Small cities/towns with Downtown department stores (shop, beach)

[BigCity76]

Morristown, NJ (population 19,000) has a Century 21 department store downtown.

https://www.google.com/maps/uv?pb=!1...px8wEnoECFEQCA

[paytonc]

Saks Fifth Avenue used to have "resort" stores in smaller cities like Charleston SC and Pasadena, but has closed most of those. Remaining suburban-main-street locations are in Greenwich CT, Chevy Chase MD, Bala Cynwyd PA, and Beverly Hills.

[rnc2mbfl]

Miami Beach at less than 90,000 has this Macy's (used to be Burdines as evidenced by the Sunshine Fashions signage that remains)
https://www.google.com/maps/@25.7921...7i16384!8i8192

[annie_himself]

Originally Posted by rnc2mbfl

Miami Beach at less than 90,000 has this Macy's (used to be Burdines as evidenced by the Sunshine Fashions signage that remains)
https://www.google.com/maps/@25.7921...7i16384!8i8192

Do you seriously think the OP meant cities like Miami Beach when they said smaller cities?

[TheTimidBlueBars]

Not under 100k (feels like it is) but Salem, OR has a Macy's downtown

[The_Quiet_One]

Dunham's Department Store in Wellsboro, PA (pop. 3256), located about 50 miles north of Williamsport

[cjseliga]

Wilkes-Barre, PA (pop. 40,867) has had a downtown Boscov's department store going back to 1980 when they bought the Fowler, Dick and Walker, the Boston Store there.

Kemmerer, WY (pop. 2,747) home of the 1st JCPenney store going back to 1902, was put up for auction last year JCPenney Puts Its Original 1902 Store In Kemmerer, Wyoming Up For Auction

[kyle19125]

Originally Posted by annie_himself

Do you seriously think the OP meant cities like Miami Beach when they said smaller cities?

Miami Beach is s standalone municipality of 90K.

[kyle19125]

Gwynn's in Mount Pleasant SC

https://gwynns.com/about/?v=c65242dc6c2c

[Borntoolate85]

^

It's still basically part of greater Charleston. That said, few small cities have had true downtown department stores since the 1980s when the suburban shopping mall boom had moved them all out of town. You have to go overseas to truly get this atmosphere unfortunately.

Rehoboth Beach, Delaware has had Carlton's for many decades now, often billed itself as a "department store", and isn't very large compared to your typical department store and lacks the big variety of departments, but has that "main street independent" feel. I just consider it a general clothing store.

Ocean City, Maryland once had Edward's right in the middle of its famed Boardwalk for several decades until about a decade ago (where the Quiet Storm surf shop is today to the right of its Arch), and that always felt much more like a typical department store compared to Carlton's with three levels and a bigger variety of departments, including a toy department. It originated as a five and dime, so it was more in the vein of a Woolworth's than a Sears/Macy's.