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There was definitely a lunch counter at Woolworth's in North Hills. Poggly the WW was directly back from the front entrance with an exit out the back of the mall. It was two stories. I bought my pet Gerbil there when I was a kid. There was an arcade in the lower level in the late 70's or early 80's. There used to be a lunch counter in the Penny's also.
There was definitely a lunch counter at Woolworth's in North Hills. Poggly the WW was directly back from the front entrance with an exit out the back of the mall. It was two stories.
I don't doubt it at all Just can't remember. I do remember the two story Kerr Drug store by the front entrance. I didn't spend a lot of time at North Hills during the early days. Downtown Raleigh was my old hangout.
Yes, Woolworth's at NH was 2 stories and I believe it was there pretty long, after most of the "original" stores had left or even their replacements. I know that for a while in the early 80s, they had a little arcade downstairs. It was between the escalators and J C Penney, on the side of the mall opposite the entrance.
Spencer's at Crabtree goes back to at least the 70s--when 12-year-olds could snicker at the quasi-pornographic stuff. Now, there's still one at Crabtree but it has moved, and what used to be "edgy" is now mainstream, so Spencer's stuff really is almost pornographic.
I think Kerr was two stories for most of its "reign"--definitely in 93-94 when you say you worked there My bookstore was right across the mall from the downstairs and one of my part-timers also worked at Kerr part-time.
Spencer's at Crabtree goes back to at least the 70s--when 12-year-olds could snicker at the quasi-pornographic stuff. Now, there's still one at Crabtree but it has moved, and what used to be "edgy" is now mainstream, so Spencer's stuff really is almost pornographic.
I think Kerr was two stories for most of its "reign"--definitely in 93-94 when you say you worked there My bookstore was right across the mall from the downstairs and one of my part-timers also worked at Kerr part-time.
really????????? i swear i dont remember that but i would have worked there in that time frame- i was a sophmore/junior in high school... graduated in 96.... now im baffled at either (a) i never KNEW it was 2 stories or (b) I've totally erased it from my mind! LMAO!
asked hubby and said he didnt know- he never went in the drugstore when he was at the mall... go figure LOL
and yeah.. spencers is a lot racier now than what I remember. It doesnt bother ME per say... but being in there with my DAD is a whole other story LMAO!!!!!!!!!!!
Anyone remember when the beltline was only a four lane and it didn't even go all the way around?
I remember Mama shopping at the Winn-Dixie at 5-points. But she went to the Piggly-Wiggly to get the meats.
I also remember Mama getting stuff at the Green Stamps store on Downtown Blvd (notice I didn't call it Capital Blvd.)
Two quiz questions:
1. What was the Food Lion called when they first came to Raleigh?
2. Capital Blvd. was actually named with two names. I already told you the part closest to town was Downtown Blvd. What was the rest of now Capital Blvd. named that went out toward Wake Forest?
Anyone remember when the beltline was only a four lane and it didn't even go all the way around?
I remember Mama shopping at the Winn-Dixie at 5-points. But she went to the Piggly-Wiggly to get the meats.
I also remember Mama getting stuff at the Green Stamps store on Downtown Blvd (notice I didn't call it Capital Blvd.)
Two quiz questions:
1. What was the Food Lion called when they first came to Raleigh?
2. Capital Blvd. was actually named with two names. I already told you the part closest to town was Downtown Blvd. What was the rest of now Capital Blvd. named that went out toward Wake Forest?
I want to say it was the A&P...That's where I remember shopping with my parents on Western Boulevard in the 70's before it turned into a Food lion, but I guess it could have been a different chain.
I don't know about Capital Blvd though. I rarely ventured that far north back then (still don't actually, LOL).
I do remember the Spencer's in Crabtree when I worked there in the 80's, of course I also remember smoking my first cigarette in that mall too! Ooh, and I loved the clothing store "Merry Go Round!"
I don't know if this has been mentioned either, but I remember my mom dragging us all to the "Bargain Basement" in the downtown Belk's twice a year during their big "bin sales" to clothe my brothers and I! (We didn't have enough money to shop in the upstairs part!)
Food Town I believe. They were here in Raleigh only a short time before changing to Food Lion. We used to shop Food Town at the new Tower Shopping Center in the early 70's.
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There was an arcade in the lower level in the late 70's or early 80's. There used to be a lunch counter in the Penny's also.
