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Posted by 67th Avenue on Thu Apr 9 04:05:58 2009 Do you remember the Albee Square Theater, Albee Square Mall, Gimbel's, Grand Union and F.W. Woolworth's? |
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Posted by SUBWAYSURF on Thu Apr 9 04:43:53 2009, in response to Old New York., posted by 67th Avenue on Thu Apr 9 04:05:58 2009. >>>>.....Gimbel's, Grand Union and F.W. Woolworth's? <<<I remember these 3. Hell, I was a manager for the 2nd one in the late 70's. Grand Union went bankrupt 3 times and no longer exists, as we knew it, someone bought the name and it still does live on, albeit a shadow of what was. |
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Posted by docstox on Thu Apr 9 04:55:48 2009, in response to Old New York., posted by 67th Avenue on Thu Apr 9 04:05:58 2009. I remember F.W.Woolworths very well.There was one on 181st St. in Washington heights near where we once lived.How about the Automats that were all over the city? Nedicks hot dog stands also? |
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Posted by SUBWAYSURF on Thu Apr 9 05:41:41 2009, in response to Re: Old New York., posted by docstox on Thu Apr 9 04:55:48 2009. >>>>Nedicks hot dog stands also? <<
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Posted by docstox on Thu Apr 9 08:52:56 2009, in response to Re: Old New York., posted by SUBWAYSURF on Thu Apr 9 05:41:41 2009. Excellent! I can smell that hot dog and taste the orange-aid drink while I look at that photo.That's a famous vantage point in your photo.I have a postcard of the same view around 1949 with many old look buses right in front of Macys.Hey, thanks for the trip down memory lane today! |
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Posted by SUBWAYSURF on Thu Apr 9 09:19:35 2009, in response to Re: Old New York., posted by docstox on Thu Apr 9 08:52:56 2009. You're welcome. I remember nedicks quite well. My Great-Aunt used to take me there after shopping at Gimbels, in the mid 60s. She would never step foot in Macy*s. |
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Posted by FYBklyn1959 on Thu Apr 9 10:50:24 2009, in response to Old New York., posted by 67th Avenue on Thu Apr 9 04:05:58 2009. Many a time did I accompany my mom shopping at the Herald Square Gimbels. Living in Crown Heights, it was a one-seat ride on the Q (pre-Chrystie) or D (post-Chrystie) from Prospect Park to 34 St/Herald Square. (though sometimes we'd take the B47 one stop to Empire/Washington if it was coming). My favorite floor in Gimbels was the 6th, which had the toys (when I was younger) and the records (when I was older)(though I got most of my records from A & S on Fulton St (8th floor there). |
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Posted by docstox on Thu Apr 9 10:53:36 2009, in response to Re: Old New York., posted by SUBWAYSURF on Thu Apr 9 09:19:35 2009. LOL! Remember the old expression years ago when you were trying to get secret information out of somebody? They would say "Does Macy's tell Gimbels?" Those great old timer New Yorkers! Just like department stores you were loyal to the New York Giants, the New York Yankees or the Brooklyn Dodgers! |
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Posted by Dan on Thu Apr 9 14:05:02 2009, in response to Old New York., posted by 67th Avenue on Thu Apr 9 04:05:58 2009. Some other old and not so old NYC stores, etc.EJ Korvettes - Had a great record department in the 1970s. They sold everything at one time, even large appliances. I used to shop at the Bay Parkway location. Korvettes gone by 1980/81. Is that a Kmart now? Martin's - Fine clothes. Located on Fulton Street in Brooklyn. Gone by 1981. Crazy Eddie - I remember his first little store on Kings Highway. For a guy who always had a bad reputation he did well for a long time until the law caught up with him. Newmark & Lewis - Not a bad place to buy TVs and VCRs but like most regional electronic chains coudln't compete with the big box outfits like Best Buy. Lafayette Radio - Based in Long Island. The Brooklyn store was in a crummy location on Bedford Avenue near Snyder(?) Avenue. Lafayette brand stuff lasted forever. I use Lafayette 2X speakers in my basement. Around 1982 Circuit City bought them out and closed the NYC area stores. Circuit City itself is now history. Trader Horn - Another electronic chain, entered the NYC market around 1984. Out of business around 1995. Orange Julius - Are they gone too? IIRC they were only in Manhattan. A hot dog and hamburger place like Nedicks. LH Martin - Discount stores, poorly run. Cheap merchandise. Gone around 1981. They had a location on Newkirk Avenue near the Brighton line. TSS Stores - Another cheapo discount place, also gone in early 1980s. Any others????????? |
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Posted by docstox on Thu Apr 9 14:27:29 2009, in response to Re: Old New York., posted by Dan on Thu Apr 9 14:05:02 2009. How about Alexanders? They had an outlet in the Bronx we would go to in the 1950's.They also had a store in Paramus NJ with a bizarre mural on the outside which is in storage.That store is long gone.EJ Korvette record department was fabulous.The branch in Paramus NJ is where I shopped.The rEcords all had a code as to price A,B,C and so on.I bought a suit in 1971 there for only 30 bucks complete with a tailor there altering it! Lafayette radio had a branch in Paramus NJ as well.That was the place in the late 50's- mid 60's for electronics.My father bought a Heathkit amp there. Trader Horn had a branch here also.I bought a few things from them that never broke down. |
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Posted by Jeff Rosen on Thu Apr 9 14:40:59 2009, in response to Re: Old New York., posted by Dan on Thu Apr 9 14:05:02 2009. Does anyone know how E.J. Korvettes got it's name?Hint: It's not what you think. That's an urban legend yet it does have something to do with the military. |
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Posted by Dan on Thu Apr 9 14:41:35 2009, in response to Re: Old New York., posted by docstox on Thu Apr 9 14:27:29 2009. Alexander's was one of the anchors of the Kings Plaza Mall.Whoever the buyer was for Korvette's record department in the mid-1970s must have been a big WNEW-FM fan. They stocked nearly everything I heard on that great album-oriented radio station, even obscure UK imports by groups like Pilot, Pretty Things, The Move, Wizzard, ELO (before they got big) and Nektar. Out of character with the rest of Korvettes which sold just plain stuff. You could buy 10W-40 motor oil then go upsatirs and pick up the latest offbeat UK import LP. |
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Posted by Dan on Thu Apr 9 14:44:45 2009, in response to Re: Old New York., posted by Jeff Rosen on Thu Apr 9 14:40:59 2009. It's NOT "Eight Jewish Korean Veterans" because Korvettes was open before the Korean War. There was a type of naval craft called a "Corvette". Something to do with that? |
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Posted by Jeff Rosen on Thu Apr 9 15:07:55 2009, in response to Re: Old New York., posted by Dan on Thu Apr 9 14:44:45 2009. Right |
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Posted by Orange Blossom Special on Thu Apr 9 16:53:11 2009, in response to Old New York., posted by 67th Avenue on Thu Apr 9 04:05:58 2009. I remember Gimbel's and Woolworths, but not in ny.I was actually thinking of those two stores the other day! |
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Posted by daDouce Man on Thu Apr 9 17:37:17 2009, in response to Re: Old New York., posted by Orange Blossom Special on Thu Apr 9 16:53:11 2009. What was the name of the department store where Manhattan Mall is now? |
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Posted by Newkirk Images on Thu Apr 9 19:42:45 2009, in response to Re: Old New York., posted by Dan on Thu Apr 9 14:05:02 2009. Lafayette Radio - Based in Long Island. The Brooklyn store was in a crummy location on Bedford Avenue near Snyder(?) Avenue. Lafayette brand stuff lasted forever.I used to work at that store from 1968-1970 and 1971-Jan 1975. Bill "Newkirk" |
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Posted by Fred G on Thu Apr 9 20:29:54 2009, in response to Re: Old New York., posted by Dan on Thu Apr 9 14:05:02 2009.  your pal, Fred |
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Posted by AMoreira81 on Thu Apr 9 20:33:27 2009, in response to Old New York., posted by 67th Avenue on Thu Apr 9 04:05:58 2009. Albee Square Mall was around until about 2 years ago...that that entire block is vacant just seems odd.I remember Woolworth's and Grand Union vaguely. |
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Posted by AMoreira81 on Thu Apr 9 20:35:38 2009, in response to Re: Old New York., posted by Dan on Thu Apr 9 14:05:02 2009. Orange Julius is owned by Berkshire Hathaway these days.I remember TSS/Seedman's vividly. But you forgot Mays' and Sachs New York. Oh, and Dick Lewis is STILL watching. |
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Posted by AMoreira81 on Thu Apr 9 20:36:36 2009, in response to Re: Old New York., posted by Dan on Thu Apr 9 14:05:02 2009. Also, Genovese (now Rite-Aid, then Eckerd). |
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Posted by daDouce Man on Thu Apr 9 20:46:58 2009, in response to Re: Old New York., posted by AMoreira81 on Thu Apr 9 20:33:27 2009. There was a Woolworth's on Junction Blvd when I was younger.There was also a Grand Union in the neighborhood. But I couldn't say where it was. |
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Posted by AMoreira81 on Thu Apr 9 20:49:36 2009, in response to Old New York., posted by 67th Avenue on Thu Apr 9 04:05:58 2009. I have some classics for you, speaking of Old New York: |
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Posted by Fred G on Thu Apr 9 20:51:25 2009, in response to Re: Old New York., posted by Dan on Thu Apr 9 14:05:02 2009.  your pal, Fred |
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Posted by R PansePCC on Thu Apr 9 22:05:06 2009, in response to Re: Old New York., posted by Fred G on Thu Apr 9 20:51:25 2009. I had a bad thought about this ad. It reminds me of that poor women who jumped yesterday. |
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Posted by daDouce Man on Thu Apr 9 22:07:00 2009, in response to Re: Old New York., posted by R PansePCC on Thu Apr 9 22:05:06 2009. Look like the woman in this ad merely slipped and fell. |
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Posted by BMTLines on Fri Apr 10 00:43:32 2009, in response to Old New York., posted by 67th Avenue on Thu Apr 9 04:05:58 2009. I really miss the stamp and coin shop that Gimbels had - no other department store or mall ever had anything like it :-( |
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Posted by 67th Avenue on Fri Apr 10 01:35:29 2009, in response to Re: Old New York., posted by Dan on Thu Apr 9 14:05:02 2009. I remember S. Klien's. |
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Posted by SMAZ on Fri Apr 10 02:37:58 2009, in response to Re: Old New York., posted by AMoreira81 on Thu Apr 9 20:35:38 2009. very creepy commercial. |
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Posted by SMAZ on Fri Apr 10 02:46:29 2009, in response to Re: Old New York., posted by AMoreira81 on Thu Apr 9 20:36:36 2009. Yeah, Genovese drugstores were all over the place.Also Nobody Beats The Wiz and of course Woolworth's. |
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Posted by LuchAAA on Fri Apr 10 02:56:54 2009, in response to Re: Old New York., posted by SMAZ on Fri Apr 10 02:46:29 2009. I miss Woolworth's on Myrtle. |
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Posted by SMAZ on Fri Apr 10 03:32:46 2009, in response to Re: Old New York., posted by LuchAAA on Fri Apr 10 02:56:54 2009. I miss the one on the SE corner of Steinway St and 31st Av. There was a Genovese right across the street from it on the NE corner. There is still an old Greek guy on that corner that sells great franks done the old fashioned way. |
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Posted by Fred G on Fri Apr 10 03:40:42 2009, in response to Re: Old New York., posted by R PansePCC on Thu Apr 9 22:05:06 2009. That is so sad.your pal, Fred |
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Posted by SUBWAYSURF on Fri Apr 10 05:34:06 2009, in response to Re: Old New York., posted by docstox on Thu Apr 9 14:27:29 2009. Alexanders is still in business. As a real estete company, konown as Interste Properies. Two guys is still in business too, Vornado Realty, they own or manage much of the area around Penn station, |
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Posted by SUBWAYSURF on Fri Apr 10 05:36:06 2009, in response to Re: Old New York., posted by Dan on Thu Apr 9 14:05:02 2009. >>>>Any others?????????<<<Two Guys. |
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Posted by SUBWAYSURF on Fri Apr 10 05:41:48 2009, in response to Re: Old New York., posted by Fred G on Thu Apr 9 20:29:54 2009. 
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Posted by SUBWAYSURF on Fri Apr 10 05:49:06 2009, in response to Re: Old New York., posted by 67th Avenue on Fri Apr 10 01:35:29 2009.  |
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Posted by MJF on Fri Apr 10 05:49:18 2009, in response to Old New York., posted by 67th Avenue on Thu Apr 9 04:05:58 2009. No, no, yes, yes, yes. |
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Posted by MJF on Fri Apr 10 05:51:12 2009, in response to Re: Old New York., posted by docstox on Thu Apr 9 04:55:48 2009. Loved the Nedick's on the mezzanine of the Roosevelt Avenue station. Great orangeade, tasty hot dog buns. |
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Posted by LuchAAA on Fri Apr 10 05:52:07 2009, in response to Old New York., posted by 67th Avenue on Thu Apr 9 04:05:58 2009. I remember TSS-Times Square Stores at Robert Hall Village in Middle Village. I remember Bohack too. |
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Posted by LuchAAA on Fri Apr 10 05:53:20 2009, in response to Re: Old New York., posted by MJF on Fri Apr 10 05:51:12 2009. Wasn't Nedick's in the chase scene in French Connection? |
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Posted by MJF on Fri Apr 10 05:59:53 2009, in response to Re: Old New York., posted by Dan on Thu Apr 9 14:05:02 2009. Pretty soon we'll be talking about Fortunoff's in this thread.Does anyone remember Great Eastern in Elmont? It used to be where the Home Depot on Hempstead Turnpike is now. They were kind of like Woolworth's on steroids. The store was huge, they had everything and there was a Hills supermarket attached to it. They were a chain, IIRC. I've tried to find pictures but there doesn't seem to be anything out there. In the early 1970's a trip with my parents to Great Eastern usually ended with us stopping at Gouz (rhymes with cows) on Dutch Broadway. |
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Posted by MJF on Fri Apr 10 06:01:26 2009, in response to Re: Old New York., posted by AMoreira81 on Thu Apr 9 20:33:27 2009. There was a Grand Union in the shopping center at Francis Lewis and Hillside. In fact, there used to be a Bohacks supermarket practically next door to Grand Union. |
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Posted by LuchAAA on Fri Apr 10 06:04:39 2009, in response to Re: Old New York., posted by MJF on Fri Apr 10 06:01:26 2009. Hmmm. I wonder what the Waldbaum's on Franny Lew and Horace Harding was before Waldbaum's? |
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Posted by SUBWAYSURF on Fri Apr 10 06:09:57 2009, in response to Re: Old New York., posted by LuchAAA on Fri Apr 10 05:53:20 2009. NO |
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Posted by SUBWAYSURF on Fri Apr 10 06:11:30 2009, in response to Re: Old New York., posted by daDouce Man on Thu Apr 9 17:37:17 2009. Gimbels |
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Posted by MJF on Fri Apr 10 06:19:05 2009, in response to Re: Old New York., posted by LuchAAA on Fri Apr 10 05:53:20 2009. Do you mean the car chase scene under the West End line? I don't believe so? |
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Posted by MJF on Fri Apr 10 06:20:44 2009, in response to Re: Old New York., posted by LuchAAA on Fri Apr 10 06:04:39 2009. Daitch Shopwell or Food Fair. I think it was Daitch but there was another one on FLB and 35th Avenue and I didn't think they would have 2 stores so close together. |
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Posted by LuchAAA on Fri Apr 10 06:25:01 2009, in response to Re: Old New York., posted by MJF on Fri Apr 10 06:19:05 2009. No. The Shuttle chase. |
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Posted by MJF on Fri Apr 10 06:34:49 2009, in response to Re: Old New York., posted by LuchAAA on Fri Apr 10 06:25:01 2009. I don't remember if Nedick's was in that scene either. Are you referring to the lunch counter in the passageway between the Lex and the shuttle? I'm not even sure if that was a Nedick's or an independently owned concession. |
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