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50. So many (Philadelphia)

Reply to Different Drummer (Original post)

Mon Feb 20, 2023, 09:10 PM

Feb 2023

Wanamakers
Strawbridge and Clothier
Clover
Bradlees
Hancock Fabrics
Woolworth
Thrift Drug
New York and Company (Lerners)
Rave
G&G
Bakers shoes
Joyce Leslie
Coconuts (music)
Accent on Animals
The Fudgery
IGA
A&P
O&O
BASCO (later become BEST, also gone)
Shoneys
Caldor
Gaudios
Silo
Spivack's 4th Street fabric
Sears
Nabisco (still exists, but the factory left Philly)
NoName
Charlotte Russe
Tower Records
Condom Nation
Borders
Waldenbooks
B.Dalton
Kristie's Korner
Kinneys Shoes
Fayva shoes
Buster Brown
Kiddie City
Kay Bee Toys
Computer City
Phar-Mor
49th Street Galleria
Carrefour
Dots
Eckerd Drugstore
Drug Emporium
.......and so many more

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What stores that were in your area in days gone by no longer exist? [View all] Different Drummer Feb 2023 OP

Listening Booth, Sam Goody, E.J. Korvette bucolic_frolic Feb 2023 #1

Korvette's Meadowoak Feb 2023 #2

JL Hudson, Crowley's Meadowoak Feb 2023 #3

I can recall... ProudMNDemocrat Feb 2023 #4

Rich's. A sad day when Macy's took it over. CurtEastPoint Feb 2023 #5

Also Davison's Glorfindel Feb 2023 #61

Penguin Feather happybird Feb 2023 #6

Different Drummer, adding to your list----- debm55 Feb 2023 #7

No, I'm from GA. Different Drummer Feb 2023 #9

Crazy Eddie's GP6971 Feb 2023 #8

Winklemans rogerballard Feb 2023 #10

I forgot about Kresge. Different Drummer Feb 2023 #15

I was the lunch counter cook as a part time job in high school. Scrivener7 Feb 2023 #28

Counter service rogerballard Feb 2023 #37

Didn't Kresge Mr.Bill Feb 2023 #30

Yes, according to this reference I found. Different Drummer Feb 2023 #35

I think Kresge's started opening their Kmart stores @1962 rurallib Feb 2023 #41

I do remember Kresge stores Mr.Bill Feb 2023 #46

Yes, correct - Kresge's were usually in the old center of town rurallib Feb 2023 #48

Thanks for the info. n/t Mr.Bill Feb 2023 #49

Art Van, Border's, Jacobson's, RevCo, AL Price, Freethinker65 Feb 2023 #11

Didn't Revco rebrand as CVS? Different Drummer Feb 2023 #36

Possibly? I moved from the Detroit area in 1999. Freethinker65 Feb 2023 #53

We had both Revco (CVS) and Rite Aid. Different Drummer Feb 2023 #66

I loved Border's esp because of special memories... electric_blue68 Feb 2023 #71

At the corner strip mall half a mile away Tom Kitten Feb 2023 #12

a few more bottomofthehill Feb 2023 #13

Mervyn's Bristlecone Feb 2023 #14

Hanover Shoes, Thom McAnn, Johnston & Murphy, Two Guys (of Harrison), Bambergers bucolic_frolic Feb 2023 #16

Off the top of my head thatcrowwoman Feb 2023 #17

Oh! thatcrowwoman Feb 2023 #22

From Phoenix... AZSkiffyGeek Feb 2023 #18

J J Newberry, Thom McCann, A & P, , W T Grant, fast photo, Bonanza and Ponderosa steakhouse jaxexpat Feb 2023 #19

Arthur Treacher's! AZSkiffyGeek Feb 2023 #20

Burger Chef: best double cheeseburger ever jaxexpat Feb 2023 #23

My sister managed one... rogerballard Feb 2023 #24

Federals rogerballard Feb 2023 #21

For some reason this reminded me of Joshua Doore and the theme song Freethinker65 Feb 2023 #55

Ace's Cow Shed Lounge, Jitter's Beer and Ammo and The Gizzard Palace. nt Atticus Feb 2023 #25

This message was self-deleted by its author Atticus Feb 2023 #26

Lord & Taylor, Wanamakers, Gimbals, Genungs, Kresges, Floyds, Caldors, Alexanders, Grants, Scrivener7 Feb 2023 #27

You're taken care of most of the other NYC flagship, or branches of stores... electric_blue68 Feb 2023 #68

Genungs was in Danbury, CT. Floyds was in Yonkers. Scrivener7 Feb 2023 #75

Ah, got it. Ty. electric_blue68 Feb 2023 #78

Fry's Electronics. Pinback Feb 2023 #29

CompUSA is kaput too marked50 Feb 2023 #43

Yep, squandered a few paychecks there. :) (nt) Pinback Feb 2023 #45

My wife managed catalog department in our town of two of the gibraltar72 Feb 2023 #31

Rexall Drug Stores. Robert Hall. Pranges. Treasure Island. LakeArenal Feb 2023 #32

Licorice Pizza, The Warehouse, Music+ DBoon Feb 2023 #33

Cunningham Drug rogerballard Feb 2023 #34

You Hit Several Of Ours ProfessorGAC Feb 2023 #38

Many already mentioned but three more... wcmagumba Feb 2023 #39

We had Western Auto, as well. Different Drummer Feb 2023 #40

Left one off my list that I forgot about. Different Drummer Feb 2023 #42

One of the biggest to disappear here in Iowa was Yonkers rurallib Feb 2023 #44

How could we forget... Pinback Feb 2023 #47

So many (Philadelphia) Tree-Hugger Feb 2023 #50

I loved Drug Emporium! Different Drummer Feb 2023 #51

Wieboldts, Carson, Pirie, Scott and Co. bahboo Feb 2023 #52

Jordan Marsh, Filenes, Raymonds, Parke Snow, Cummings, Rexall Drug Sores. Fla Dem Feb 2023 #54

DC metro area and elsewhere... Mousetoescamper Feb 2023 #56

We had Bi-Lo. Different Drummer Feb 2023 #65

Topps Lars39 Feb 2023 #57

Too many for me to list, but... LudwigPastorius Feb 2023 #58

Milwaukie Oregon ........ TEENIES and The Gay Blade in downtown Milwaukie. Trueblue1968 Feb 2023 #59

Department Stores HoosierDebbie Feb 2023 #60

The Boston Store, I loved going there when I was a kid and riding on the escalator Rhiannon12866 Feb 2023 #62

Hechinger's - hardware store Wicked Blue Feb 2023 #63

From my homestate and my current sate: Niagara Feb 2023 #64

Few more -- possibly only east coast stores IcyPeas Feb 2023 #67

Different Drummer & Wicked Blue you named the majority of stores gone from NYC... electric_blue68 Feb 2023 #69

Bonwit Teller rogerballard Feb 2023 #70

This goes waaaay back; no one's mentioned Tandies Art & Crafts Store electric_blue68 Feb 2023 #72

When I worked at Izod's ( clothes - little Alligator logo) HQ one of interesting things being in... electric_blue68 Feb 2023 #73

Winns Texasgal Feb 2023 #74

Chatham Grocery Store rogerballard Feb 2023 #76

Zayre, Sears, Woolworths, Kmart, Montgomery Wards, Emile Feb 2023 #77

I have three to add to the list Trailrider1951 Feb 2023 #79

Kessel Food Markets rogerballard Feb 2023 #80

Marshall Field -open from 1887-2004. The flagship store... 3catwoman3 Feb 2023 #81

Lawson's, Higbee's, Halle's, Dogs 'n Suds (Northeast Ohio) Auggie Feb 2023 #82