been converted to office buildings......I guess for the TV show..... "The Office". PS......nice picture.
If Detroit knocks down one more of its beautiful/historic buildings or neighborhoods I might just set the entire city on fire myself. I understand they're abandoned, but they're beautiful . Why not keep them around until Detroit makes it come back? Detroit could easily be the most beautiful city architecturally in the U.S.
It's really one of the few ways that they don't lose money as fast, which is pretty sad.
Philly has a huge Macy's, which used to be Lord & Taylor, and before that something else, and originally it was Wanamaker's Dept Store. Wanamaker's was the original department store to have started the Thanksgiving Day Parade, and of course, it was copied by Macy's in NYC and became famous and now people know it as a Macy's show, but it got it's start in Philly by John Wanamaker.
Wanamaker's also has the world's largest playing organ and there are free recitals every day of the week...that's one of the highlights of any visit to Philly if you like classical music. John Wanamaker bought the organ after it was made for a World's Fair and was going to be dismantled...he took it and made it a centerpiece of his store's grand lobby.
Wanamaker's son, as it turns out, was the guy who funded and established the PGA as well.
Quite a bit of history there...
Philly used to have several other department stores downtown or Center City as it's known, there was another one operating even just a few years ago, but it got shut (Strawbridge & Clothier). There was also Lit Brothers and Gimbel's. All lined up along Market Street, and housed in beautiful buildings. The buildings are still there, but now house some pretty sad stuff like Ross and Dress Barn. ugh.
And the 1970s era downtown revival brought the fugly Gallery at Market East mall...that's a huge disappointment and IMHO should be torn down and replaced by something more pleasant. That mall does have a big K-Mart among its other stores.
And there's a another, smaller but nice mall, in the central financial district, Shops at Liberty, although that one doesn't have a dept store anchor in it since it's quite small mall.
And just last year a Barney's Coop opened up as well.
Center City Philly's glitzy shopping gets done along Walnut Street for the most part...so that could be considered another (outdoor) mall since it's got all sorts of stores that an upscale mall might have.
Philly has a huge Macy's, which used to be Lord & Taylor, and before that something else, and originally it was Wanamaker's Dept Store. Wanamaker's was the original department store to have started the Thanksgiving Day Parade, and of course, it was copied by Macy's in NYC and became famous and now people know it as a Macy's show, but it got it's start in Philly by John Wanamaker.
Wanamaker's also has the world's largest playing organ and there are free recitals every day of the week...that's one of the highlights of any visit to Philly if you like classical music. John Wanamaker bought the organ after it was made for a World's Fair and was going to be dismantled...he took it and made it a centerpiece of his store's grand lobby.
Wanamaker's son, as it turns out, was the guy who funded and established the PGA as well.
Quite a bit of history there...
Philly used to have several other department stores downtown or Center City as it's known, there was another one operating even just a few years ago, but it got shut (Strawbridge & Clothier). There was also Lit Brothers and Gimbel's. All lined up along Market Street, and housed in beautiful buildings. The buildings are still there, but now house some pretty sad stuff like Ross and Dress Barn. ugh.
And the 1970s era downtown revival brought the fugly Gallery at Market East mall...that's a huge disappointment and IMHO should be torn down and replaced by something more pleasant. That mall does have a big K-Mart among its other stores.
And there's a another, smaller but nice mall, in the central financial district, Shops at Liberty, although that one doesn't have a dept store anchor in it since it's quite small mall.
And just last year a Barney's Coop opened up as well.
Center City Philly's glitzy shopping gets done along Walnut Street for the most part...so that could be considered another (outdoor) mall since it's got all sorts of stores that an upscale mall might have.
Great post....thanx for the information. Scranton had a Gimbels and after reading your post....I now remember the second store was a Wanamakers. Wilkes-Barre's second store was a Pomeroys which I believe is now defunct. Here's a list of current department stores and defunct ones in the United States>>>>>
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. Why not keep them around until Detroit makes it come back? Detroit could easily be the most beautiful city architecturally in the U.S.
Wilkes-Barre's second store was a Pomeroys which I believe is now defunct. Here's a list of current department stores and defunct ones in the United States>>>>>
