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Notice most responses said, "We have a Macy's". Yes many big city downtowns do, along with every freaking mall in America. Does it capture the nostalgia, character, and ambiance that downtown department stores once had? I say not really.
Think the store windows during the holidays at Marshalll Fields in Chicago, or the enchanted village at Jordan Marsh in Boston. The classic department store image at Bon Marche in Seattle, or Filenes in Boston. All those quintesential holiday shopping memories have either dissapeared or have dissolved into the homogenious mall store character that is Macy's.
Downtown Crossing in Boston use to be a thriving shopping destination. Ever since Filenes was absorbed by Macy's it has really lost it's appeal. Granted there is Saks, and Lord & Taylor in the Back Bay/Prudential but it just doesn't seem as enchanting as Downtown Crossing once did.
Miami Beach had Burdine's but it (like others) was absorbed by Macy's.
Milwaukee had a Gimbel's, too. Wonder if it was the same chain.
I think so...it was a very large department store...It was once the largest department store chain in the country and one of the most famous.....with the film...Miracle On 34th Street placing it forever in the public's consciousness..
Toronto has four large, "traditional" department stores downtown - two of which (the first two I list below) are amongst the largest dept. stores in North American.
-Sears
-The Bay (Queen Street)
-The Bay (Bloor Street)
-Holt Renfrew
There are also two Canadian Tire stores (large general merchandise stores that are arguably "department stores"). One of them just opened about four years ago, and is 100,000 square feet.
There are other large, multi-story stores that sell clothes and in some cases other stuff like electronics. There are three H&M stores (one of which is humungous), and about five Winners stores.
That's very interesting....when I was a kid we had an American Auto department store downtown....fairly large and sold a variety of merchandise from auto to electronics to clothes; I thought it was the only store of that type, but apparently not. Thanx for participating.
Toronto has four large, "traditional" department stores downtown - two of which (the first two I list below) are amongst the largest dept. stores in North American.
-Sears
-The Bay (Queen Street)
-The Bay (Bloor Street)
-Holt Renfrew
There are also two Canadian Tire stores (large general merchandise stores that are arguably "department stores"). One of them just opened about four years ago, and is 100,000 square feet.
There are other large, multi-story stores that sell clothes and in some cases other stuff like electronics. There are three H&M stores (one of which is humungous), and about five Winners stores.
Yes, Toronto has a VERY healthy Downtown retail core. Holt Renfrew is fantastic (Canada's version of Neiman Marcus), and The Bay on Queen Street is beautiful.
I still don't like the fact that Sears took over Eaton's, but at least they call that massive mall on Younge Street Eaton Centre instead of Sears Centre.
Yes, Toronto has a VERY healthy Downtown retail core. Holt Renfrew is fantastic (Canada's version of Neiman Marcus), and The Bay on Queen Street is beautiful.
I still don't like the fact that Sears took over Eaton's, but at least they call that massive mall on Younge Street Eaton Centre instead of Sears Centre.
Thanx for the additional information...I'm happy that many cities have apparently retained that "old fashioned" downtown department store. .
Notice most responses said, "We have a Macy's". Yes many big city downtowns do, along with every freaking mall in America. Does it capture the nostalgia, character, and ambiance that downtown department stores once had? I say not really.
Cincinnati has a Macy's and a huge Sak's Fifth Avenue.
Does we get extra credit for having Macy's corporate headquarters in downtown Cincinnati?
Seattle has Macy's downtown and there's a very large mall downtown in the largest suburb, Bellevue. I don't do shopping, so I honestly don't know if there's more. I know there's a ton of shops downtown so you could easily do without a department store if it left.
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