Posted June 16, 200816 yr This is an attempt at greatness...any adds? NYC- Macy’s, Bloomingdales, Lord and Taylor, Bendels, Barney's, Saks, Bloomingdales and Bergdorf-Goodman Chicago- Neiman’s, Macy’s, Sears, Carson’s, Bloomingdales, Saks, Nordstrom, Barney's St. Louis- Macy’s Boston- Macy’s, Neiman’s, Lord and Taylor, Barneys Philadelphia- Macy's Providence, RI- Macy’s , JC Penney Houston- Macy’s Pittsburgh- Macy’s, Saks Cincinnati- Saks, Macy’s Minneapolis- Target, Macy’s, Neimans Salt Lake City- Macy’s Portland- Macy’s Sacramento- Macy’s San Antonio- Macy’s, Dillards Milwaukee- Boston Store Seattle- Nordstrom, Barney's Miami, FL - Macy's Anchorage- Nordstrom, JcPenney Indianapolis- Carson’s, Nordstrom Hamilton, OH- Elder-Beerman San Francisco- Bloomingdales, Macy’s Dallas- Neiman’s Binghamton, NY- Boscov’s Scranton, PA- Boscov’s Oakland, CA- Sears Richmond, IN - Elder-Beerman
June 16, 200816 yr I assume you're referring only to stores still in business, in which case Saks Fifth Ave. would (as far as I know) be the only addition to the NYC list (maybe Bergdorf's or Takashimaya?). But I would be remiss if I didn't make mention of my all-time favorite (seriously) NYC...uuhh..."specialty" store--the great Jacks 99 Cent Store on 32nd St. (two blocks south of Macy's). This should be on every visitors "to do" list! http://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/fkYtakbJ1CqBjwNRCprVDQ?select=Qg3p3Y6qv7VnEgS6bKL-_w http://www.mainstreetpainesville.org/
June 16, 200816 yr This is an attempt at greatness...any adds? NYC- Macy’s, Bloomingdales, Lord and Taylor, Chicago- Neiman’s, Macy’s, Sears, Carson’s St. Louis- Macy’s Boston- Macy’s, Neiman’s, Lord and Taylor Providence, RI- Macy’s , JC Penney Houston- Macy’s (2), Neiman’s, Nordstrom Pittsburgh- Macy’s, Saks Cincinnati- Saks, Macy’s Minneapolis- Target, Macy’s, Neimans Salt Lake City- Macy’s Portland- Macy’s Sacramento- Macy’s San Antonio- Macy’s, Dillards Milwaukee- Boston Store Seattle- Nordstrom Anchorage- Nordstrom, JcPenney Indianapolis- Carson’s Hamilton, OH- Elder-Beerman San Francisco- Bloomingdales, Macy’s Dallas- Neiman’s Binghamton, NY- Boscov’s Scranton, PA- Boscov’s Oakland, CA- Sears Houston has only one macy's downtown. and none of the stores listed for houston are in downtown. In NYC: add, Bendels, Barney's, Bloomingdales and Bergdorf-Goodman In Chicago: Add Bloomingdales I could go on, but that would take a lot of work.
June 16, 200816 yr Houston has only one macy's downtown. and none of the stores listed for houston are in downtown. My bad...I thought the Galleria was downtown. Fixed. I was trying to forget the awful cladding on the Richmond E-B. Was the Miami's formerly Burdine's? I could go on, but that would take a lot of work As in, there are errors, or you have more insight...come on, you know you wanna...
June 16, 200816 yr Was the Miami's formerly Burdine's? Correct As in, there are errors, or you have more insight...come on, you know you wanna... He's got insight, trust me on that one...
June 16, 200816 yr San Francisco has: Macy's, Saks, Neiman Marcus, Barney's, Nordstrom, Bloomingdale. That's it for the big fancy stores.
June 16, 200816 yr OK....first of what is your definition of a "Department Store"? Are you including Targets, Wal-Marts, Bradlees; Kmart, TJMaxx, Bed, Ames, Caldo, Bath and Beyond, etc? Those are really "discount stores" or oversized drug stores masquarading as department stores. In my opinion the following are department stores: Macy's Saks Fifth Avenue Neiman Marcus/Bergdorf Goodman (NM owns BG) Sears JC Penney's Barney's Dillard's Nordstrom Bloomingdale's Lord & Taylor (America's oldest department store) They are the only department stores left standing Many of the departments store buildings of old are still standing yet their original/previous tenants name sakes are no longer around, except here in cyberspace. Example Cleveland: Higbee's or Halle's. NY: A&S or Bambergers Phily: Strawbridge, Gimbels or Wanamaker's San Fran: I. Magnin LA: Bullock's Detroit: Hudson's Atlanta: Rich's or Davidson's Baltimore: Hecht's Houston: Foley's Pittsburgh: Horne's and Kauffman's Columbus: Lazarus Miami: Burdine's Those are the only stores I could think of off the top of my head. As in, there are errors, or you have more insight...come on, you know you wanna... He's got insight, trust me on that one... thank you, oh wise one! Lastly, Saks can be added to NYC & Chicago
June 16, 200816 yr I Chicago: I believe Carson's in the Loop has closed, or soon will; and does Water Tower still have a Lord & Taylor?
June 16, 200816 yr Did Water Tower ever have a Lord & Taylor? What was Marshall Field's is now Macy's.
June 16, 200816 yr Did Water Tower ever have a Lord & Taylor? What was Marshall Field's is now Macy's. L&T left the water tower after/near Thanksgiving '06, if my memory serves me correctly.
June 17, 200816 yr I was being snarky about TJ Maxx. . . it replaced Gidding-Jenny which was a classic high-class department store. . .
June 17, 200816 yr Chicago also has a Barneys Good Lord. How did I miss that?! So do Boston and Seattle.
June 17, 200816 yr I'm not really a big fan of big department stores. I feel like Cincinnati's downtown Macys could be a lot more. I wish d/t Cinci and Columbus could pull a Neiman Marcus.
June 17, 200816 yr Many of the departments store buildings of old are still standing yet their original/previous tenants name sakes are no longer around, except here in cyberspace. Example Cleveland: Higbee's or Halle's. NY: A&S or Bambergers Phily: Strawbridge, Gimbels or Wanamaker's San Fran: I. Magnin LA: Bullock's Detroit: Hudson's Atlanta: Rich's or Davidson's Baltimore: Hecht's Houston: Foley's Pittsburgh: Horne's and Kauffman's Columbus: Lazarus Miami: Burdine's Cincinnati: McAlpin's Cincinnati: Shillito I added the bottom 2 to the list. Assuming what I was assuming you were pointing out.
June 17, 200816 yr add Nordstrom to Chicago. Carson's in the Loop is gone, so is Lord and Taylor from WTP. There used to be a Carsons or Lord and Taylor near Sears Tower too but I haven't been over that way for awhile.
June 17, 200816 yr I'm not really a big fan of big department stores. I feel like Cincinnati's downtown Macys could be a lot more. I wish d/t Cinci and Columbus could pull a Neiman Marcus. Yeah, I've been clamoring for a N-M in Cleveland forever. But nobody I clamor to listens (no, the jewelry store doesn't count!). I need a Zodiac! Those popovers are the best. And the Zodiac burger is unbelievable. Come to think of it, keep the store, just bring the restaurant. None of the clothes they sell fit me anyway. I'm less Prada and Zegna and really more Rochester Big & Tall. :cry:
June 17, 200816 yr OK....first of what is your definition of a "Department Store"? Are you including Targets, Wal-Marts, Bradlees; Kmart, TJMaxx, Bed, Ames, Caldo, Bath and Beyond, etc? Those are really "discount stores" or oversized drug stores masquarading as department stores. Why come you hatin' on Target? :-) (On a side note, they run a wonderful downtown store in Minneapolis). In all honesty, the mid-scale/discount dept. store definition is becoming so blurred, I guess we'd have to include Target, K-Mart and Wal-Mart in the list too. I know the first two have downtown locations, but what about Wal-Mart? Many of the departments store buildings of old are still standing yet their original/previous tenants name sakes are no longer around, except here in cyberspace. Yeah, which is why we're going with active stores in downtown areas. Even if the name has changed.
June 17, 200816 yr I'm not really a big fan of big department stores. I feel like Cincinnati's downtown Macys could be a lot more. I wish d/t Cinci and Columbus could pull a Neiman Marcus. Yeah, I've been clamoring for a N-M in Cleveland forever. But nobody I clamor to listens (no, the jewelry store doesn't count!). I need a Zodiac! Those popovers are the best. And the Zodiac burger is unbelievable. Come to think of it, keep the store, just bring the restaurant. None of the clothes they sell fit me anyway. I'm less Prada and Zegna and really more Rochester Big & Tall. :cry: Neiman Marcus is OK. I only really like the Christmas catalogue. I'd rather Cleveland got a Bloomingdales and Barney's downtown. I would kill to have a Prada in Downtown Cleveland. Why are the fashion God's so mean to me! ugh!! OK....first of what is your definition of a "Department Store"? Are you including Targets, Wal-Marts, Bradlees; Kmart, TJMaxx, Bed, Ames, Caldo, Bath and Beyond, etc? Those are really "discount stores" or oversized drug stores masquarading as department stores. Why come you hatin' on Target? :-) (On a side note, they run a wonderful downtown store in Minneapolis). In all honesty, the mid-scale/discount dept. store definition is becoming so blurred, I guess we'd have to include Target, K-Mart and Wal-Mart in the list too. I know the first two have downtown locations, but what about Wal-Mart? Many of the departments store buildings of old are still standing yet their original/previous tenants name sakes are no longer around, except here in cyberspace. Yeah, which is why we're going with active stores in downtown areas. Even if the name has changed. I'm not hating on TarJay! It's not a department store to me. If you're going with active stores, I've listed all that still exist.
June 17, 200816 yr NYC has a JC Penny's being built in the Manhattan Mall currently. ...but it (Penny's) won't be open until Summer of '09. PS. does anyone know what became of the May Company--one of the large Cleve. department stores (probably the largest--I know the downtown flagship closed; but I believe it was also big in other cities around the country)? Taken over by Macy's? Federated? (I'm too lazy to Google it--MTS should know) http://www.mainstreetpainesville.org/
June 17, 200816 yr NYC has a JC Penny's being built in the Manhattan Mall currently. ...but it (Penny's) won't be open until Summer of '09. PS. does anyone know what became of the May Company--one of the large Cleve. department stores (probably the largest--I know the downtown flagship closed; but I believe it was also big in other cities around the country)? Taken over by Macy's? Federated? (I'm too lazy to Google it--MTS should know) Lord... I should have added that to my earlier list. Good looking out EV! May Co (accross the country) and O'neils we're rolled in to Kauffmans or other larger regional chains held by May Co..
June 17, 200816 yr NYC has a JC Penny's being built in the Manhattan Mall currently. ...but it (Penny's) won't be open until Summer of '09. PS. does anyone know what became of the May Company--one of the large Cleve. department stores (probably the largest--I know the downtown flagship closed; but I believe it was also big in other cities around the country)? Taken over by Macy's? Federated? (I'm too lazy to Google it--MTS should know) Lord... I should have added that to my earlier list. Good looking out EV! May Co (accross the country) and O'neils we're rolled in to Kauffmans or other larger regional chains held by May Co.. you're right, Kaufmann's sounds familiar (but I think I had heard that my onetime nearest-to-my-hometown May Co. branch--at the Great Lakes Mall in Mentor OH--is now Macy's. whatever) Also, I don't know how "small-townish" the department store list can get, but in the northeastern part of Ohio--including Painesville, Ashtabula, Madison and into the Youngstown area--one of the upscale stores (okay, maybe that's a bit of a stretch) of the great department store era was The Carlisle-Allen Company. Come on, someone must have heard of it!! http://www.mainstreetpainesville.org/
June 17, 200816 yr Carlisle's wasn't in Downtown Youngstown, Strouss' and McKelvy's (later higbee's) were. All the former Kaufmann's that remained opened are now Macy's stores. Carlisle's had a store briefly in the Boardman Plaza on RT 224.
June 17, 200816 yr you're right, Kaufmann's sounds familiar (but I think I had heard that my onetime nearest-to-my-hometown May Co. branch--at the Great Lakes Mall in Mentor OH--is now Macy's. whatever) Also, I don't know how "small-townish" the department store list can get, but in the northeastern part of Ohio--including Painesville, Ashtabula, Madison and into the Youngstown area--one of the upscale stores (okay, maybe that's a bit of a stretch) of the great department store era was The Carlisle-Allen Company. Come on, someone must have heard of it!! Yes when May Department Stores (the owner of the May Co. nationwide) was bought by Federated many of the remaining May Co. turned into (via two or three name changes) gawd awful Macy's!
June 17, 200816 yr Yes when May Department Stores (the owner of the May Co. nationwide) was bought by Federated many of the remaining May Co. turned into (via two or three name changes) gawd awful Macy's! Preach on!! Fields, Kaufmanns forever! :-)
June 17, 200816 yr Carlisle's wasn't in Downtown Youngstown, Strouss' and McKelvy's (later higbee's) were. All the former Kaufmann's that remained opened are now Macy's stores. Carlisle's had a store briefly in the Boardman Plaza on RT 224. No, I didn't think Carlisle's was in downtown Youngstown, I just remember there were one or two stores in the general area. I think there was a branch in Niles (don't know if that's the one you were referring to, not being too familiar with that neck-o'-the-woods). http://www.mainstreetpainesville.org/
June 17, 200816 yr Yes when May Department Stores (the owner of the May Co. nationwide) was bought by Federated many of the remaining May Co. turned into (via two or three name changes) gawd awful Macy's! Preach on!! Fields, Kaufmanns forever! :-) Kaufmanns? ugh. As if that is any better? Let me stop myself now.
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