Foxer55
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Do you miss old department stores? I do. I remember as a kid having to follow my mother and aunts to the department stores in downtown Philadelphia: Gimbel’s, Strawbridge & Clothier, Lit Brothers…Wanamakers… I miss those stores today.
When I first moved to Washington, DC, in the 70s there were Woodward & Lothrop (Woodies), Hecht Company, Kleins…and others. My first real apartment was furnished almost exclusively with stuff I got at Woodies. They had everything and all of it was quality at reasonable prices. The stores were luxurious, spacious, clean, well staffed with knowledgeable and friendly people. Macy’s has bought most of them out and I’m not impressed with Macy’s. There’s still Lord & Taylor and Neiman Marcus but NM is a bit pricey and Lord & Taylor is kind of spotty depending on which one you go to. It seems we’re missing the good middle class stores now and all we have left are the high end stores like NM or low end stores K-Mart and whatever. I do shop a K-Mart but only for stuff like the garage or a pair of boots now and then.
Oh, and don’t forget Sears, they were a standard in my family when I was young, they sold good solid products with their own brand names from vacuum cleaners to furniture to clothes and everything in between. I still get my tools there but you have be smart about that as they now sell a quality Craftsman brand and a throw-away Craftsman brand.
When I first moved to Washington, DC, in the 70s there were Woodward & Lothrop (Woodies), Hecht Company, Kleins…and others. My first real apartment was furnished almost exclusively with stuff I got at Woodies. They had everything and all of it was quality at reasonable prices. The stores were luxurious, spacious, clean, well staffed with knowledgeable and friendly people. Macy’s has bought most of them out and I’m not impressed with Macy’s. There’s still Lord & Taylor and Neiman Marcus but NM is a bit pricey and Lord & Taylor is kind of spotty depending on which one you go to. It seems we’re missing the good middle class stores now and all we have left are the high end stores like NM or low end stores K-Mart and whatever. I do shop a K-Mart but only for stuff like the garage or a pair of boots now and then.
Oh, and don’t forget Sears, they were a standard in my family when I was young, they sold good solid products with their own brand names from vacuum cleaners to furniture to clothes and everything in between. I still get my tools there but you have be smart about that as they now sell a quality Craftsman brand and a throw-away Craftsman brand.
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