Defunct Store Nostalgia Thread

[M3t4tr0n]

it was an event

you had all those people in there bullshitting about movies and if something was new and you wanted it you would rush in and like also check the counter to see if it was just returned, plus so and so picks.

also, having the box in your hand and looking at the cover art and reading the back blurb.

Yup, it made movie night great.

 

[raty tat tat]

Towers records, Borders, and video stores But I don't miss blockbuster video.

 

[HereticBD]

Don't know if it's still around in some places, but I miss going into "The IT Store".

It was essentially a party/novelty item store, that had all sorts of weird shit. It was the perfect "Father's Day" store, where you could buy gag golf balls, or dirty calendars, or those lighters with women in bikinis on them, that when you turned them upside down, the bikini would disappear.

It had lots of other stuff too, Like lava lamps, and those things that had a thousand metal pins in them, and would make an imprint of whatever you pressed into it. Just a fun store to just browse around in.

 

[Deleted member 220895]

P4p best phosphates

 

[superpunch]

Anyone know of any failing outdated stores that rebranded to stay relevant?

 

[MusterX]

I actually remember the Ben Franklin 5 and Dime store which was owned by Woolworth's, they later changed their name to the Foot Locker.

 

[bigraydaddy1]

Restaurants are a welcome addition to the thread, never heard of this place though. is it regional?

No, national I believe.
Closed under pressure because of the "racist" name. Was named after the book, "Little Black Sambo", but in the book, Sambo was an Indian boy from India.

But Sambo is a derogatory name for blacks, I guess

 

[MusterX]

P4p best phosphates

Just noticed you kinda beat me to it but my post was more focused on the 5 and Dime stores that Woolworth owned, then they later became the Foot Locker.

 

[bigraydaddy1]

 

[ralphc1]

Restaurants are a welcome addition to the thread, never heard of this place though. is it regional?

Started in California and had over 1,000 locations. We had them in Wisconsin. Bakers Square bought them out and turned some into Bakers Square and others to Dennys.

 

[Randy Trevor]

No, national I believe.
Closed under pressure because of the "racist" name. Was named after the book, "Little Black Sambo", but in the book, Sambo was an Indian boy from India.

But Sambo is a derogatory name for blacks, I guess

I always think of Fedor when I hear Sambo

 

[ralphc1]

No, national I believe.
Closed under pressure because of the "racist" name. Was named after the book, "Little Black Sambo", but in the book, Sambo was an Indian boy from India.

But Sambo is a derogatory name for blacks, I guess

It was named for the founders Sam Battistone, Sr., and Newell Bohnett.

 

[orangecuse]

I used to see a few oft TJ Big Boy's around when I was younger. I thought they were long gone. Wiki says there's still 83 in the US and 279 in Japan..Wtf??

 

[Deleted member 220895]

I actually remember the Ben Franklin 5 and Dime store which was owned by Woolworth's, they later changed their name to the Foot Locker.

Is that called the Foot Locker building now?

 

[MusterX]

Is that called the Foot Locker building now?

I'm not sure. Its one of those things I don't even think most people know. Woolworth = Franklin's 5 and Dime = Foot Locker.

 

[MusterX]

Is that called the Foot Locker building now?

Found this on Wiki

The building was owned by the Woolworth company for 85 years until 1998, when the Venator Group (formerly the F. W. Woolworth Company) sold it to the Witkoff Group for $155 million.[12] Until recently, that company kept a presence in the building through a Foot Locker store (Foot Locker is the successor to the Woolworth Company).


Prior to September 11, 2001 attacks, the World Trade Center was often photographed in such a way that the Woolworth Building could be seen between 1 and 2 World Trade Center.[13] After the attacks, which occurred only a few blocks away, the building was without electricity, water and telephone service for a few weeks and had broken windows and the top turret was damaged by falling rubble. Increased post-attack security restricted access to most of the ornate lobby, previously a tourist attraction,[14] although the lobby was reopened to public tours in 2014.[15]


The structure has a long association with higher education, housing a number of Fordham University schools in the early 20th century. Today, the building houses, among other tenants, TTA Inc., Control Group Inc., AIGA, and the New York University School of Continuing and Professional Studies' Center for Global Affairs.[16]


In August 2012, The New York Times reported that an investment group led by Alchemy Properties, a New York developer, bought the top 30 floors of the landmark on July 31 for $68 million from the Witkoff Group and Cammeby's International.[17] The firm plans to renovate the space into luxury apartments and convert the penthouse into a five-level living space.[18] The lower 28 floors are still owned by the Witkoff Group and Cammeby International, who plan to lease them as office space.

 

[blaseblah]

I miss arcades

 

[Grrrr]

I used to see a few oft TJ Big Boy's around when I was younger. I thought they were long gone. Wiki says there's still 83 in the US and 279 in Japan..Wtf??

That's Bob's big boy....holy crap. Haven't seen one of those in years. Long ago I worked at a sign shop. We had one in our back lot that we took down from a place that closed.

 

[RawHawg]

 

[sleepwalk]

Started in California and had over 1,000 locations. We had them in Wisconsin. Bakers Square bought them out and turned some into Bakers Square and others to Dennys.

I thought they morphed into Shoney's Looks like no relation. I done been edumacated.