Cities with large department stores and in downtowns, and towns that have similarities... (home, employment)

[the city]

What major cities have large department stores and ones in their downtowns?

I can think of San Francisco with Sak's Fifth Avenue and Macy's in Union Square in their downtown.

Chicago has Macy's where their Marshall Field's store was.

NYC has Macy's in Times Square.

Any others?

Now, ask for towns and smaller cities. What towns and cities have been able to get high-end retail shops in their towns and in their downtown?

[Observation]

Downtown East St. Louis, IL recently secured a high end hood sto' catering to those in the hood with full time employment in the heart of downtown.
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[diablo234]

Downtown Dallas is home to the flagship Neiman Marcus store.

Both Houston and San Antonio also have a Macy's in their respective downtowns.

[slengel]

Originally Posted by Observation

Downtown East St. Louis, IL recently secured a high end hood sto' catering to those in the hood with full time employment in the heart of downtown.

you are racist trash.

[citylove101]

Few cities have downtown department stores anymore because you have to have a well-developed mass transit tsystem to get all the shoppers there--or tons of space for parking. Most big cities have neither. So you have those downtown stores in San Fran, NYC, Chicago for sure. But I think that even with mass transit there aren't any big department stores anymore in downtown iPhilly, Boston. or D.C. though all have donwtown shopping districts. Suburbanization and malls have pretty much killed off downtown department stores.

One outlier I can think of is Nordstrom's in downtown Seattle, where there isn't much parking or mass transit. Sunbelt cities may do better, as in Texas, but I dont know about other Sunbelt cities--Atlanta, Miami, San Diego and the like.

[Chriscross309]

Downtown Charleston, WV used to have alot of big 5-8 floor department stores. Stone & Thomas and The Diamond were two of the bigger ones, but now we have the Charleston Town Center which is in downtown and has a Macey's, JCP's, and Sears

I remember going in the Stone & Thomas building and it was WV's version to NYC's Macey's LOL

[Observation]

Originally Posted by slengel

you are racist trash.

Quote me where I said anything racist.

[Craziaskowboi]

Downtown Pittsburgh has a Macy's that's being downsized, and a Saks Fifth Avenue that's asking for subsidies to renovate their store.

[motorman]

Cincinnati is home to Macy's, yet sadly to say, its downtown Macy's store is a modest one akin to any of the suburban mall stores.

[annie_himself]

Downtown New Orleans is home to Saks Fifth Ave on Canal in The Shops at Canal Place.