tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21554899.post772623782903272522..comments2024-03-26T04:26:04.911-07:00Comments on Lost City: Christmas EulogyBrooks of Sheffieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18297071358029060908noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21554899.post-76484655064283807062008-12-16T07:20:00.000-08:002008-12-16T07:20:00.000-08:00I remember shopping at A&S, Bamberger's, a...I remember shopping at A&S, Bamberger's, and Ohrbach's. My mother held onto her charge plates from those stores for years after they'd closed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21554899.post-34548562369011416082008-12-15T17:41:00.000-08:002008-12-15T17:41:00.000-08:00Wanamaker was both Philly and NYC. The NYC one was...Wanamaker was both Philly and NYC. The NYC one was in two connected buildings, one of which still stands and has K-Mart in part of it. The Philly Wanamaker, which was a glorious store, was, last time I saw it, converted into an office building with a portion of it serving as Lord & Taylor. The other great NYC loss was B. Altman & Co. where CUNY Graduate Center now is.Francis Morronehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08532514088583081142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21554899.post-609796873948807092008-12-15T16:44:00.000-08:002008-12-15T16:44:00.000-08:00Wanamaker's was closed by the time I got to NYC.Wanamaker's was closed by the time I got to NYC.Brooks of Sheffieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18297071358029060908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21554899.post-62254350843247665702008-12-15T14:57:00.000-08:002008-12-15T14:57:00.000-08:00where was Wannamakers? Philly?where was Wannamakers? Philly?Ken Machttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09100185198750536244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21554899.post-51729964943963260032008-12-15T10:28:00.000-08:002008-12-15T10:28:00.000-08:00As a native Chicagoan I still can't quite beli...As a native Chicagoan I still can't quite believe that there is no Marshall Field's anymore. I also can't believe that when Macy's took it over they could not have, at the very least, retained the Marshall Field's name. Same with Abraham & Straus in Brooklyn. Maybe it was a legal thing. But I still have trouble believing Macy's couldn't have made some arrangement to keep the old names.Francis Morronehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08532514088583081142noreply@blogger.com