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1. katry Says:

   
   November 10, 2013 at 11:48 am

   Mary Ellen Chase quote
2. Bob Says:

   
   November 10, 2013 at 12:36 pm

   Those were the days when you and your mother went downtown to shop at JC Penny. You got all dressed up and then went to a restaurant for lunch.

   JC Penny almost went into bankruptcy recently and the board of directors hired the guy who designed all the Apple stores. He came from Target and was going to save the company. He trashed all the sales and went to everyday low pricing. He redesigned the stores to be shops within the store concept. It failed along with the change in name to JCP. He’s gone, the sales are back along with the name JC Penny.

   Too bad the brands Marshall Field’s in Chicago, Famous Bar in St. Louis and Filene in Boston are all Macy’s now.
   • katry Says:

     
     November 10, 2013 at 2:33 pm

     Bob,
     We used to go in town to Boston mostly to Jordan Marsh, my mother’s and my first credit card years apart. We’d go to the book section, all wooden shelves and comfy benches. We’d go to Bailey’s for a hot fudge sundae, the best in the world. It was Jordan Marsh which became Macy’s. Filene’s just closed and has stood empty though I think something is going on now.

     I was sorry to see all those stores go including Gilchrist’s here.
     • Bob Says:

       
       November 10, 2013 at 7:08 pm

       Ops, sorry I got Jordan Marsh and Filene’s mixed up. Most of them were owned by Federated department stores anyway regardless which family name was on the door. I think Neiman Marcus is owned by a big company since the death of the son of the company’s founder Stanley Marcus.
     • katry Says:

       
       November 10, 2013 at 10:07 pm

       Bob,
       Your not being from around Boston would have made confusing them easy. I’m amazed you even remembered Filene’s.
     • Bob Says:

       
       November 10, 2013 at 10:14 pm

       It was the famous basement 🙂
     • katry Says:

       
       November 10, 2013 at 10:30 pm

       Bob,
       That was on crazy place. Women tried clothes on in the aisles and pushing wasn’t unusual.

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