tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50169781806740446872024-03-06T12:01:48.205-08:00Shopping Days In Retro BostonA place to recall and celebrate the wonderful stores of a Downtown Boston now alive only in our memoriesCharles Bostonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00278135552869321628noreply@blogger.comBlogger83125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5016978180674044687.post-419670520213050592013-10-25T05:03:00.000-07:002013-10-26T01:14:42.792-07:00Boston in the Twilight Days of 1963<br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Hello, My Fellow Retro Boston Lovers!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Today we look back fifty years to the last weeks of 1963.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The assassination of President Kennedy for many Americans
was a moment they would never forget; a moment that time stood still. Grief,
horror and total disbelief all flooding in at once...and leaving an everlasting
freeze-frame in their mind of that exact moment they heard the shocking news.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Boston was hit extremely hard, President Kennedy was their
hero. The local Brookline boy who rose up and became President...Boston was so proud!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Much of America was in a love with the suave young President
and his charming and delightfully stylish wife. A look at the advertisements
from the Boston area stores tells so much...you can see JFK’s hairstyle or Jackie’s
unique dresses everywhere. They were truly icons of the early 1960’s in every sense
of the word. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Looking back to the end of 1963 in Boston is quite astonishing
indeed. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The “new” Boston was taking shape for better or worse.
Government Center was starting to rise up bit by bit in 1963 out the rubble that
once was colorful Scollay Sqaure. The West End of Boston was now gone and the
Prudential Building was looming tall above the Back Bay and nearly ready for
completion by 1964. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">In October of 1963, the MTA officially opened the new
Government Center Station using part of the old Scollay Station and a large new
section. Adams Square Station, today nearly forgotten, was closed and
demolished as part of the building of the new Boston City Hall. The little
used, antique station was seen outbound on-route to Haymarket Square Station
only and sadly, it was considered a waste of space. A new track layout for the
Green Line made the ride from the new Government Center Station to Haymarket
more direct and much less scenic...gone forever were the noisy, winding curves
that made a ride on the Boston subway just a bit more fun!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The assassination of President Kennedy on Friday, November
22, 1963 rocked the world and Boston found itself in deep mourning. The days
around the tragedy were very solemn and Monday the 25<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup> was a
national day of mourning. The newspaper advertisements around this time reflect
both great sadness and deep respect...the clippings speak volumes and are very
moving to read.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">All of our once beloved Boston stores paid tribute to the
fallen President. Each tribute was simple and dignified. They paid homage and
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Amidst all this sadness, another Boston Strangler murder
took place...it had been so many months since the last killing. But Boston
still had a killer or killers on the loose and so the city and its surrounding
suburbs resumed a high police alert. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The kick-off to the 1963 Christmas season was very gloomy
indeed and Boston carried on...with a heavy heart and a lot less sparkle than
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I compiled a selection of retail and entertainment advertisements
that give you a taste of what the latter days of 1963 in Boston was like. The memorials
and tributes all ran in the various Boston newspapers from the 23 to the 25<sup><span style="font-size: x-small;">th</span></sup>
of November 1963. The photographs were all from the end of 1963 and highlight a
time of great change in Boston itself. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Another interesting item was the sad announcement that the
much loved Norumbega Park was going to be torn down and developed...just
another facet in the “new” look of the Boston area. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I hope you find this look back to fifty years ago both
insightful and moving...I know I did.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">More soon!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Charles
Boston</span></div>
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Here I am! I took a few months off to enjoy the summer and have an opportunity to sit back and reflect on all my various retro Boston projects. My heartfelt thanks to all of you that wrote during the summer months and still carried on sending me your Boston retro treasures and memories; you know that in time an update on the blog will feature what you contributed...have no fear! I thank you for your understanding,<br />
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2013 marked a milestone for this blog...we reached over 100, 000 hits!!! <br />
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That really felt good and it seemed so long ago now that dear Jan Whitaker reminded me that all things take time and to just carry on...she also imparted some deep wisdom back in those early days in 2008:<br />
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Thanks, Jan! You were right!
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This year also marked another milestone for me...my 30th high school reunion!! Now living in the UK, I have no idea if the class of 1983 of Brookline High had a reunion...BUT in my head I had one! And this cerebral reunion brought forth a vast amount of backward glances at countless memories of my four years at Brookline High School. And I can happily say....Damn, I had a great time!
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This update could proceed along the well trampled path of recalling all sorts of great moments in the years 1979 to 1983 and all the super people I got to know and the great teachers I had and so on... BUT I shall take a different path.
I selected a certain golden time in my career at Brookline High...a time that forever stands out as the snapshot I look back on most from those four important years of my young life. <br />
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The autumn of my sophomore year in 1980 really was as good as high school gets for any teen...and I recall it as a time of wonder, excitement and hard work.
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Now if you are thinking that this update has nothing to do with retro Boston shopping, hold on...it all comes together!
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I had a lot of wonderful friends in high school. Some were older and others younger, some went to elementary school with me and others did not...my friend list was diverse and rather colourful.
Carol and Laura were as different as could be. Carol was the perfect straight man in any comic routines; she was Vivian Vance to my Lucille Ball. Quiet, determined and oh, so slightly sarcastic...a perfect side-kick in any adventure and a level head at all times. Laura was the loveable charismatic blonde with an eye for demure fashion, who was rarely on time and always in a huge hurry to get somewhere. I had known Laura since kindergarten and had only just met Carol that year...but it was drama class at BHS that brought us together as real friends.
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It was in the autumn of 1980 that we three began a lovely ritual, a ritual that would last until the summer of 1983. The ritual was simple...lunch and a leisurely wander around various shops.
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That may sound extravagant...it was not...we spent very little money, and NO we were not shoplifters!!!!! Get that thought out of your head!!
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We all had small allowances from home and two of us also had small part-time jobs. I cleaned houses...or shall I say houses and churches. It was only a few hours after school one day a week or on a Saturday morning but it added some much enjoyed cash to my pocket. Laura did much the same but did have a few hours dusting and vacuuming at a shop in Brookline called, The Boston Bedroom. We had many a laugh saying that she worked in “The Boston Bedroom”, it had sounded slightly naughty and for prim, proper Laura it was really a hoot!
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We did not go on our little lunch dates every weekend, but we went often and always at least once during a school holiday. I never went alone. If Laura could not make it, Carol and I still went and sometimes other friends joined us...but the cast was mainly just us three and Boston was our stage.
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The typical 1980 Saturday afternoon out for us looked something like this:
We all met by the CVS store in Coolidge Corner...normally around noon. Carol and I would be first on the scene and wait for Laura...we would eventually see Laura running up Harvard Street to meet us. It was about 12:15 or so by now and we were off! We took the C-line into Boston and I can recall in the autumn of 1980 that busses were doing the route down Beacon Street while they relayed the tracks along that outdoor route.
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Our trips had many variations. Sometimes we got off at Auditorium Station and did a Prudential Center focussed trip or we went further into Boston for a Downtown Crossing experience.
A Prudential Center trip included a very inexpensive lunch at the great old Ground Round at the rear of the plaza or a simple lunch at the newly opened Pizzeria Uno on Boylston Street. The three of us always shared an appetizer and then we each had a small lunch. At the end, Laura grabbed a paper napkin and used her eye-liner pen to divvy up what we each owed. I can still see her now working out the sums in her various shades of eye pen colours!<br />
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After lunch we wandered into places like Brentano’s Bookshop in the Prudential Plaza and then over to the Paperback Booksmith on Boylston Street. Brentano’s was great because it not only had super books; it had a wonderful gift area out in the rear section. I did a good deal of my 1980 Xmas shopping in this very spot! Laura and Carol also enjoyed a quick walk-thru the street floor of Lord and Taylor’s sometimes as well. We rarely bought anything, we just looked.
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Both Laura and Carol were devout Catholics and sometimes we all attended Mass at the little chapel in the Prudential Center...and sometimes if on a Sunday, a morning service in one of the other magnificent churches in Copley Square preceded our lunch out. We enjoyed sharing church-going...it was all part of our wonderfully unique friendship.
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A Downtown Crossing trip always took us through Jordan Marsh. The Annex Building was demolished in 1979 and the large crater was still there surrounded by chain link fencing...a stark reminder of the loss. In 1980 Jordan Marsh was crammed full on all floors, still trying to carry a rather full line of merchandise that included large appliances as well. The 1977 rebuilt section of Jordan Marsh was really the focus for the store in those days and I can still recall feeling bitter about not having the old Main Store anymore...I can’t say I enjoyed looking around the new section much at all. I do recall going out the doors onto the doomed Avon Street and saying to Laura and Carol, “I miss the old Jordan Marsh, that hole is where I LOVED to shop. Why did they take away my annex?”
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We would then go to Kresge’s and giggle at the all the wigs on display, cruise through Filene’s and often pop into Strawberries Records and the large Barnes and Noble Bookshop. No trip would have been complete to Downtown Crossing without a whirl through the big Woolworth’s to round the day out.
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Lunch in the 1980 Downtown Crossing shopping trips was had in the newly renovated Faneuil Hall Market Place since it offered so many choices at affordable prices. A look around at all the market stalls was always worthwhile!
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A third shopping variation took us onto the Red Line and into Harvard Square. Now in 1980 Harvard Square was a huge construction site and I can vividly recall the maze of fences all around the square keeping you from falling into the vast craters that were all part of the MBTA project to rebuild the subway station. It was utter chaos, but loads of fun!
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We had lunch mainly at Pizzeria Uno on Mass Ave and then worked our way through the various floors of the Harvard Coop and always spending time looking at the great poster and print room or perusing through their vast record department. We came out a back door onto Church Street and always went into the amazing and one of a kind, Bookcase. A great second-hand bookshop with unique gifts and oddities...sadly, it burned to the ground later in the 1980’s.
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Another tasty addition to a shopping trip may have included...if we felt we had the money...theatre!! All three of us loved the theatre and so, as special treats we did go to see some wonderful shows that were playing in and around Boston at that time. In the autumn of 1980, I took Laura to see Carol Channing in the tour of “Sugar Babies” at the Colonial Theatre. My mother had bought two tickets via the Show of the Month Club and had to give hers up because it conflicted with our annual church fair. Laura was free and I invited her to go to the outrageously funny musical burlesque review. Carol Channing was in top form that matinee, one act was removed from the show by illness and Carol had to do a bit of filler at the end of the show...and she did a bit of Q and A with the audience...it was magic!
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These afternoons out were carefree and relatively inexpensive. I truly can’t picture us having mobile phones or palm-held computers...we lived in a non-computer based age. Sure, business and government computers were very active but not in our personal daily lives. Some brave folks were using those early home computers in 1980, but no one I knew. Only a handful of students were taking computer programming courses at our high school, not us...we only managed basic typing skills and they were taught on old tank-like IBM Selectric typewriters. That was our technology and our rotary dial telephones were still anchored to the walls of our parent’s houses.<br />
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I can still vividly recall one shopping trip that ended early and we found ourselves back in Coolidge Corner with a bit of time to spare before we had to be home. We wandered into the newly opened Brookline Videosmith (this must have been early 1981) which was downstairs under the bookstore. The whole new VCR-BETA trend was still out of reach for most of us...I only knew one or two families that had these rather expensive machines...Hey, we still only had B&W TV sets in my house! The three of us walked around gazing at all the movies you could watch at home and it looked so exciting. I looked at a display of VCR and BETA machines under glass, the prices staggered me! I’d have to clean a few more houses full-time to afford that amount I remember thinking to myself.
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The above was a small snapshot of life back in 1980. I know that my younger readers will have laughed at how old fashioned we sounded, but that was our life back then. Boston was not the Boston my mother recalled so fondly from her growing years, but it was still a place to go, see things, enjoy a few laughs and become part of that bigger world as we knew it then.
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I am sure teens today in 2013 feel the same euphoria we did...add the mobile phones, obsessively compulsive texting, change all store names and you have the Boston scene today as they know it...and most likely will recall with many a fond memory 30 years from now.<br />
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Enjoy this scrapbook look back to the autumn of 1980 in Boston. I included photos, articles and plenty of print ads for you...so go on...look back to the glory of early 1980’s Boston:-)
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A few I want to highlight for you:
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*The shots of where the Annex Building of Jordan Marsh used to be show the bleakness of the early 1980’s in that area once all the demolition was complete to make way for the new Lafayette Place project.
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*The large scale renovations of both the Shubert and Metropolitan Theatres were a big thrill to us theatre buffs!
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*Note all the horror movies on offer in the autumn of 1980...we seemed to be in a horror movie phase, possibly helped by the nearness of Halloween.
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*The ads for Jordan Marsh show just how much they were still trying to be the big full line store in downtown...even without the Annex Building space to display all the merchandise.
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Have fun...more soon! Charles Boston
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<br />Charles Bostonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00278135552869321628noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5016978180674044687.post-58744512468669374572013-04-05T06:10:00.000-07:002013-04-05T06:56:05.670-07:00Parking Problems in 1955 Retro Boston<br />
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I spend a great deal of my research time digging through photo archives. The Boston Public Library’s vast image collection constantly amazes me. I find so many treasures there. Often they do not include much in the way of notations or exact dates of photography. Truly, if I still lived in Boston, I’d volunteer my time to help them add some notes to these precious bits of Boston history. I do my part, as best I can, by sharing my thoughts here with you about some of these great retro Boston photos!<br />
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Today we look at the parking problems Boston faced in the mid-1950’s. <br />
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Boston, like all other American cities of the 1950’s, faced the issue of the mounting number of homes owning cars. Also Boston was trying to get shoppers back to downtown Boston...the allure of the suburban malls was growing rapidly. Malls had the added attraction of LOTS of free parking. A huge plus for many shoppers and a big worry for Boston based merchants.<br />
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The City of Boston had a reputation for taking buildings by eminent domain and in September 1955 it took a small group of older buildings next to RH White’s Department Store. These six buildings all date to the late Victorian period (or early 1900's) and were five and six floors in height. In 1955 no special studies were done about their architectural significance, so by mid-1956...they were history. A new automated parking garage was going up and was to be ready by that Christmas.<br />
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Boston was busy building new parking facilities and the one on Hayward Place was to be the most modern by 1956 standards. <br />
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The photos seen here show RH White’s and various phases of the demolition work to prepare the place where the new garage would eventually stand....until 1980 when it would be demolished as part of the Lafayette Place project. <br />
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I have added a few notes on some of the photographs for you to enjoy...but I shall say a few more things here. Why not?<br />
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I would like to add that the little lane between RH White’s and the demolition site was called Norfolk Place. Long gone now....just like Avon Street that used to be next to Jordan Marsh. <br />
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The building that fronted on Washington Street until 1956 was called the Jefferson Building and for many years the upper floors were used as warehouse space by RH White’s. Several small bridges connected the two and I have noted that on a few of the BPL photos that you see here. <br />
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It’s sad to note that even with the fancy new garage of 1956, White’s was struggling and would close in June of 1957. City Mart would come to the former White’s building in 1962 and used the new parking garage as a lure for potential customers. That ended badly when the City of Boston took the White’s building by eminent domain in 1966, tossed City Mart out and plopped Raymond’s in. Raymond’s tried to use the new parking garage as a magnet for shoppers but time was running out for that section of Washington Street and when Raymond’s breathed its last...the City of Boston tore down the building in 1973 as the start to the new Lafayette Place project. And by 1980, the 1956 super automated garage would become part of the rubble. <br />
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Also I found a great advertisement for the former Chandler’s building on the corner of West and Tremont Streets from late 1957. Chandler’s had merged with Conrad’s on Temple Place and the former store’s large building was available for use in 1958. The Thomas Diab Realty Company used the new garage on Hayward Place as a selling point, too. A great deal of hope was pinned on that garage...amazing!<br />
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Enjoy this little look back to 1955- 1956 in retro Boston!<br />
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Ps... My Jordan Marsh Memory Project keeps growing...I can’t wait to share the completed work with you all in the future. I am not rushing...heavens no!! Each time I think I have enough...more information surges forth. I look forward to more input from anyone with Jordan Marsh memories or memorabilia that they would like included in my project!!! There is always room for more! Come one, come all!!!<br />
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Today I present a series of great photos of a rare collection of old downtown Boston department and speciality store charge coins that were sent to me by one of my many new blog readers. Readers who are keen to share their Boston memories and treasures with all of you!<br />
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These great old charge coins were in use mainly from the late 1800’s to the 1930’s in Boston. Boston stores began to offer customers the option to charge items on individual accounts in the later part of the 1800’s but in the beginning it was really only for the more “financially comfortable” members of the public...it was really after World War I that stores began to reach out to loyal average shoppers and invite them to open charge accounts with them. <br />
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The charge coins offered a simple way to recall your store account number...you would present it to the salesperson at the counter when you made your purchase...very easy...very convenient! <br />
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Many shoppers had store charge coins for many larger stores in Boston and they each had a little hole punched through on the top and could safely be put on a key ring of sorts...so cute!!!<br />
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But...alas...no names were printed on the coins...only the account numbers...easy to steal and easy to use. A new type of crime wave swept the city...the fraudulent use of charge coins. Articles appeared almost weekly in the various Boston papers exposing the risks to shoppers and merchants alike. <br />
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The early 1930’s saw the introduction of charge plates. Larger rectangular metallic plates with identifying cuts that made it more difficult to steal and use...the new charge plates required the all important customer signature as part of the charging process. Enter the art of forgery! No system is infallible! But the stores felt safer and so did many customers. The old style charge coins were very popular and the new charge plates became even more so. <br />
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The charge plate scheme in Boston was introduced as a multi-store card with various notches to denote the stores one had accounts in...seven Boston area stores worked as team to bring this new scheme to life in 1934. <br />
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As the 1930’s and 1940’s wore on, more and more stores moved away from the old coins and switched to plates. Most stores by now had their own charge plates and the multi-card scheme was ceased.<br />
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By the 1960’s, most stores called their plates...cards...and the new cards were plastic. It is fun to note that Gilchrist’s held out into the 1970’s and continued to call theirs a charge plate. Good old Gilchrist’s!!<br />
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Enjoy this selection of store advertisements that show the evolution of Boston area store charge accounts over time...you may have to really read the fine print...have fun!!<br />
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A Look Back at Boston in the 1940’s:<br />
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I located a great photo in the BPL collection. The photo shows a perfect view of Tremont and Washington Streets from the air in the mid-1940’s. I cropped and labelled it for my readers to enjoy. Please download it and have a good look. The thrill comes from a good close look...which I did the other day and found lots to enjoy and recall.<br />
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Here are a few of my notes for you to read as you look at the photo close-up:<br />
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I labelled many of the larger stores in the area for you to see and also a few theatres as reference points for those who like to have some idea where things were then in relation to now. <br />
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The scope of this area has changed dramatically. In 1940’s the Jordan Marsh Annex looked so regal in the midst of the assembled buildings. The nine floors really did stand out and one can see why Jordan Marsh was so pleased with it when it first began to built in the early part of the 1900’s.<br />
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Notice Filene’s roof...the large air conditioning unit is brightly labelled so that no man or bird will doubt the store’s boastful (but very true) claim of providing glorious cool air to the famous basement down below. <br />
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RH White’s...if you look carefully...has taken over the upper floors of the building to the right. Notice the little bridges that connect the upper floors of White’s to the other building. The other building’s upper levels were used for many years as stock and storage areas until White’s outgrew it. <br />
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Notice just how big Chandler’s was on the corner of West and Tremont. When the store merged with Conrad’s on Winter Street in 1958, they really did downsize considerably. <br />
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I am always amazed at just how many buildings made up Jordan Marsh’s Main Store and Hovey’s! Have a good look...I truly lament the loss of the older (historic, as well!!) buildings of the CF Hovey store but one can see why...in the late 1940’s...the Jordan Marsh executives wanted to wipe the slate clean and start again with clean lines and less “patchwork quilted” smaller buildings. The view shows the scope of all the little old structures that made each store up...this view would not last much beyond the snapping of this very photo! <br />
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Lastly, Jordan Marsh was amazing for so many reasons (that’s why I am doing my special memory project on it!!!) BUT the sheer scope as one can see here in this view from the 1940’s is spectacular! Imagine, if you can...entering the Main Store near the corner of Washington and Winter...moving up and all around the various departments of those inter-connected buildings...Great Basement to the fifth floor. Then you cross the bridge over Avon Street and enter the Annex...visit all nine floors of that...by now you are exhausted. Lastly...go down to the Annex section of the Great Basement and travel in the small underground tunnel to the Great Basement section of the Bristol Building and end your shopping spree in the “daylight” section of the Great Basement on the street floor of this last part of Jordan Marsh. <br />
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Hello and <b>LATE Happy New Year</b> to all my fellow retro Boston loving friends!!!<br />
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Today’s update is based on a recent request from a valued friend & regular contributor to the blog...and I just love to get requests!!! <br />
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He has always wanted to know what Gilchrist’s Department Store in Boston was like during its heyday and what the floor directory would have looked like. He never had the wonderful privilege of shopping in the great old Boston store during those glory days and has always been curious about the way it would have looked back then. He knows quite well how it looks today (as the Corner Mall) and has contributed to the blog some amazing photos of the “just turned” 100 year-old landmark structure. <br />
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I did some digging...I just love to delve back in time...and have constructed a list of what would have been located on the various floors in the year 1963. Why 1963? It was 50 years ago and the Gilchrist Companyof Boston was really on a high as far as competing with the other Boston retailing giants of the day. </div>
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By 1963, Gilchrist’s had a healthy number of suburban branch locations and a warehouse outlet for large appliance and home furniture bargains. <br />
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I have included a wonderful artist’s rendition of the way the store looked in 1912 if you were looking up at it from the intersection of Winter and Washington Streets. I have put A, B and C on each of the three buildings that made up the entire store. This is way it was until it closed in late 1976.<br />
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The building with the “A” was one of the original Gilchrist Store buildings dating back to the early days of the store in the mid- 1800’s. The “C” building was added in the early 1900’s and joined with “A” in the rear to form an L-shape. The “B” building with 10 glorious floors was built and connected to the older structures in 1912. All this was done with the little E.B. Horn building tucked in the middle on Washington Street and never was it consumed by the growing Gilchrist’s!<br />
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The “C” building had extra floors added to match the “B” building a few years after 1912 and the store also had space in the rear and lower levels of the Orpheum Theatre building (and the old Music Hall structure previously). <br />
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The old “A” building was never topped with more floors but did house the famous bakery, home of the unique and highly celebrated almond macaroons.<br />
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The Marble Spa was in the rear portion of the joined buildings with a stairwell rising up to a doorway to Hamilton Place. Now the Food Court area of the Corner Mall is located (more or less) where the old Marble Spa was for many, many years. <br />
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Visitors today are always shocked when they enter from the Washington Street door in the “C” building and move towards the rear to the Food Court area ...they feel as if they have moved down into a basement area. The slope of Winter Street as it ascends to Park Street causes the rear of the Gilchrist’s buildings to be submerged...thus the street floor becomes more like a basement. <br />
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Today the space is all chopped up into various sectional areas and it’s hard to imagine the way it used to look unless you have a few old memories to guide you...and boy, my memories are getting very rusty!!!<br />
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The floor plan was pretty much a horseshoe shape on all the floors with two large banks of elevators on either side near the rear. <br />
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The street floor was very crowded and the busiest of all the floors of the store. Apart from the usual items seen on offer in most store street floors one must also note that the entire Men’s Department was located in the rear of the street floor as well as, for many years, all the major appliances. The larger electrical home appliances were sold upstairs on one of the upper floors for the early part of the 20th century but to keep pace with successful Jordan Marsh’s large display of street floor appliances in their famous Annex Building on Avon Street...they were moved downstairs and placed near the front of building “C” as you came in the doors from Washington Street. <br />
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<b><i>Basement: All bargain sales representing most upstairs departments except appliances, TV & stereo and furniture (the later three bargain items could be found in Gilchrist’s Warehouse Store) </i></b><br />
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<b><i>Street Floor: Cosmetics and toiletries, Women’s Hosiery, Women’s Gloves and Handbags, Large Appliances and TV & Stereo, Men’s Clothing , Shoes and Accessories (including older boys and teens), Sewing Center, Home Improvement Center, Notions, Silverware, Women’s Blouses and Shirts, Jewellery and Watches, Cameras, Stationery, Health & Beauty, Optical, Confectionery and a Small Book Selection</i></b><br />
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<b><i>Second Floor: Women’s Dresses, Women’s Sportswear, Women’s Coats, Deb Rendezvous (Female Teen Clothing and Accessories), Women’s Knitwear </i></b><br />
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<b><i>Third Floor: Women’s Loungewear, Women’s Underwear and Foundations, Women’s Shoes, Beauty Salon, Women’s Lingerie and Sleepwear, Children’s Shoes, Women’s Shoes, Millenary, Fur Salon </i></b><br />
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<b><i>Forth Floor: Children, Female Sub-Teens and Infant’s Clothing, Book Department, Luggage Department </i></b><br />
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<b><i>Fifth Floor: Sheets, Blankets, Towels (Home Linens), Art Needlework (yarns-threads), Slipcovers, Domestics (Pillows, etc)</i></b><br />
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<b><i>Sixth Floor: China and Fine Glassware, Housewares and Small Electrical Appliances, Outdoor Equipment (Mowers-Snow Blowers-Garden Sheds) </i></b><br />
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<b><i>Seventh Floor: Mattresses-Bedding, Xmas Seasonal Toy Town and Trim –A-Tree, Home Furniture</i></b><br />
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A sad note for those who have memories of the last years of the store in the mid-1970’s...the floor directory was altered significantly and at the very end (1976), only the first three floors were in use.<br />
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Enjoy this selection of Gilchrist’s ads from 1963 that represent some of the various items sold on each of the floors!!!<br />
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This past Xmas season brought 1000’s of hits to the blog and many new readers. I want to thank all of the new readers who have written to say hello and share your memories with me!<br />
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Much more to come in 2013...Stay tuned!<br />
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Plus the Jordan Marsh Memory Project keeps growing...I can’t wait to share the completed work with you all in the future. I am not rushing...heavens no!! Each time I think I have enough...more information surges forth. I look forward to more input from anyone with Jordan Marsh memories or memorabilia that they would like included in my project!!! There is always room for more! Come one, come all!!!<br />
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<br />Charles Bostonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00278135552869321628noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5016978180674044687.post-52543008676559069012012-12-05T02:53:00.000-08:002012-12-05T02:53:55.188-08:00Boston’s Bittersweet Christmas of 1942<br />
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Hello, My Fellow Retro Boston Lovers!<br />
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The holidays are once again upon us and I found myself considering just what year I should focus my attentions on for my annual Christmas update here on the retro Boston blog.<br />
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After a great deal of thinking and a few suggestions from loyal readers, I selected 1942. Not a very easy choice in many ways...yes, it was 70 years ago...but it was a very difficult and bittersweet holiday season for Boston. <br />
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Most of my readers will recall and understand fully why 1942 was such an emotional Christmas season for the Boston area...but for younger readers, I shall explain a bit about the situation dear old Boston found itself in from late November and on to the 25th of December.<br />
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The United States was now nearing the end of its first year directly involved in World War ll. Families all over Boston had loved ones far from home serving in the war in various capacities and many a holiday table would be minus one or more members thus making for great sadness and agonizing separation. This sadness became true grief for all too many families as those dreaded official telegrams arrived bringing news of death or missing in action.<br />
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Boston, like all of the rest of the USA, had rationing of many goods and supplies. Gasoline and home heating oil were severely cut down to the general public and this made for much less car travel and deliveries of all goods to stores were done much less often. The public was urged to walk, ride bicycles, use public transport and carry all goods home with you...don’t waste precious fuel became the rule to live by . All resources were being put into winning the war and each Bostonian needed to do their part in this huge task. Coupon books with sheets of stamps for various household staples and other essentials were issued to residents and were well in use by the Xmas season of 1942 and Boston was learning how to live by strict rations. <br />
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Scrimp and save...make do and mend...share and do more with less, much less. Boston was learning to be even thriftier than even those long Great Depression years had required. <br />
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This holiday season in Boston was a much darker one than normal for several key reasons. 1942 saw the introduction of dimout regulations and blackout air raid tests in the Boston area. Dimout meant that window shades must be pulled down (¾ of the way) in all homes and other buildings with little or no light showing by 5:45 pm each day. Early in the Xmas season it was announced that the outdoor lighting of trees and all other exterior holiday lighting were forbidden...imagine...and that included all window candles as well. The Boston stores had to go without the usual fancy buntings of colorful lit garlands and go with non-electrical means of festive decorations. The stores also had to shut off all display window lighting and shield any flood lighting so that at 5:45 each night...Boston should barley be visible from the surrounding ocean...it should be almost black. Street lamps, head lights on cars...you name it...special rules applied and had to be followed or fines were imposed by the local police or civil defence wardens. <br />
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Boston also had “blackouts” and that meant...black. When these air raids were done, Boston had to be as black as night. All lights went out and stayed out until an “all clear” sounded. Residents learned to listen for the tell-tale sound of the sirens...it would become part of life in the war years...and remains a very lasting memory for many. The streets had to be empty during any air raid style test and Bostonian’s learned to seek shelter in many public buildings if caught out and about and not safe at home when the siren sounded.<br />
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Massachusetts had its first state-wide blackout air raid test during the Christmas season of 1942 and it did quite well...if enemy forces had been lurking on the ocean off the coastline of Massachusetts, they might have had trouble seeing land during that short test. <br />
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Boston also was in a very solemn mood during the holidays of 1942 for another tragic reason.<br />
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The war was bad enough...but the tragedy that unfolded on the night of the 28th of November brought Boston to her knees. <br />
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The fire at the highly popular and very trendy Cocoanut Grove Nightclub in Boston struck down nearly 500 men and women, most under 35 years of age...words really fail me now. What does one say in the face of this scope of death and heartbreak? <br />
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Just a few days after a very quiet Thanksgiving, Boston found itself in shock and grief...what would have been the start to a war “enforced” greatly subdued holiday shopping period became a series of stories about those victims lost at the Cocoanut Grove that tore at Boston’s heart and soul.<br />
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The backlash right after the fire saw many local nightclubs being closed all around the city until each could be pronounced safe for the public. School decorations and trees were banned that year...as a precaution against accidental fires. <br />
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So Boston went into the holiday shopping season with a very heavy heart and in need of cheering. <br />
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The wonderful stores of retro Boston did what they did best...they responded to their customers with warmth, feeling and deep understanding.<br />
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Jolly Santa took a backseat to a more homespun, home centred Christmas. Gifts needed to be simple, inexpensive and from the heart. The stores pushed the sales of war bonds and stamps and offered an array of gifts for those in the armed services. They urged Boston to shop early and carry it all home. They even added more night shopping hours so that all those extra folks (mostly women) joining the workforce & war effort could shop after their shifts in all the Boston stores. Monday became a new shopping night as well as the traditional Wednesday...some stores did both...and a few were open each night until Christmas Eve. <br />
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So in the gloom of dimout regulations, 1942 Boston carried on and the great old stores met their wartime consumer needs with a warm smile and a cheery greeting. <br />
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Putting this salute and much deserved tribute together for Christmas in Boston 1942 was a great experience for me. I cried, I smiled and all those things my mother and dad said to me about the war years made a hell of a lot more sense and darn, I wish they could see this update today!<br />
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It’s so easy to think life is hard today...but when you think back to the events of that year in Boston during Christmas of 1942, you see a great deal of the true meaning of Christmas. It was all about coping, sharing and doing your part for the bigger picture. It meant opening your home, your heart and exposing yourself to shared joy and shared grief with those around you...even strangers.<br />
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So Boston, 70 years on...are you better or worse? Can these ads, images, articles and photos teach you anything today? I do hope so.<br />
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Thanks to all my readers. You make all my research and posting here on the blog so worthwhile!<br />
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Please enjoy this look back. Read the words, look at the photos, and note all the classic names of the wonderful stores and places now only alive in our memories. <br />
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I worked hard to select a patchwork quilt of memories from Christmas 1942 and I do pray that they bring to you a better understanding of “who we were” and “what we stood for” in those difficult war years.<br />
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A few notes:<br />
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The photo of the Cocoanut Grove Nightclub shows the new Broadway Lounge on November 24th...just days before the fire. I chose that as the only photo of the event. Many others are available that show the ruins after the tragedy...I wanted you to see what “was”...what made folks in 1942 say, “I’d love to go the Grove tonight”.<br />
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This horrific fire taught many, many lessons and fire safety and severe burn treatment have all grown because of that fateful night back in 1942. <br />
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Some store notes:<br />
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Many beloved store Xmas slogans were in use by 1942: <br />
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<em>White’s: Make it a White Christmas</em><br />
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<em>Kennedy’s: It’s A Gift </em><br />
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<em>Gilchrist’s: Gilchrist Bell Ringers</em><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><em>Jordan Marsh: Joyous Merry Christmas</em></span></div>
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Special wartime slogans were put into use by some of the stores as well:<br />
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<em>Filene’s: Make it a Red, White and Blue Christmas </em><br />
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<em>Hovey’s: Christmas cheer means more this year</em><br />
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<em>Jordan Marsh: Make it an American Christmas</em><br />
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<em>Conrad’s: The Store of Useful Gifts</em><br />
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And notice that the all the Boston stores remained closed the day after Xmas and delayed their BIG “After Christmas” sales until a few days later to save precious heating fuel! <br />
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The photo of Temple Place looking down towards Avon Street shows a great shot of the still rather new bridge that connected the Main Store of Jordan Marsh to the Annex on floors three to five. The bridge completed at the end of the 1930’s was a huge step forward for the store in creating a more unified feeling for the shoppers. The underground tunnel beneath Avon Street was all that had connected the store until that point. You will notice Jordan’s was so proud of the bridge it even featured as part of the holiday logo on some adverts.<br />
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Also note Gilchrist’s was very pleased to be celebrating its 100th Christmas in Boston!!<br />
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Please keep writing and sending me your Boston memories!!! The Jordan Marsh Memory Project of mine is well underway and my archives are bursting with all sorts of wonderful memorabilia in need of sorting and recording. Keep it coming!! I am always in need of more Jordan Marsh information and memories. Thanks to all of you who have contributed so far!<br />
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A Joyous Holiday Season To Each of You!!!<br />
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Charles Bostonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00278135552869321628noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5016978180674044687.post-78774146975092890812012-10-03T03:39:00.000-07:002012-10-03T04:02:15.927-07:00Reminiscing about Raymond’s and Retro Boston with the Legendary James Schaye <br />
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Hello, My Fellow Retro Boston Lovers!<br />
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Today’s update is very special. I was approached this past summer with the golden opportunity to interview James Schaye of the Schaye family that ran Raymond’s Department Stores in Boston and numerous suburban spots from the start of the 1940’s until their closure in the autumn of 1972. Paul Schaye, James’ son, wrote to me and asked me if I would enjoy a chance to reminisce with his 93 year-old dad about the unforgettable Raymond’s and what Boston was like back in those busy days when choice was the name of the game when it came to shopping in downtown Boston. I jumped at the opportunity and phoned “Jim” one Saturday morning and we had a lovely chat. <br />
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What emerged from that delightful call, plus a few thoughts tossed in by Paul Schaye and my own research are the proverbial “meat and potatoes” of today’s update. <br />
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This entire update is dedicated with respect and deep admiration to dear Mr. James Schaye, who turns 94 this October. I wish him a very happy, healthy and as Unkle Eph would say, “Goshawfulest” birthday!!! Thanks, Jim...you’re one in a million!!!<br />
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Our call began with Jim asking me all about myself...our mutual Brookline heritage being a huge bond between us and Brookline High School at the very core. I soon learned that Jim back in his days at Brookline High, the 1930’s, created the title of our beloved yearbook...The Murivian. Wow...I told you he was a legend! We both felt Brookline High was a great school and it offered us each a chance to spread our wings and find out just who we were as young people. <br />
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The conversation moved on to Raymond’s. I asked Jim about his joining the company and he said after college it became his life for the next 30 years or so. His father (named Paul) joined the store in 1940 and soon became the president. Jim and his brother Robert soon came into the retail picture and took on the role of vice presidents.<br />
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Jim was in charge of merchandising and advertising and Robert was more of an overall general manager that saw to the day to day operation of the business. In later years, with their dad taking on a chairman of the board role...Robert moved into the president’s seat and Jim’s role expanded as the only vice president. <br />
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The 1940’s saw the family fully in charge of the store and business was booming. Jim recalled writing the advertising that appeared in all the Boston papers and I asked about how that was done. Jim recalled the great fun of carrying on the tradition of using “Unkle Eph speak” that was featured in most of the all print ads. I asked about the well-known cartoon art and graphics and Jim said he only did the text; the art department folks did the rest. I asked if there was an Unkle Eph guide book of phrases and fractured spellings and Jim told me that half the fun was doing it himself based on the long and hilarious history of Unkle Eph in the Boston press which dated back to around 1919 when Reverend Harvey Eastman first began his renowned letter writing to Frank Dorr and Unkle Eph became part of the rich and very distinctive fabric of Raymond’s. <br />
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Jim also spoke of the great fun of buying merchandise for Raymond’s and being in a room full of other buyers from all the big Boston stores of the 1940’s including Filene’s, Jordan’s and Gilchrist’s. Filene’s only wanted certain items for their basement, soft goods and clothing. Jordan’s being so very large and powerful took all sorts of items and Gilchrist’s mopped up what the others didn’t get. Raymond’s was not picky and often got the most bizarre items and put them up for sale with very successful results. Ultimately, Raymond’s became known for great bargains and a range of goods that went from A – Z...but sporting goods and rugs reigned supreme! Raymond’s often won at these merchandise auction wars, mostly because they were not afraid to take a chance and see what would sell. This strategy paid off and with that profit strength, the Schaye’s began a very successful suburban branch project that spanned the 1950’s and well into the 1960’s. 1952 saw the start of a new branch store in Quincy and by the early 1960’s, an exciting and very modern store in Dedham. Many more branches would open and Raymond’s found itself keeping pace with the suburban expansion projects of competitors like Filene’s and Jordan Marsh. <br />
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I asked Jim what memories really stuck out for him from his days with Raymond’s. Jim recalled the thrill of looking around at the competition. Raymond’s, the “no frills” store on the corner of Franklin and Washington Streets remained very much an aging antique as the other “big” stores began aggressive modernization projects. The old bird-cage style manually operated elevators, simple wooden sales counters and numerous old staircases interconnecting an array of slightly unlevel, squeaky floors were hallmarks of the old Raymond’s building that Jim and thousands of loyal Bostonians found truly unique and part of the experience of shopping in the flagship location. Jim recalled with pleasure one cute slogan he created for an in-store sign as customers complained about the slow speed of the ancient elevators, “Try Our Slimming Staircases”.<br />
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Paul Schaye, Jim’s son, recalled going in when the store was closed and riding the elevators up and down plus having the toy department all to himself...what bliss!!!! As a young child....who could ask for more?<br />
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The 1960’s BRA downtown area revitalization& modernization plan was not something Jim vividly recalled. He only could recall one big fact that was very true; Raymond’s went into the (city forced) temporary move in 1966 financially very sound and profitable. The huge move up the street to the former Citymart& RH White’s building was the worst thing in the world for the store. The transition from the old, centralized location to being now just on the edge of the former “Combat Zone” was too much for even dear old Unkle Eph and sales plummeted. Sadly, the money was just not there in the late 1960’s to return to the brand new building being completed that was to serve as the new flagship on the site of their former older buildings. Woolworth’s took on the project and brought it to completion. Raymond’s hung on in the doomed location until the later part of 1972 and then Jim found himself moving on to a new job with Schottenstein Stores, the company that oversaw the Raymond’s liquidation. <br />
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Today I present Jim’s precious memories and a host of classic images, articles and advertisements that celebrate the Schaye family and their highly successful span of running Raymond’s. The 1940’s until the late 1960’s marked a very exciting time for Raymond’s as this collection rightly proves. The Boston retail scene was a whirlwind of activity and considerable growth in those days when Jim worked in his small office tucked away in the upper floors of the classic, old Raymond’s building...days worth reminiscing about!<br />
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Thanks, again Jim...Shopping Days in Retro Boston salutes you!!!<br />
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Enjoy....Charles:-)<br />
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PS... Another great opportunity to learn about Boston’s Retro Past:<br />
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<em>From their humble beginnings in the middle of the 19th century, department stores quickly became defining cultural institutions for cities and towns across America. They delivered stylish, affordable merchandise with panache and provided entry-level employment for millions. Now, just 150 years later, all of Boston’s unique flagship stores are gone. Come take a walk down memory lane with Carol Harper and Steve Pinkerton as they review Boston’s rich retail clothing history and share stories about its fine department stores while visiting the graves of some of the most notable owners.</em><br />
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http://www.mountauburn.org/2012/shop-til-you-drop/<br />
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PPS... The Jordan Marsh memory project is always looking for more memories and nostalgia items to be added to the materials being gathered. Please contact me soon; I’d love to add yours!!!<br />
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As a retired teacher, that strange sensation of August dwindling away and the ever growing excitement that yet another new school year was about to begin will forever be part of who I am as a person. Each September meant new faces, new challenges...and few new clothes!<br />
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A recent glance at the Boston area obituaries online gave me a focus for this “back to school” update. I read that my former first grade teacher at the Edward Devotion School in Brookline had died. Mrs. Harris, who lived to the golden age of 91, was and will remain for me the image of a perfect teacher. Did I have other fantastic teachers in Brookline? Oh, yes indeed...maybe too many...since I found myself becoming a teacher after so many outstanding role models. But sweet Mrs. Harris, who retired from teaching back in 1981, was good for me in so many ways...I was not mentally prepared to go from those three short, gentle hours of school in idyllic kindergarten to the whole day (8 AM until 2 PM) the very next year. It seemed SO LONG to my young mind and I fought the system...I wanted out! Mrs. Harris, still rather new to the Devotion School staff at this point in the fall of 1971, gently made me feel that school was really not so bad...even now with a few hours added each day...I could survive. Her warmth, wit and reassuring smile won me over and made the days begin to fly by. I dedicate this update to the late Mrs. Harris of Brookline...a legend for me and for many others!<br />
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Going back to school in September of 1970 in the Boston area was an amazing experience. I am sure it still is today...but my experience is classed as very “retro” now...sadly, today’s children will just have to wait a bit for that vintage feeling to kick in! I wanted to be at school like all my older friends and with my sharp new clothes acquired from a variety of Boston area stores; I was ready to begin my schooling days in Mrs. Hamburger’s (no joke) morning kindergarten class. Three hours a day were just enough at this point and I felt so grown-up to be finally part of this new world of school!<br />
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By 1970, Boston was the scene of much unrest. Rallies and protests seemed to happen almost every week in all parts of the city. The Vietnam War was still making headlines and dominated our TV screens. The public was rallying for peace. I recall before starting school that year being brought to a peace rally held in Copley Square that was sponsored by various religious groups in the city and culminating with a large service held in Trinity Church. Even at five years old, I knew what peace meant and could see the longing, the frustration and deep sadness etched in so many faces in the crowded church. Another urgent issue loomed as well...Pollution levels reached an all time high in the summer of 1970 and Bostonians began to see smog appearing in the skies most afternoons. The 1970’s had come and life and attitudes were changing. People were demanding action and wanting to be heard and seen! Clothing styles were beginning to reflect this mood of change and began breaking with wardrobe traditions already crumbling by the late 1960’s...bold and colorful, flowing and free...just look at the pictures and ads I have gathered if you have any doubt at all. The 1960’s was giving way to even more outward signs of inward expression. Bring on the plaid and Peter Max!<br />
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I recall that shopping for school clothes in the summer of 1970 was done in a few distinct shopping sessions. A few trips involved going places in the car with dad...department stores like Zayre, Bradlees, Ann&Hope, Marshall’s and Turn-Style. These names were now becoming part of the fast growing suburban Boston area shopping scene. Shopping now involved both out-of-town by car and in-town by MBTA. The downtown stores were still competing gallantly and used the “back to school” sales as a way to focus shopper’s attention back to the retail heart of Boston.<br />
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I am thrilled to see the effort that Raymond’s made in the fall of 1970 with their career and education week. Just look at all that was going on in their Boston store each day of that special week. Filene’s wins the ad wars for having the most delightful ad campaign for the “back to school” crowds...just look at the artwork and classic 1970 styling. Woolworth’s was the BIG news with the September grand opening of the new Boston store on the corner of Washington and Franklin Streets. The arrival of the new Woolworth’s was a huge event and I vividly recall going soon after the grand opening and enjoying a look around the brightly lit four floors of this impressive, ultra-new downtown store. Also note the fact that Jordan Marsh, Filene’s and Gilchrist all have more modern store logos in use that would become the new signatures for each as the 1970’s rolled along.<br />
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Enjoy this collection of ads and photos from Boston in 1970. I look back and really find it shocking that forty-two years have gone by since I walked into school for the first time...Room 222 was the big hit on TV during that year...the big kids on that show all seemed so super cool to me. Yikes!!! That really feels “retro” now!<br />
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PS...Sorry to have to admit that the 1970 class photo in this update is not mine BUT it could be in just so very many ways!<br />
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PPS...The Jordan Marsh memory project is always looking for more memories and nostalgia items to be added to the materials being gathered. Please contact me soon; I’d love to add yours!!!<br />
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<br />Charles Bostonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00278135552869321628noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5016978180674044687.post-58600651458243540402012-08-13T05:05:00.000-07:002012-08-13T05:05:44.213-07:00A Jordan Marsh Hat Mystery Solved...plus Millinery Magic in Retro Boston<br />
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Hello, My Fellow Retro Boston Lovers!<br />
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I am always so pleased when a blog reader writes to me and presents a retro Boston mystery to solve. This particular mystery suited me perfectly since it involved Jordan Marsh Company...the once grand Boston store I am avidly researching in hopes of putting together a scrapbook style publication to salute and chronicle its many years serving New England.<br />
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Ken contacted me after finding (at a local flea market) an old Jordan Marsh hat in excellent condition complete with the original box and store receipt. A treasure and so very retro Boston!<br />
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The mystery arose from the fact that the clerk did not put the year on the receipt...only the month and day. The task for me was to try to date the hat using the box, the store logo, the style of the hat and any store information found on the paperwork that might be a clue.<br />
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I began to go through my vast Jordan Marsh archives and soon discovered the answer and a few other handy facts as well. <br />
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The woman who bought the hat was a store employee and got her 15% discount and she did not use a charge plate...sadly, the receipt was not imprinted with those details but it was obviously going to be billed to her home address. The receipt was handwritten entirely except for the imprinting of the final sale price by the cash register in the upper section of the receipt. <br />
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The fact the hat was fur...mink to be exact (another clue that it was old) and rather expensive...over fifty dollars meant my original estimate of the 1940’s was probably wrong. The logo, store paperwork and hat style could have placed the hat’s age anywhere from the 1940’s to mid-1960’s...other facts needed to come to light.<br />
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The best clue I had was the Jordan Marsh department number printed on the paperwork. The number 200 was written as the department for the sale. That gave me something to work with!<br />
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Jordan Marsh did not visibly use department numbers in store press advertisement until the mid- 1940’s.<br />
Departments were referred to only by name such as Millinery-Third Floor-Main Store.<br />
In the 1940’s, the department number was added...D 87. In the 1940’s, I soon discovered that Jordan’s used 0-199 for the Main Store and Annex departments and 200 on up was for the Great Basement.<br />
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Jordan Marsh grew extensively with the swallowing of Hovey’s and the vast rebuilding of the late 40’s and early 50’s, and so the numbering system changed to accommodate all the new departments on offer. In the 1950’s, Jordan’s changed the department number system to Main Store and Annex from 0 up to the 800’s and the Great Basement used numbers in the 900’s. <br />
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The big discovery was... Millinery became department 200 in the 1950’s!<br />
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Using the price and the new department number I was able to pin down the hat’s age to the early to mid-1960’s. Mystery solved!<br />
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Thanks to Ken for the mystery and the wonderful photos of his classic flea market find!<br />
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In today’s update I include Ken’s classic photos as well as a salute to my dear Jordan Marsh and their classic millinery departments in both the Main Store and the Great Basement.<br />
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I remind all readers that Jordan Marsh had immense competition in the field of women’s hats from the other big department stores as well as the many specialty stores of the time such as Wethern’s, Conrad’s, Chandler’s, Slattery’s and R. H. Stearns.<br />
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Hats were a huge part of most women’s (men’s, too) wardrobe and worn for all occasions from the mundane to the glamorous! My own mother had several hat boxes filled with many styles and varieties but the dawning of the 1970’s made them seem “old fashioned” to her and they were fated to be sold at church fairs and given to little girls as dress-up props. <br />
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I also present a look at women’s hats in and around retro Boston during those “millinery magic” years of the 1940’s to the 1960’s. <br />
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Enjoy this second summer update and remember that Michael Lisicky still has another Filene’s presentation at the Boston Public Library on the 23rd of August. <br />
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I am always looking for more Jordan Marsh memories and memorabilia to add to my research archives for this future publication...please contact me...it is all so important in preserving our retro Boston past! Add your memories to the growing collection...come on....it’s fun!<br />
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<br />Charles Bostonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00278135552869321628noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5016978180674044687.post-21265461638105416072012-06-28T02:30:00.000-07:002012-06-28T03:20:10.108-07:00Retro Boston Bakes Back In That Sizzling Summer of 1949<br />
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Hello and Happy Summer to all my Retro Boston Friends!!!<br />
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Today we look back to the summer of 1949.<br />
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A summer mainly remembered today in Boston history circles for the extremely exciting season the Boston Red Sox had...but in the world of weather watchers and those old enough to recall...the summer of 1949 broke records for the number of sweltering days experienced in one summer...a record that remained unbroken only until quite recently. <br />
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The city of Boston baked with steady heat spells (that could last for several days at a time) from June through August and the news headlines devoted to the intense heat became far too numerous to count. <br />
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Bostonians experienced an onslaught of extraordinarily warm days almost from the first day of June that year and “summer mode” kicked in long before the official first day of the season. <br />
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This early heat blast tragically caused many deaths in the city; both from heatstroke and accidental drowning as the inhabitants were taken very much by surprise. Many breathed a sigh of relief as each heat spell ended only to find another slowly moving towards Boston once again. <br />
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The Boston retailers had a long standing tradition that was still pretty much adhered to in 1949...most stores (this included all the department and speciality stores) closed on Saturdays in July and August. That fact may boggle the minds of younger readers but it was a tradition and done for a variety of logical and financial reasons.<br />
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Closing on Saturdays meant that employees could enjoy time away from the hot city with their families and friends and escape to places like Revere or Nantasket Beaches for a dip in the cooling ocean waves. <br />
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Also most of the larger stores in Boston, apart from Filene’s, were NOT air conditioned in 1949. This meant that the inside of the stores virtually roasted on steamy summer days and only the evenings brought some slightly cooler, much welcome temperatures....thus a few more evening shopping hours were introduced in summer months instead of being open on the usual Saturdays. <br />
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Lastly, let’s face it, the big question was...to travel into Boston on the MTA and then sweat on the blazing streets as you traipse about on a Saturday or instead go off to the ocean and keep cool...mmm?? July and August would be a write off with few shoppers gracing the aisles on Saturdays....so close they did. <br />
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What was happening in the summer of 1949 in Boston? Lots!!<br />
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R.H. White’s was busy remodelling their flagship store in Boston to keep pace with industrious Jordan Marsh who was very much in the midst of the first stage of a vast building project. Not since the Annex went up in the early 1900’s, had Jordan Marsh been so busy with iron girders and digging machines. <br />
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Kresge’s was turning fifty and having fun promoting their long stay on Washington Street.<br />
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Filene’s proudly invited Boston to come on in and get COOL as you shop...all their floors had air conditioning from the basement upwards. <br />
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Gilchrist’s opened its brand new branch store in Medford in August...fully fitted with refreshing air conditioning!<br />
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Many of the smaller retailers did have air conditioning systems and used the fact to great advantage in the print ads of the time. The “Drop in and stay cool while you shop” theme worked wonders!<br />
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Some of the Boston movie palaces did have large air cooling systems and those theatres managed to draw in great crowds that long, hot summer of 1949. <br />
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Bostonians loved breezy cruises around the local waters of Boston or further afield to places like Nantasket or Provincetown. Moonlight cruises were a huge thrill often with dancing to a live band and a great way to beat the relentless city heat. <br />
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Magazine Beach in Cambridge was open and swimming in the Charles River was permitted...my mother went there from Brookline in the 1940’s. It was very popular and easy to reach. I must admit that I was horrified as a young child when my mother told me she swam in the Charles River in the 1930’s and 40’s....by the early 1970’s...it was unimaginable! Today the river is much healthier...at least they say it is. <br />
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Take a look a look at the highlights of the Fourth of July 1949...classic American celebration at its very best!! <br />
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Another note for my younger readers:<br />
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Air conditioning is so common today that we forget that back in 1949 it was rare and a truly magical event to walk into a store or theatre that was air cooled and escape from the oppressive heat of downtown Boston. Also I have included one advert for a home air conditioner. At this point not many were available to the homeowner at this stage and...most Boston area homes had antique electrical wiring that was already far too overloaded...and with a price tag of over 300 dollars...it was considered a huge luxury item. It was up right up there with...a newfangled box called...television! <br />
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Another note I find intriguing from the summer of 1949:<br />
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Rugged President Harry Truman proclaimed in the midst of the heat waves that the hot spells were two-thirds heat and one-third imagination. I am not sure my poor, bedridden grandfather up in Brookline would have agreed. Harry enjoyed having his rooms in the White House pleasantly cooking away in the 80 degree range and disliked any air conditioning and sadly, my grandfather did not make it past mid-August that summer and became yet another heat related statistic. <br />
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Today I present a collection of store ads, articles, headlines and photos from that record breaking summer of 1949. A summer Boston sweltered, swore and...with that classic retro style and creativity, coped!<br />
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Enjoy....Keep Cool!! Charles:-)<br />
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<a href="mailto:charles65ofboston@yahoo.com">charles65ofboston@yahoo.com</a><br />
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<br />Charles Bostonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00278135552869321628noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5016978180674044687.post-76911080000002912622012-06-08T03:27:00.001-07:002012-06-08T03:27:35.550-07:00Subterranean Portals To Retro Boston’s Best Shopping Spots Of Days Gone By<br />
Hello, My Retro Boston Loving Friends!<br />
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My work as a retro Boston cultural historian is never dull...never!<br />
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Today we look at another department store convenience provided by a few of our larger retro Boston stores...underground subway access!<br />
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As Boston’s historic subway system began to grow and develop, the new blossoming subway lines now known as the Orange and Red Lines crossed right in the very heart of our once thriving shopping center at Washington, Summer and Winter Streets. <br />
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The Washington Street Line (The Orange Line) was the first to arrive underground and with it came two unaligned platform subway stations (known then as Winter and Summer...classic Boston!) in 1908. Filene’s was located on the diagonally opposite corner from where the empty store shell sits today and was quick off the mark to use the new subway as a way to get shoppers inside their welcoming doors. <br />
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A new subterranean entrance slightly up from Washington Street underneath Winter Street along what would now be the concourse area was opened the same year as the new subway line. This new way to enter Filene’s became an instant hit with shopping crowds and print ads proudly exclaimed that you get inside the store without even stepping outside on rainy days. One wonders how folks got to the trains in the first place...hmmm?...but let’s not get too picky!<br />
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Filene’s remained the only Boston store with subterranean access for a while. The great move across the street to the exciting new Burnham Building in 1912 meant a new basement entrance was constructed for the new store on the opposite platform of the Washington Street Line.<br />
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In 1915, the new and growing Dorchester-Cambridge Line (The Red Line) further expanded and with it came a station under Summer Street called Washington. Filene’s soon opened yet another subterranean access point to make their store even more easily entered from either subway line. <br />
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All this easy underground access began to worry the competition. Filene’s did not have to wait long before the new Bacon Company Store just up Washington Street at Essex Street (formerly the Henry Siegel Company) opened a new entrance to their basement right onto the platform of Essex Station of the Washington Street Line. The new entrance of Bacon’s caused much flattering publicity and the store used it as an advertising device in many of their print ads...but alas, the store failed within a few short years...subway access was not enough! More soon on Bacon’s and Siegel’s in a future blog update!!<br />
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Filene’s continued to enjoy <span style="font-family: "Calibri", "sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">supreme </span>success in the underground access sector for many years to come. Readers have asked me why Gilchrist’s, Raymond’s, White’s and Jordan Marsh were so slow to catch on to this underground entrance fad. <br />
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Gilchrist’s was located on the wrong corner for easy subway platform access. The Washington Street Line tunnel was in front of the store rather than a platform and they were using a large section of the concourse area under Winter Street as a bargain basement selling and sorting area. Could they have made an entrance into the concourse area? Maybe, but they never did make it a priority. <br />
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Raymond’s did have a subway street level entrance to Summer Street Station located on its Franklin Street side...but that is as far as it went with them. <br />
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White’s was not close enough to either Essex Street Station or Summer Street Station...only dark tunnel lay underground in front of the former legendary retailing giant. <br />
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Now we come to Jordan Marsh. The Jordan Marsh Company...ever growing and consuming all the stores in the block it occupied. It was slow to get on the bandwagon of underground access portals...it finally succeeded and built a direct subway access point from under the old Shuman Building on the corner of Washington and Summer Streets into the concourse area beneath Summer Street in 1930. The 1920’s marked the first time Jordan Marsh really had any decent access to the growing subway infrastructure beneath its feet. The acquisition of the former Shuman Store structure meant Jordan Marsh could finally create a new underground access point that rivalled Filene’s across the street.<br />
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The new direct subway entrance was opened with much press fanfare and Jordan Marsh could now use this new “shopper’s convenience” in its print ads just as competitor Filene’s had been doing effectively since 1908. <br />
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In 1976, as Jordan Marsh tragically demolished their old Main Store, the classic Shuman Building coming down as well and with it...the classic 1930’s subway entrance was lost forever. Jordan Marsh did have another subway access point on the Red Line Washington Street Station platform that opened with the new sub-basement of the mammoth 1948-57 building expansion project. This was the only direct subway entrance to Jordan Marsh during the building works of the late 1970’s. When these works finally finished, a new less exciting entrance opened in place of the former one underneath the now completed and sadly dull, brand new Jordan Marsh building. <br />
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Please enjoy this look back at these various underground entrances and see how the stores used them as a way to bring in those much desired shopping throngs. <br />
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Big thanks to TheMBTADog for more wonderful photos that show the former Filene’s and present Macy’s subway entrances as they look today in 2012. <br />
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Enjoy....Charles:-)<br />
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FYI: Michael Lisicky will be giving a Filene’s presentation at Old South Meeting House on July 24.<br />
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If you are in Boston this summer, it’s a must for all retro Boston lovers!!!<br />
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Hello, My Fellow Retro Boston Lovers!<br />
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Ever since I began my blog back in January 2008, I have had the wonderful privilege and thrill of getting to know some great authors in the field of retail history. <br />
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Michael Lisicky is one such person and he has been so supportive of my retro Boston blog over the last several years. I am proud to announce that his latest, possibly greatest (I am biased in a HUGE way) book is here:<br />
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<em>Filene’s – Boston’s Great Specialty Store </em><br />
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I have had the chance to preview a copy before it officially debuts on May 21st and I can’t begin to tell you how much I enjoyed it!! The book is packed with historic images that will take you down memory lane in no time flat and his well crafted treatment of Filene’s history gets an A+ from this retired teacher! <br />
Michael has done his homework and Boston has a brand new book to fall in love with.<br />
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Michael is no stranger to writing books about our great American department stores of the past. His most recent book on New York’s famed Gimbels was released this past year with much well deserved applause. The book on Filene's will be his fourth publication so far...wow!<br />
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I encourage my blog readers to get a copy of this great collector’s item. It will make a perfect gift for you or someone you love who misses the once great Boston shopping paradise known as Filene’s. <br />
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The link for Amazon is: <br />
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Also if you are in Boston this summer...mark the date of August 23. Michael will be giving a lecture on Filene’s at the Boston Public Library. It’s a great opportunity to hear a witty and informative speaker who is passionate about retail history. <br />
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I must add that Michael continually encourages, supports and nudges me to carry on with my Jordan Marsh Memory Project and this new book of his acts as a wonderful inspiration...so please keep sending me those precious Jordan Marsh memories; we have a project to finish!!! <br />
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Well done, Michael....Bravo! Your new book is a treasure! <br />
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Charles:-)<br />
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I could have called this update by many witty titles...but it really tired my brain to try to be so clever!</div>
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The update today is all about (a concise “all about”, mind you) the art and style of in-store travel within our beloved stores of Boston’s rich retailing past.</div>
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A discussion and sharing of memories about elevators in the various Boston stores came up a few weeks ago on the Facebook feeder page to this blog and this inspired me to delve into the world of travelling conveniences provided by the stores of yesteryear. </div>
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A tiny bit of building history is in order now. Pencils ready!!!<br />
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The large retail stores of Boston were mostly started as smaller retail businesses in little old buildings with only a few floors above the street level....if any. <br />
After the GREAT FIRE of 1872, many retailers migrated into what we now call...Downtown Crossing and began building larger, multi-floored establishments..... “retail houses” as they were often called back then. These mercantile establishments grew and prospered....thus creating the wonderful department stores of the Boston we all knew and loved. <br />
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The upward move after 1872 to build five or more selling floors created some issues. How do we get the customers (think back to those gowns the ladies wore in the late 1800’s) up to the various floors with ease and comfort? <br />
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The stairs were fine...to a point....very few merchants wanted the women folk walking up more than one or two sets of stairs at most. The passenger elevator had been perfected as “safe” in the mid- 1800’s but they were not very common in Boston until after the fire of 1872. Stores installed these early hydraulic and steam driven elevators as soon as the new buildings went up. They were faster than stairs and if controlled by a careful operator, they provided a safe and smooth ride up and down. <br />
The stores in Boston, as you will soon see, rushed to provide the latest elevators with increasing speeds and perfect comfort...and sheer numbers in operation per store. The move in the late 1800’s to electric powered motors gave way to even speedier trips between the sales floors. <br />
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At the turn of the century another new, rather scary, device came along....the escalator or moving stairs or electric stairs as they were referred to at various times in the 20th century. This new “toy” caused much fear and confusion. So much so that instructions on safe ridership needed to be given as these new fangled machines became part of the standard fare found in most of the bigger stores in our city and in the "new" MTA.<br />
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Some stores eventually gave way to the new, ultra- modern phase....those utilitarian machines known as “automatic elevators” from the 1950’s onward. </div>
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I now provide a selection of stores of old and a few facts and memories about how they each introduced safe, stylish and speedy travel within their great walls. Enjoy these...they were so much fun to research! </div>
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<i>Jordan Marsh: </i><br />
<i>The old Main Store of Jordan Marsh on the corner of Washington and Avon Streets had elevators installed in the later part of the 1800’s. These were located originally in the center of the store and were considered slow by the changing technologies of the 1890’s. Newer, faster ones were installed during the 1890’s in several banks...one set near Avon Street and the other closer to Summer. These ran from basement to the upper floors with greater speed and comfort. The store also boasted a “Grand Staircase” of ornamental iron from the mid-1890’s....but it was more ornamental than functional for customers who wanted to get from the street floor to the fourth in record time. By 1898, Jordan Marsh had eleven elevator cars running in just the Main Store alone...the Annex had not been added yet. During the early part of the 1900’s, Jordan’s added the Annex on the other side of Avon Street and it also had many (about 13) elevators whisking you from basement to the ninth floor in no time at all. Jordan Marsh was slow to join the trend of installing escalators into its buildings. Most of the bigger stores of the day had them but Jordan’s was slow to put faith in them. Safety issues plagued these devices...and many customers feared them. Jordan Marsh bit the bullet in the late 1930’s and finally installed nearly a full set of “electric stairs” in the Annex. These went from the basement to the fifth floor. These were very modern (for the late 1930’s) electric stairs because they were reversible...all up...at opening times....all down...for closing and a mix of ups and downs in between times! The electric stairs in the Annex were memorable for a few reasons...they were slightly off -kilter on some floors and you had to walk a bit to get from one set to another AND they were plagued with accidents involving children because of the fact Jordan’s famed TOYLAND was on the fifth floor of the Annex and a delightful stopping point for many a child visitor. In the late 1950’s, Jordan Marsh even offered an “Ups and Downs” course for children on safe escalator use....this was hosted in the Peabody store. The great building project of 1949 to 1957 saw Jordan Marsh grow and consume the rest of the Summer Street block with a huge new building made up of three joined units. This modern building had large, cockpit style controlled elevators and speedy escalators from top to bottom...they were lined up properly, by the way. The cockpit style elevator provided a little raised area in the corner for the operator to stand and work the mechanisms. Jordan Marsh maintained elevator operators in most of its many buildings until the closure of the Annex in 1978. Automatic elevators took over in the rebuilt parts of the store from this stage onward. Gone were the gloved women in uniforms who met you with a smile as you entered the ornamental sliding doors of each elevator in the old Main Store and the Annex. The cockpit elevators in the 1949 section of the new building were converted to automatic at some stage by the 1970’s. One lasting memory for me of the “old” Jordan Marsh is the way the elevators zipped up and down as I stood waiting for my mother to look at the various counters of the street floor in the old Main Store. You could see inside the shafts through the attractive metal and glass doorways and watch as the cars went up and down....as a young child this view held my attention for ages. I can tell you now...they did “zip”...for old operator based elevators they did give you a exciting jolt as you sped up and swooped down. A treat for the youth of Boston...now just a treasured memory for some of us lucky enough to be just that little bit older. </i><br />
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<i>Filene’s : </i><br />
<i>Filene’s boasted an early escalator as well as elevators in the old buildings on Washington Street on the opposite corner from the 1912 Burnham masterpiece. The 1912 move to the purpose built Burnham Building brought a host of fast, smooth elevator cars and an escalator from the street floor to the second. Filene’s Basement offered no elevator or escalator service as part of its cost saving theme until the early 1970’s when the escalator finally descended downward to the great bargain bazaar. A full set of escalators was installed from street floor to top in the early 1950’s and the first automatic elevators marched in 1958. </i><br />
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<i>R.H. White’s: </i><br />
<i>White’s was always ahead of its time. The new building it had built in the 1870’s was a trend setter for department stores of the day. The early installation of the “Jumbo” elevator in the late 1800’s served as a major step UP. It could safely transport about 50 passengers in each trip...no other store of the day boasted such a device. The “Jumbo” was in use for a good number of years before being retired. White’s also was the first Boston store to use a “moving stairway” from street floor to second in the very early days of the 1900’s. It was a real crowd pleaser and many came to just to watch...it was a true novelty for the next few years until other stores provided the service as well as the up and coming MTA. White’s did provide training on how to ride it safely....many early patrons wanted to sit on it as they thought it would be safer that way. In the 1940’s, modern escalators were installed from street floor to fifth....White’s needed to keep up with Jordan Marsh next-door who just added new escalators to the Annex. When Raymond’s moved in 1966 and took over the building...they finally had an escalator (a high speed one, too) and were thrilled to have moved up in the retailing world. </i><br />
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<i>Gilchrist’s: </i><br />
<i>The company did have elevators in the buildings prior to the large new building of 1912...when the new building opened, keeping up with Filene’s opposite them, they boasted new improved in-store travel service and a greater number of cars than previously offered. The new building did soar up ten floors and numerous, quick elevators were a BIG must for happy customers. The store never had the space or desire for an escalator service....but they did begin to introduce new, high-speed automatic elevators in the very early days of the 1960’s. The gloved operators were gone by the end of that decade....sadly! </i><br />
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Please enjoy these various advertisement, articles and photos from many stores of our retro Boston as they show–off various travelling technologies to a more than eager public<em>.</em><br />
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<br /></div>Charles Bostonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00278135552869321628noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5016978180674044687.post-60227491078023004572012-04-04T02:23:00.012-07:002012-04-04T02:51:12.765-07:00Kennedy’s Clothing Store...A Classic Retro Boston Fixture Remembered<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHLpMMk6Qpxowyhm4CBrccQlF-LfoieRPWAa5d54RFanKsLHh6agdNF2Es9cKNa3MjQ2ipXU_yPiswPwGxdbIvrATeUb1yT9ArxeAuNH1VSQ9TNBn2GFKEl_C0jEWdGkEH1vFCIzScfZw/s1600/Kennedy%2527s+site+today-street+view.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 262px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHLpMMk6Qpxowyhm4CBrccQlF-LfoieRPWAa5d54RFanKsLHh6agdNF2Es9cKNa3MjQ2ipXU_yPiswPwGxdbIvrATeUb1yT9ArxeAuNH1VSQ9TNBn2GFKEl_C0jEWdGkEH1vFCIzScfZw/s320/Kennedy%2527s+site+today-street+view.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5727480794874505282" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2_gsykclxi-2CpCLhNBVHWXhlrCSwfjFcT1hpWqLEW4kk7G7F698R0PWbVk8LiwWHUb6nk0UpLEWjyFw2dD0xYP7OG_1jA3a_B2FxzOBm1kPXGy9X3cb6OUgGTCNtwSzdCOHqlV5WU-w/s1600/kennedy%2527s+1960%2527s.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 245px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2_gsykclxi-2CpCLhNBVHWXhlrCSwfjFcT1hpWqLEW4kk7G7F698R0PWbVk8LiwWHUb6nk0UpLEWjyFw2dD0xYP7OG_1jA3a_B2FxzOBm1kPXGy9X3cb6OUgGTCNtwSzdCOHqlV5WU-w/s320/kennedy%2527s+1960%2527s.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5727480763225123266" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcZIk8ueg3NtMwBNAYkBDAIGkJL-4k-oTp2E9owC4O2kFU7fmPPgY5kn0PMZWQ7U5mxF6wOJxnwSaX87yB0RIRxnvxzAQqyNrtAW88JAy2AIvlhyi3l9sbrKgcW-Inl5Ueuw9hqOuGbxY/s1600/kennedy%2527s+1930%2527s.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 245px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcZIk8ueg3NtMwBNAYkBDAIGkJL-4k-oTp2E9owC4O2kFU7fmPPgY5kn0PMZWQ7U5mxF6wOJxnwSaX87yB0RIRxnvxzAQqyNrtAW88JAy2AIvlhyi3l9sbrKgcW-Inl5Ueuw9hqOuGbxY/s320/kennedy%2527s+1930%2527s.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5727480753703199106" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLL1akAUUmyjtlNIK_fv6tq7hk_E-K74cuCOqYUhympEXio7Z4j06J6Tmi3NvfMN2vsQhGfngCsgDQZqzp896pkulIeWLqzo4sObNT0G52I2TD3GfYLDhjWT8_rMIQ8J_gCT1Mj3RuASg/s1600/Former+Kennedy%2527s+Site+Today+from+air.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 250px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLL1akAUUmyjtlNIK_fv6tq7hk_E-K74cuCOqYUhympEXio7Z4j06J6Tmi3NvfMN2vsQhGfngCsgDQZqzp896pkulIeWLqzo4sObNT0G52I2TD3GfYLDhjWT8_rMIQ8J_gCT1Mj3RuASg/s320/Former+Kennedy%2527s+Site+Today+from+air.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5727480748220127042" /></a><br />Hello, My Fellow Retro Boston Lovers!<br /><br />Happy Spring to you all!<br /><br />Today we spend a bit of time looking back at another retro Boston legend, Kennedy’s!<br /><br />No, not the political dynasty that shares that powerful name but the beloved and much missed clothing emporium once located on the corner of Summer and Hawley Streets just beyond what was once Filene’s.<br /><br /><em>Kennedy’s: Boston’s Largest, Livest, Leading Men’s’ Store</em>...an early slogan that certainly caught the public’s eye and heart.<br /><br />The store had its humble beginnings in 1892 in a small shop in Hyde Park that specialized purely in clothing for men and boys. The shop took off and soon spawned several other locations dotted about Massachusetts. The real triumph for the blossoming Kennedy Company came in 1912 with the leasing of the large, handsome building on the corner of Summer and Hawley Streets built in 1873. The store occupied the lower floors of this great location for the first years as it established itself a flagship for the company in this classic building right in the center of Boston’s shopping heart. By 1929 Kennedy’s renovated and filled the entire five floors of the building and in the years to come would also consume the rest of the street level as well. Boston had a premier men’s clothing store all of its own!<br /><br />During the 1930’s, Kennedy’s added a women’s department on its third floor to keep up with all the stiff competition that was coming in from all retailing sides. In 1937, a girl’s department would open...thus making Kennedy’s a clothing and accessories store for the entire family!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivvanYNZ5itEG1THlonCrso4Rqvtly4DJubvu2pqFFKt17G88Y2DyQEuvRZIFGkG-ZACbm65NhRGq4N_adSSiYqd1k1jZT2o8wbD-JO4UV2j4GIELq25-uhZz3ZypbXif7i_fd6IY9jFM/s1600/Long+Standing+Xmas+Slogan.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivvanYNZ5itEG1THlonCrso4Rqvtly4DJubvu2pqFFKt17G88Y2DyQEuvRZIFGkG-ZACbm65NhRGq4N_adSSiYqd1k1jZT2o8wbD-JO4UV2j4GIELq25-uhZz3ZypbXif7i_fd6IY9jFM/s320/Long+Standing+Xmas+Slogan.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5727480151260925266" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuhqAf6uo9BBozUwtw4MFHIImzD-jnKwGieX8p63E5AkrDAjrOcM0muXnp38aXJLOoBshiL8c_3i1k2wR-6gD3eZvYAH8YWHdUTsVBp60omcCDPwMclfINm7uUmuYH2ORZcPkUWEWccQU/s1600/Xmas+Logo+Early+1970%2527s.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 103px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuhqAf6uo9BBozUwtw4MFHIImzD-jnKwGieX8p63E5AkrDAjrOcM0muXnp38aXJLOoBshiL8c_3i1k2wR-6gD3eZvYAH8YWHdUTsVBp60omcCDPwMclfINm7uUmuYH2ORZcPkUWEWccQU/s320/Xmas+Logo+Early+1970%2527s.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5727480449191998562" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWa0_FOgFrOvNAfCxebdQuHLd8FBy4iCDHODh53fbwjE2pFwBhG6iw0rvAgbK6BcZSg_b4djQyYD_YxZ2GODn3lgEgN1vyH70fkkgeWd1yjlY_FMFeal0szqBLMfATxwzybIiXqnNyCkY/s1600/Late+1950%2527s+to+1971+Logo.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 167px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWa0_FOgFrOvNAfCxebdQuHLd8FBy4iCDHODh53fbwjE2pFwBhG6iw0rvAgbK6BcZSg_b4djQyYD_YxZ2GODn3lgEgN1vyH70fkkgeWd1yjlY_FMFeal0szqBLMfATxwzybIiXqnNyCkY/s320/Late+1950%2527s+to+1971+Logo.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5727480150047044594" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDs6BaniVUVy971OnhEjcofvlg_4n3FReucOxwofy-ZRD12N4mLWeAp5agV_y1lJj-D_xTr0Kt7aLU2JgcXK_UH4zBo4nCMYcF8i1Ji6PYQ199i1H2cAQEjcPd7A8wwJRTFJhgkIv-qe0/s1600/Late+70%2527s+Xmas+Logo.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 77px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDs6BaniVUVy971OnhEjcofvlg_4n3FReucOxwofy-ZRD12N4mLWeAp5agV_y1lJj-D_xTr0Kt7aLU2JgcXK_UH4zBo4nCMYcF8i1Ji6PYQ199i1H2cAQEjcPd7A8wwJRTFJhgkIv-qe0/s320/Late+70%2527s+Xmas+Logo.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5727480145947533922" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxXrhuFSbIGbRcO0zF7pDc5nO3E546a3mSf65XEIOm_U615d7EdZwDmlicdQHUGSvPJFTNjMKpiR_26X1gX4uaBdmboHnOyrrpFAJvw1663U75KeQ-WIO50MCxkyagVtBP2StJ8BD91kY/s1600/Early+1900%2527s+Logo.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 152px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxXrhuFSbIGbRcO0zF7pDc5nO3E546a3mSf65XEIOm_U615d7EdZwDmlicdQHUGSvPJFTNjMKpiR_26X1gX4uaBdmboHnOyrrpFAJvw1663U75KeQ-WIO50MCxkyagVtBP2StJ8BD91kY/s320/Early+1900%2527s+Logo.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5727480138806999906" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD7fsfAkB6DSvM5jX-PBUT667sDKP6YxTLdcaySt0bMpLTxFm7DmqO2JpdUO6zuQ4oOlGKhL8C4v5ZGQOIvnbyuenUWIyhND5eDLFVVsRmkDgJchO5Ol3JVM9KYF9XGLMrj9LTeAZDTek/s1600/Another+Early+1900%2527s+logo.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 80px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD7fsfAkB6DSvM5jX-PBUT667sDKP6YxTLdcaySt0bMpLTxFm7DmqO2JpdUO6zuQ4oOlGKhL8C4v5ZGQOIvnbyuenUWIyhND5eDLFVVsRmkDgJchO5Ol3JVM9KYF9XGLMrj9LTeAZDTek/s320/Another+Early+1900%2527s+logo.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5727480137465286882" /></a><br /><br /><br />Kennedy’s clothing store represented value as well as smart, up to date fashions for Boston’s shoppers. The store continued growing and many locations popped up in the various suburban malls that sprang up from the 1950’s onward. Kennedy’s became a feature of New England retailing life and one did not have to venture far to find a location nearby.<br /><br />By the late 1970’s, Kennedy’s was owned by Van Husen Corporation who operated a vast number of clothing outlets nationwide. The company was not making the profits it deemed necessary and in early 1980 decided to close many of the Kennedy’s locations including the flagship on the corner of Summer and Hawley Streets. The “saved” locations lasted only a little while longer...the Kennedy’s name soon vanished entirely from the ever-changing retail scene. <br /><br />The loss of Kennedy’s in downtown Boston was a sad reminder of Boston’s dwindling number of large retail stores. The beautiful building sat empty for the early part of the 1980’s while debate raged about re-use and redevelopment of the site. The building nearly was torn down completely but preservationists won out in the end...well, sort of....the facade was saved. The lower two floors were not so lucky...not original enough. I can recall walking by in the mid- 1980’s during the redevelopment work and saw the three floors of the original facade jacked up on stilts while a new lower two floors could be added in keeping with the original design of the building. A high rise tower soon emerged from what was once the inside of dear, Kennedy’s. Redevelopment today often comes with many floors soaring high into the sky...upward and onward!<br /><br />Today we enjoy a look back at the style and class that was Kennedy’s! The advertisements, slogans and logos are classic...classic retro Boston that is!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHY-W9gn8jj8pUZ99U7YkEtPFJWAA5DrmKp771OfwPJWEpWwFC6x57wanAB75bGLHRdDisxNjXLBsRbYdKgIJ071k2ZA0r0uQKWXieFdmC0F8XzbMVUT-rC6Fb0k-6p13ddoidWaxfCQI/s1600/1979.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 218px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHY-W9gn8jj8pUZ99U7YkEtPFJWAA5DrmKp771OfwPJWEpWwFC6x57wanAB75bGLHRdDisxNjXLBsRbYdKgIJ071k2ZA0r0uQKWXieFdmC0F8XzbMVUT-rC6Fb0k-6p13ddoidWaxfCQI/s320/1979.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5727479773999291106" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBz0LEJ40h02QtsJAD7qudgOU1oKGiuV4eqkjLehBpAen2TVI6nv_AZ6qNB_Krj5FdnteKBYbmnswK4AMb76jkXKLZpkpMxel17Cnedg-jOWstj5nVNxpx-Dlp9DYQX4NGG4YguWfoxmg/s1600/1979+2.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; 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margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 230px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpNaY7IbtBCpe5BiG0lKNKofJ1LY-ey-TvQcwNeyy5W3oNAvoodweo_15-lEjmBOql8jIheMjLk-M9l6sJBaGCLVfJVquaYywGye9tCRtzEjDZoCAm1eHixnTbG2kfDRKb5eQoSsU-YMI/s320/1912-+New+Location.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5727476733653808610" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />Charles:-)<br /><br /><br />http://www.flickr.com/photos/24334155@N03/ <br /><br /><br />http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_163309760355786&ap=1 <br /><br /><br />AND.............<br /><br />Don't forget....I am still working on my Jordan Marsh memory project. Write me!!!!Charles Bostonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00278135552869321628noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5016978180674044687.post-27599362720530834392012-03-22T04:42:00.010-07:002012-03-22T05:03:44.073-07:00Remembering Ferdinand’s of Dudley Square....The Blue Store<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVEahVCpLolCbamiooBnwBHgQz6Qo1PvhMzu3Hlz8O0SeJK-pbU2aHkt5qlfb6G9APg9oJInqEQ-LXs2KZIkpMNX1DOhn20eU3NF3rDp2e8ZbaX8DhkZ7B2kvsbv87nubuwL2B4FRIQK0/s1600/logo+1920%2527s.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 146px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVEahVCpLolCbamiooBnwBHgQz6Qo1PvhMzu3Hlz8O0SeJK-pbU2aHkt5qlfb6G9APg9oJInqEQ-LXs2KZIkpMNX1DOhn20eU3NF3rDp2e8ZbaX8DhkZ7B2kvsbv87nubuwL2B4FRIQK0/s320/logo+1920%2527s.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5722689581841096722" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3-JKpABymYh2Dguv2BgtoB-1F7fURiEROyJkzMAVK2tbVYlmLJ47BBv1raC2CKHLaDPPQxPv6V1VYTvMP5DjPiBZbVrJlcnrPKr0_c6xbtWYGJDsgErk-gwA96cswZfrzve55psgWi8k/s1600/logo+1960%2527s.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 106px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3-JKpABymYh2Dguv2BgtoB-1F7fURiEROyJkzMAVK2tbVYlmLJ47BBv1raC2CKHLaDPPQxPv6V1VYTvMP5DjPiBZbVrJlcnrPKr0_c6xbtWYGJDsgErk-gwA96cswZfrzve55psgWi8k/s320/logo+1960%2527s.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5722689574279071746" /></a><br />Hello, My Fellow Retro Boston Lovers!<br /><br />As we reflect on retro Boston and all the fine stores that once were located within the central shopping area, we must not forget to pay homage to the once thriving business hub located in Dudley Square. <br /><br />Dudley Square in its heyday gave Boston a run for its money in choice and allure. Plus the added bonus of being located on the convenient and speedy Washington Street elevated line made it a pleasant and desired location for merchants and shoppers alike. <br /><br />Timothy Smith had a thriving department store there and was well established by the turn of the 20th century...but we must not overlook one of the oldest and most revered furniture dealers in New England, Ferdinand’s!<br /><br />Frank Ferdinand much like Timothy Smith had a knack for business and creative selling techniques.<br />His successful venture began in a modest two-story structure, painted blue in the heart of Dudley Square in the year of 1869. The use of trademark blue on this and all other Ferdinand buildings may be linked to Frank’s seafaring past prior to his life as a prominent Roxbury merchant. He sold furniture and a wonderful assortment of various wares for the home at reasonable and very competitive prices.<br /><br />The business took off and became part of the fabric and staying power of Dudley Square. In the mid-1890’s Frank Ferdinand oversaw the construction of the beautiful iconic building that still to this day sits proudly in the heart of the square.<br /> <br />The Ferdinand Store prospered and carried on attracting business from all over New England until it needed even more space and an eight-story annex was built in 1922 to be added to the ever expanding set of buildings on this famous corner. The new annex was directly connected to the elevated station at Dudley Square and allowed easy access to all the elevated riding patrons. The store now covered a healthy amount of acreage in display floor space...so much to see and choose from!<br /><br /><br />Sadly, Frank Ferdinand only lived a few months more after the great annex was opened. He had established a legend and that legend stayed under his family’s control until it was sold 1971 to Hugh Allen. The business thrived during the first half of the 20th century and even spawned two branch locations for a short time, one in Needham and one in Central Square in Cambridge.<br /> <br />Ferdinand’s, like all the once great Boston stores, began to suffer the decline in business in the late 1950’s brought on by the heavy suburban competition. The branches were gone by then and the flagship store crept along through the 1960’s.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRmCJ8WQt3KuwlLTJQAzaWgBd-Oz2oGOtzqKWUtujWKYsRHvPByNLs6gEhMAEOgyQOeYoDh8l19YW9LuNuQ_V-j_JPjNtTNwO2zld3meaY9xpx4aiuq2s8vqccZ5gAopY7EhgwVlCsUM0/s1600/Ferdinand%2527s+1.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRmCJ8WQt3KuwlLTJQAzaWgBd-Oz2oGOtzqKWUtujWKYsRHvPByNLs6gEhMAEOgyQOeYoDh8l19YW9LuNuQ_V-j_JPjNtTNwO2zld3meaY9xpx4aiuq2s8vqccZ5gAopY7EhgwVlCsUM0/s320/Ferdinand%2527s+1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5722689570781076578" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjvwSfoNMkzosUb2x-kEkrrK0PkHVN9Ji8Z55-kVeWSAwNZ-QEmPb3lcKB50pnbL_qQkgRzsHzyL0V5Mkv5-gNjZHCZCgqmhi94bdC0wirTs69WabKG_kf7kMp085xla_v7b0Jt0x8Xm8/s1600/Ferdinand%2527s+2.jpg"><img style="float:right; 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margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 306px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQIxCfn_YQ4HEE6RRE3QMMzAySUNzF6pbZ9kdu_T-YIG4u7fx-NckSKQdVet67l0BVbT7IJPi5gVvGsWFeqbJ-MjCYthW0WOd6KhgaxD5DkSLPMky70EDrYr0_iwiFTYhR9UQE4bfdPmY/s320/Dudley+Square+view+to+annex+side+1982.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5722689042509115906" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibHQKL555BZZpE3scTaYAEtMMHbgY_GnS2m0bD0X5ohGt8qrdpNrtmNLVH2U43Xg9sPfSG2ru4ggtVp_CLUlgz_pZx5_2R9huUhgB7ammFbpcFXdndjwdmZJZ6h2yI40EAB0zrQJWJ24M/s1600/Dudley+Sq.+1985+back+of+blue+store+annex.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 221px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibHQKL555BZZpE3scTaYAEtMMHbgY_GnS2m0bD0X5ohGt8qrdpNrtmNLVH2U43Xg9sPfSG2ru4ggtVp_CLUlgz_pZx5_2R9huUhgB7ammFbpcFXdndjwdmZJZ6h2yI40EAB0zrQJWJ24M/s320/Dudley+Sq.+1985+back+of+blue+store+annex.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5722689033497484530" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7XU1813wwhuhTzRtpDjxdK19PV3Yw-Xd0hiN73bMHMOO6LbsgvhcTozKdkKUs5WYzr-ot_CHK9UQXtJV7rBs0j4nwbQ0SS-LJ_C3mcCtG16sj01C5RSOqjFOexleZIAD-5iu99R9q_8k/s1600/The+Ferdinand+Family.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 276px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7XU1813wwhuhTzRtpDjxdK19PV3Yw-Xd0hiN73bMHMOO6LbsgvhcTozKdkKUs5WYzr-ot_CHK9UQXtJV7rBs0j4nwbQ0SS-LJ_C3mcCtG16sj01C5RSOqjFOexleZIAD-5iu99R9q_8k/s320/The+Ferdinand+Family.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5722689029612372002" /></a><br /><br /> <br />Very little is known about the final years of the store except that it was sold after just one hundred years of Ferdinand family control in the start of the 1970’s. The new owners did try to rent some of the space to the State for a much needed community college in 1972 but that never came to be. The store seems to have ceased operation entirely by the mid-1970’s and the once thriving corner became dormant and derelict.<br /><br />Dudley Square went into freefall with many buildings falling victim to raging fires which left large sections of the former mercantile area gutted and unusable. <br /><br />The community cried out and it has taken decades for preservation and rehabilitation efforts to come through and answer their pleas. The Timothy Smith Store building location was lost to neglect and far too much red tape...the site has since been rebuilt now with new structures...but no trace remains of the once great store. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwxuWVE1uAwPBWE_hE7D4cyS6xdLqYavmJ-Ao_WztYEMzIq4NkEDbWRbT8g2OJYxZuc0IUZd-mqCpBbQaLDgJ6jLKx1RyD56ZlDhonJxzPmRbyQQW-ywwGBNFFfWZ5FDnOhHZIG4QEAbM/s1600/Ferdinand%2527s+1963.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 249px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwxuWVE1uAwPBWE_hE7D4cyS6xdLqYavmJ-Ao_WztYEMzIq4NkEDbWRbT8g2OJYxZuc0IUZd-mqCpBbQaLDgJ6jLKx1RyD56ZlDhonJxzPmRbyQQW-ywwGBNFFfWZ5FDnOhHZIG4QEAbM/s320/Ferdinand%2527s+1963.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5722688419842460098" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhyphenhyphen-3_51_1pfAfbdedjo5CnD9qcKhxu5czHRsDFCm-fZBt1HJNSsgOuxRHgBcJxf-PxLlGR9hEVxWTZbZpcNDBUM4cTTQq0K6m0kmeRgBbkQ41pVvNSBu56bwpa_EWYQgmrBZ7Popd9u8/s1600/Dudley+Square+1948.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 265px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhyphenhyphen-3_51_1pfAfbdedjo5CnD9qcKhxu5czHRsDFCm-fZBt1HJNSsgOuxRHgBcJxf-PxLlGR9hEVxWTZbZpcNDBUM4cTTQq0K6m0kmeRgBbkQ41pVvNSBu56bwpa_EWYQgmrBZ7Popd9u8/s320/Dudley+Square+1948.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5722688414221784082" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR62JLbcCig1RFfPK6JxxaMPCy496RWCn9MvHcS_lV58I4bRHNbJmMdNSQ20rhSnldKlT-g3F4ciJyhBosyd4-0nJCZv6FBFIAA6kQM9SHqvsOHg02K_YOsNpDTd527BdO_nGUT7I_xf8/s1600/Dudley+Square+1904.JPG"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 246px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR62JLbcCig1RFfPK6JxxaMPCy496RWCn9MvHcS_lV58I4bRHNbJmMdNSQ20rhSnldKlT-g3F4ciJyhBosyd4-0nJCZv6FBFIAA6kQM9SHqvsOHg02K_YOsNpDTd527BdO_nGUT7I_xf8/s320/Dudley+Square+1904.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5722688407950881906" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibRawf0bb-lDmUHg1BjQsi2Z5D5yusaHYiQv5wmv4WEQKcmUxKjbi7wSXLkbGXkUzPbDTGI8L4sGvkWgfrXmKIK-j_aFffuUKZodG1cu9Pgu6chFDihdY9Tq9zNFVrY35x9Lp7absstEc/s1600/ferdinand+store-+original+wood+building+1800%2527s.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 254px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibRawf0bb-lDmUHg1BjQsi2Z5D5yusaHYiQv5wmv4WEQKcmUxKjbi7wSXLkbGXkUzPbDTGI8L4sGvkWgfrXmKIK-j_aFffuUKZodG1cu9Pgu6chFDihdY9Tq9zNFVrY35x9Lp7absstEc/s320/ferdinand+store-+original+wood+building+1800%2527s.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5722688402945768434" /></a><br /><br /><br />Ferdinand’s classic 1890’s building is set for redevelopment along with the rest of the former retail site. The other shorter building and the once great annex have all vanished now...but the Victorian treasure remains sitting proudly on the famous corner. The plans for redevelopment keep the majestic focus clearly on the former “Blue Store” and that is a great tribute to Frank and his entrepreneurial vision. Dudley Square deserves a crown jewel and thank goodness, city planners have not lost sight of that!<br /><br />Enjoy this collection of photos(including many wonderful shots by TheMBTADog), advertisements and articles all celebrating the once great Ferdinand’s of Dudley Square...Home of Fine Furniture. <br /><br />A BIG THANK YOU, again to TheMBTADog for sharing his fine photos with us!!<br /><br /><br />Charles:-)<br /><br /><br />http://www.flickr.com/photos/24334155@N03/ <br /><br /><br />http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_163309760355786&ap=1 <br /><br /><br />AND.............<br /><br />Don't forget....I am still working on my Jordan Marsh memory project. Write me!!!!<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7sQzblqR_T4gmgJL1HIhYaCb2UymBfHi8S6aCqCLq9ct2bxkb-QEEpoBq08un0iMGhWy4b7it1P75eSxKUpDF_nTywS4smUpzLc9xs0ETuyTQWu-E6NvJNOF-JIYPH5pbLwqlxFtW7f4/s1600/1972.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 174px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7sQzblqR_T4gmgJL1HIhYaCb2UymBfHi8S6aCqCLq9ct2bxkb-QEEpoBq08un0iMGhWy4b7it1P75eSxKUpDF_nTywS4smUpzLc9xs0ETuyTQWu-E6NvJNOF-JIYPH5pbLwqlxFtW7f4/s320/1972.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5722688055003273458" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFoiwz60amyh0_wZ7bEYGElc9O7SZdEqUSgAEdqXX0GFfKfCXLno5AKg0GYRKOCsR5C5lkr-59j7CUueoU_oNW64rBoBvmMm4uMdEk9z5zQECd4VqGcWf64Jqkb_Q9HQwFAnIKwmIeUNA/s1600/1964.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 282px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFoiwz60amyh0_wZ7bEYGElc9O7SZdEqUSgAEdqXX0GFfKfCXLno5AKg0GYRKOCsR5C5lkr-59j7CUueoU_oNW64rBoBvmMm4uMdEk9z5zQECd4VqGcWf64Jqkb_Q9HQwFAnIKwmIeUNA/s320/1964.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5722687751527201906" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDiA43119CSskwhf9f8-U-7hyphenhyphenCS200cASCUWYnCJlIgs-OQleyistRbmUfZH8c96pxmY_OfsfvK5X_vh0r5Tt5cb2J6pkkuNsQRVh4Vh_pcv0Xa4yAi8w5t5X-grtv_cxgwYmfhvJ_XIw/s1600/1958.jpg"><img style="float:right; 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margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 105px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-UrD1FMRtYa2TMTYQc1siFah5fv-z-lo6c-yx5xVJpOQf-zoSTxutIDZpuvamgX6iqN0SXz7AhPw_lDLq7glru5jRat-RrjaTo0f9zZ4XuMBSna1GuED_WhL69yONcE5wAYPGz3DVl2k/s320/Citymart+Logo.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5718201195035289458" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi11DlvSLrOMT6qXY32ohzZXnMeXJe3ijFL8o_4UBkieT0olZftG6XmA4w8-XYj4RBzPxaTizV5GcnYBz6EQAMA7L2HpXx3upj8_Cwahs8YOhy6RnweFtils58J5Xe54XwHzwWztN7XKVI/s1600/Citymart+Logo+2.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 120px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi11DlvSLrOMT6qXY32ohzZXnMeXJe3ijFL8o_4UBkieT0olZftG6XmA4w8-XYj4RBzPxaTizV5GcnYBz6EQAMA7L2HpXx3upj8_Cwahs8YOhy6RnweFtils58J5Xe54XwHzwWztN7XKVI/s320/Citymart+Logo+2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5718201188793578306" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYHvKpAbiRMm72uXUI1lfVsnw9cOAUA-JoskLtyfWq_g6dqnA0QcZ6PqmN_3drUBrQrm155J4qLGI6A8PryjriqfQF45QVMwS7n62CWZ5DxD7NaeYhaV4LYuwaWIHaqsaggfcRG8Sm9MY/s1600/RH+White%2527s+in+late+1920%2527s+.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 250px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYHvKpAbiRMm72uXUI1lfVsnw9cOAUA-JoskLtyfWq_g6dqnA0QcZ6PqmN_3drUBrQrm155J4qLGI6A8PryjriqfQF45QVMwS7n62CWZ5DxD7NaeYhaV4LYuwaWIHaqsaggfcRG8Sm9MY/s320/RH+White%2527s+in+late+1920%2527s+.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5718201183171185058" /></a><br />Hello, My Fellow Retro Boston Lovers!<br /><br />The tragic saga of the former Filene’s site, with developers coming and going, makes me reflect on other times when those formidable terms of “reuse and redevelopment” were tossed about in our beloved Boston. <br /><br />Let’s take a trip back in time to the late 1950’s. R.H. White’s ceased operation of its Boston flagship store in the fateful summer of 1957. The large six floor building just beyond Jordan Marsh’s Annex on Washington Street sits vacant. The classic building built for the R.H. White Company in the 1870’s was a retailing landmark when new but the years have crept by and have left it tired and in need of careful updating. During its final years, White’s did do some basic updating of the structure but much more work is needed in order to compete with the lure of the suburban streamlined shopping malls that are now popping up all over. Filene’s did lease the street floor once as a Christmas sales area in December of 1957 but that has been the only sign of life in the building. Boston officials are becoming worried that this lack of a substantial retail anchor on the upper end of Washington Street will cause even further erosion of this central shopping area. <br /><br />By 1960, Mayor Collins is in serious talks with City Stores, Inc...yes...the same ones who owned R.H. White’s and shut down the Boston store. The talks are positive. Boston wants White’s or something like it to re-open in this prime spot. City Stores contemplates re-opening White’s but White’s has gone suburban and so a totally new idea is hatched.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6Q94G3II8eCZqriFSc1rQZ98w2Kzd8x9IrLIbemrvI0WQOJKvMMhIZlVVsHH3EGcybgyuADJLhPA4zuts5Z3KkTYGlLqnjzNeOJOLbz-oP1V4CsBFzTnQ4rda9wVEHN9T5JDFL-kB7GQ/s1600/April+1960-1.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 97px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6Q94G3II8eCZqriFSc1rQZ98w2Kzd8x9IrLIbemrvI0WQOJKvMMhIZlVVsHH3EGcybgyuADJLhPA4zuts5Z3KkTYGlLqnjzNeOJOLbz-oP1V4CsBFzTnQ4rda9wVEHN9T5JDFL-kB7GQ/s320/April+1960-1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5718200874416205890" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW2THwzMl0H4aKoV1f3I_R77pADf3iMgXD_GhfTz2ie_HXh5yFBavPDjr0P43iVnRMqQi1bZQQphC2i4SoMCSjvdwoXdHYAMZwLgwuE-KphCB762yKDFRvSZJJ6FDil6IF3uelS7w7ack/s1600/April+1960-2.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 89px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW2THwzMl0H4aKoV1f3I_R77pADf3iMgXD_GhfTz2ie_HXh5yFBavPDjr0P43iVnRMqQi1bZQQphC2i4SoMCSjvdwoXdHYAMZwLgwuE-KphCB762yKDFRvSZJJ6FDil6IF3uelS7w7ack/s320/April+1960-2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5718200872489137010" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtzNDL3fi_zBu93i-8TMiID_dtWnlhufe6HQL1oG-_Gpu_r5PzxcRP32jEyhU_yG6FDWEBnJ4koIY0Uo20luSdtaZmhF0E5PS_6Mx92N-mrtpImEfiSrgaXqkPP0F9FhpNSlCKdOXOlrI/s1600/Jan+1962+-1.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 238px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtzNDL3fi_zBu93i-8TMiID_dtWnlhufe6HQL1oG-_Gpu_r5PzxcRP32jEyhU_yG6FDWEBnJ4koIY0Uo20luSdtaZmhF0E5PS_6Mx92N-mrtpImEfiSrgaXqkPP0F9FhpNSlCKdOXOlrI/s320/Jan+1962+-1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5718200868286764450" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd5bCixyZLihIr03QfspQAvvtwRSRKyIVtEVNMwn2LWduyvNLOqOyOCwRenW3Y-8AaNNp7AySkoCqZk_9TpnBC513JisBLrU_ky_CVHY2qEJJ2ZQIY02Cgepcvv_3q80QKbAIAcbJA_XM/s1600/Jan+1962+-2.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 179px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd5bCixyZLihIr03QfspQAvvtwRSRKyIVtEVNMwn2LWduyvNLOqOyOCwRenW3Y-8AaNNp7AySkoCqZk_9TpnBC513JisBLrU_ky_CVHY2qEJJ2ZQIY02Cgepcvv_3q80QKbAIAcbJA_XM/s320/Jan+1962+-2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5718200851146422786" /></a><br /><br /><br />The idea takes about a year to formulate. City Stores wants to blend the charm of the “old” department store with the modern needs and whims of today’s 1960’s shoppers...shoppers who are being seduced to shop in these new, alluring suburban malls. <br /><br />In January 1962, the idea becomes reality. Boston cuts a tax deal with City Stores and City Stores agrees to splash out over 1 million dollars to completely refurbish and update the old building at 518 Washington Street. The new store will be called, Citymart and will be a modern promotional department store blending old fashioned service with new high-tech style and copious amenities.<br /><br />The theory would be that Citymart would rely very heavily on sales promotions advertised in the Boston press and this should alert and draw in the potential customers. All the Boston stores used the press...Citymart would attempt to finesse their shoppers to “see”, “desire”... “buy”.<br /><br />The building already has high-speed escalators from the street floor to the sixth floor which White’s had installed as part of their attempt at some updating and modernization in order to celebrate their one hundredth anniversary almost a decade ago. Now City Stores goes even further into modernization.<br /><br />New street floor showcase windows are installed that show off merchandise in stylish and innovative ways plus also give you a look inside the store itself...very open and inviting. Further work includes new paint all over, complete renovation of all the former departments within the store itself plus a whole new lobby entrance at the other end of the building. <br /><br />The addition of babysitting facilities (The Indian Village) for shopping parents plus a music school as well as a beauty school were all part of the many new services on offer from Citymart. The icing on this retailing cake has to be the inclusion of a fully equipped supermarket which now takes up a large section of the street floor. The inviting slogan said it all....<em>Citymart: The store with a heart!</em> Also factor in great deals on local, convenient parking spaces...and you should have a run away, smash hit of a store...well...almost! <br /><br />The grand opening in late August of 1962 drew great press coverage and wonderful crowds. The early months of business seemed to be all that City Stores and Mayor Collins had dreamed of...Boston had a modern store fit to compete with its suburban counterparts. You can find it all here...even your weekly groceries...come and get it!!<br /><br />But alas, by the time 1964 rolled around...Citymart had decreased its promotional advertisements significantly and was struggling to stay afloat. All those wonderful attractions on offer were still not enough to draw shoppers away from those suburban malls and worse than that...the “Combat Zone” was becoming far too noticeable and very much right on Citymart’s shiny, refurbished doorstep. <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHpsIgUP_e78fsCcDMEDX1KMRpaWuOwbwack5EjN4JokLx8JkFc4PusRASc9uY2WTukReEJTF96tEF7rneD7OdQTnCcqRni7FUfntqnP3uVRHGSUOpIzKCjDU06OODQ4WqYcJd4jnY0z8/s1600/Aug.+19+1962-1.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 161px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHpsIgUP_e78fsCcDMEDX1KMRpaWuOwbwack5EjN4JokLx8JkFc4PusRASc9uY2WTukReEJTF96tEF7rneD7OdQTnCcqRni7FUfntqnP3uVRHGSUOpIzKCjDU06OODQ4WqYcJd4jnY0z8/s320/Aug.+19+1962-1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5718200055184142354" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE1MBS_aYZQPYeuQGcmzOU1H_q-0aaQAqSmGg0dSum5jxxHN-I9Okkwhl5RF690gS3hkXufjg4UR5IyIduoY2CKgxdWeyjNy77GrSJ4Ool9YQkCEufLsBn-0GrvO0VcgL0ZvRKWEP1aZI/s1600/Nov.+1962.jpg"><img style="float:right; 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This super charged monkey broke windows and had quite a time being chased by various police officers until he was finally captured a few hours after his exciting escape. <br /><br />The BRA had already begun to factor in the looming failure of Citymart into its large scale plans for the urban rebuilding and renewal of the “Central Business District” that were quickly moving into high gear. It was no surprise when the BRA took the Citymart building by eminent domain in 1966 and gave Citymart a few months to vacate the space...Raymond’s Department Store, still doing healthy business down the street, needed to be re-housed while Franklin Street was realigned and 518 Washington Street was just perfect....well....not really. <br /><br />Let’s face facts...White’s, Citymart...and soon re-housed Raymond’s all sat amidst the ever increasing decay of upper Washington Street and no matter what attractions were offered, the shoppers were not rushing to abandon cushy, safe and clean places like the mall in Chestnut Hill or the brand new Dedham Mall. <br /><br />I present today a look back on the reuse and renewal of 518 Washington Street during the years 1960- 1966. Citymart was an experiment and looked great on paper. The classic building lent itself to creative reuse and careful renovation but in the end... “Location, Location, Location” ...let it down.<br /><br /><br /><br />Enjoy!!<br /><br />Charles:-)<br /><br />http://www.flickr.com/photos/24334155@N03/ <br /><br /><br />http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_163309760355786&ap=1 <br /><br /><br />AND.............<br /><br />Don't forget....I am still working on my Jordan Marsh memory project. 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margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7I-RCUNx_gv7iVW8qgL1rfswvjBgFXTuXia-_mqh0SC7mB0T6BFy187NnVQC50nfkNJ1mFFSWAnshszcKFavY77-FWLgqyVJkSLgALGiebrKQq3m2kDx1joVeAMASJ0WT5PVcTs_U9XE/s320/032-1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5714225207225117010" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgixzYyn61ZMQcQsRizsPobniqQxeyoRNzXD5LyFGjxQuBbjIOgimUJPs9Oq4S16UND2JSesUNsaQAu7gvQ6yHWKDkH5VPNKQkLr1OR4coqCFiArLNK8IIvg7P2E5oHGxjjg7L4-AXU1s0/s1600/033-1.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgixzYyn61ZMQcQsRizsPobniqQxeyoRNzXD5LyFGjxQuBbjIOgimUJPs9Oq4S16UND2JSesUNsaQAu7gvQ6yHWKDkH5VPNKQkLr1OR4coqCFiArLNK8IIvg7P2E5oHGxjjg7L4-AXU1s0/s320/033-1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5714225202154626050" /></a><br />Hello, My Fellow Retro Boston Lovers!<br /><br />Please welcome TheMBTADog to the creative fold here at <strong>Shopping Days In Retro Boston</strong>!<br /><br />Today I present a small selection of photos shot by TheMBTADog. These were part of a wonderful set of photos that were taken during the 2011 Christmas season and I feel they capture just how Downtown Crossing looks and feels today. <br /><br />These photos act as a perfect lasting record of “here and now” and will serve us well as we look back on them over the coming years and Downtown Crossing continues to change and evolve with the needs, whims and desires of the 21st century.<br /><br />I thrive on TheMBTADog’s style and flair for capturing moments in time in and around Boston. I only wish our dear Nick DeWolf could have lived to see this new and inspiring work.<br /><br />I look forward to many more photographic contributions by TheMBTADog and am so very glad he came forward and offered his work for display here on the blog. <br /><br />So enjoy Christmas in February and drink in the spirit of the season with these classic images by TheMBTADog. <br /><br />A BIG THANKS to our newest contributor and keep snapping!!!<br /><br /><br />Charles:-)<br /><br /><br /><br />http://www.flickr.com/photos/24334155@N03/ <br /><br /><br />http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_163309760355786&ap=1 <br /><br /><br />AND.............<br /><br />Don't forget....I am still working on my Jordan Marsh memory project. 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margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd6xQnPHExGQ08pGuPaqob1RIczGdfnsBfr_pVyKTBI1hSzR7ll96NgxTuTpQZa7vrr338Z4WuXTc4N01DVf8CLiLvp0dKkjn7XWjSVlG75toIsGqe9ZdxFmgSFr3VdTZFLRO0ZdXQSxA/s320/038-1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5714224860471072962" /></a>Charles Bostonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00278135552869321628noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5016978180674044687.post-31993698587185240132012-02-20T06:26:00.000-08:002012-02-20T06:42:35.134-08:00Retro Boston Meets Ultra Swank<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9nKQRC1vDturI1JuwN3qc3EwdIz8ptPg6mI1UwOW2EJ6GjdioX_-BmtVffhq1bQhfe9HSWZltTk64MrtxUQrYK5ZOwe0XfiEY7M-K2QL0Da97Gri8dhBvUipQf1iO_IcJKxkqqItUfAs/s1600/Retro+Boston+14.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 220px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9nKQRC1vDturI1JuwN3qc3EwdIz8ptPg6mI1UwOW2EJ6GjdioX_-BmtVffhq1bQhfe9HSWZltTk64MrtxUQrYK5ZOwe0XfiEY7M-K2QL0Da97Gri8dhBvUipQf1iO_IcJKxkqqItUfAs/s320/Retro+Boston+14.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5711227213195800194" /></a><br />Hello, My Fellow Retro Boston Friends!<br /><br />Just a quick note today. Please take a visit to Ultra Swank and enjoy an update that I put together about this blog. Chris, the webmaster, has done a super job posting it....I love the look and feel of his entire site and my update looks....Oh, So Retro!!!<br />My thanks to Chris for all he has done to make this special update happen this month!<br />The link is:<br />http://www.ultraswank.net/roadtrip/postcards-from-a-vibrant-retro-boston/<br /><br />Enjoy!!!!<br /><br /><br />Charles:-)<br /><br /><br />PS...Get ready for an exciting new blog contributor later this month. His name is MBTADog and you will be thrilled with his fine photography and research that really brings the Boston of today and yesterday to life! More soon!!Charles Bostonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00278135552869321628noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5016978180674044687.post-86636782406684434812012-01-30T03:56:00.000-08:002012-01-30T05:02:24.806-08:00Get out those white gloves...Let's Get "Charmed" in Retro Boston!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglklMfXyQwehyphenhyphennqV2yjks0vAJUnDw0zIT5RTttTa1rdKqbZNzm7sv4rzyEk1yZnta4I-p3Jpj9qD-7rvEuXDyeOvWZSwwVquTvGR_bB_x7_D8vLGg9HqiYBkTaqZZ8t9OK3oIJPfpr4js/s1600/1957.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 113px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglklMfXyQwehyphenhyphennqV2yjks0vAJUnDw0zIT5RTttTa1rdKqbZNzm7sv4rzyEk1yZnta4I-p3Jpj9qD-7rvEuXDyeOvWZSwwVquTvGR_bB_x7_D8vLGg9HqiYBkTaqZZ8t9OK3oIJPfpr4js/s320/1957.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5703409595180569602" /></a><br />Hello, My Fellow Retro Boston Lovers!<br /><br />I cannot begin to tell you how often I get emails from blog readers, many of whom are women, and they speak of the long lost art of dressing up to go in town and shop.<br />Sadly, my friends....gone are the days of white gloves and heels for a stroll through the streets of downtown Boston whilst searching for just the right hat to wear to a wedding next month.<br /><br /><br />America in the 20th century was guided in social etiquette by the late, great Emily Post and out of this etiquette movement most of our great retro Boston stores began a mission to educate young women in the art of making favorable impressions in polite society. <br /><br />Charm schools, etiquette classes or fashion guidance seminars were offered by most of the once great Boston stores. Beginning gently in the 1930’s R.H. White’s offered a short course from a visiting expert in the “field of charm” and then by the 1940’s Jordan Marsh began the Marsha Jordan Fashion Board (also called “fashion council” in some years) and Chandler’s began the Junior Charm School for young ladies.<br /> <br />The Jordan Marsh Marsha Jordan Contest phenomenon was a huge success for pre-teen and teenage girls and carried on well into the 1970’s. It had several divisions (Connie Cut-Up, Jan Jordan and Marsha Jordan) for different age groups of girls. The contest had girls from the entire city competing to be the youth fashion spokesperson for the store for a year. A group of these girls were then chosen to serve on a fashion board for the store and have the chance to model clothing at events during the calendar year of their time on the board. <br /><br />Boston’s young women could join the Marsha Jordan Club (or one of the other Jordan Marsh clubs depending on their age) and have access to fashion shows, beauty tips and a whole host of other offers aimed at bringing out the “best” in a young lady.<br /><br />Soon Filene’s, Gilchrist’s and even Sears offered their own version of a charm school but the icing on the etiquette cake would have to have been in 1970 when R.H. Stearns started offering the Marjabelle Young Stewart course entitled, White Gloves and Party Manners. R.H. Stearns offered the 6-week course (nationally syndicated in selected department stores) for $20.00 and your 5-11 year old girl not only got six special lessons in all the ways of young polite society but she got a special guide book and her own pair of white gloves for wearing while trying out her new found polite party skills. Mrs. Stewart had become an etiquette guru of sorts and had given several US presidents courses in the art of social graces. <br /><br />Many of the charm/ etiquette courses also had elaborate graduation ceremonies with certificates and celebration teas to follow. <br /><br />These courses and training events for the young women of Boston were most popular from the 1950’s through to the mid-1970’s when they were ultimately deemed “old hat” and “too quaint” and they were put away in the drawer.....along with those beloved white gloves. <br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGgERKpUqHtwAJOeig47N89dE9oE8vrLi_kEWQY28AFGnDGONoJZsNk0eT9NcLwLb6w_K4RhcqRSksypovkYmCxXYJSDFy_WTxnaBwHD0aco6uRNda1d-SU0yll1qXYe0Qk9rWwAOhrZI/s1600/1974+b.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 122px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGgERKpUqHtwAJOeig47N89dE9oE8vrLi_kEWQY28AFGnDGONoJZsNk0eT9NcLwLb6w_K4RhcqRSksypovkYmCxXYJSDFy_WTxnaBwHD0aco6uRNda1d-SU0yll1qXYe0Qk9rWwAOhrZI/s320/1974+b.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5703409383748800146" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrbBTXfHdvSF8207VD24NAp9NZNmDAJJy_wBbSLbACzQdhlRFFhV0NHC4KRaxmjcnU_TG5_c7262mypRI6xZC9ALkpafLZtiTL4mZiA1tUfIg09Yx2cfKIPwGcwgK-x8hxsnQghvjqcMc/s1600/1975.jpg"><img style="float:right; 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The department stores had found a way to connect with young women and girls and involve them, engage them....maybe even inspire them. It was part of that great spirit of community that the stores of old used to foster and value. Everyone mattered and had a place...stores had a duty to society and made every effort to be seen as pro-active and caring.<br /><br />I present today a little selection of what the various stores had on offer for the social training of Boston’s young women. <br /><br /><br /><br />Enjoy!<br /><br /><br /><br />Charles:-)<br /><br />charles65ofboston@yahoo.com <br /><br />http://www.flickr.com/photos/24334155@N03/ <br /><br /><br />http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_163309760355786&ap=1 <br /><br /><br />AND.............<br /><br />Don't forget....I am still working on my Jordan Marsh memory project. Write me!!!!<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJRAQJ-LH8q212fchWuQuHw8EtqlXfiNVrPfIFMg7kbfAFSczcsxw5f3x2zoh2RU_RevdRi6A7OMXFqA6j3d8fbjVTw17wfdbEbBGcPC4Un9VWdsnrVHIEqqT-J3J7jhdgbvbZ6oIo0VE/s1600/1956.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 184px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJRAQJ-LH8q212fchWuQuHw8EtqlXfiNVrPfIFMg7kbfAFSczcsxw5f3x2zoh2RU_RevdRi6A7OMXFqA6j3d8fbjVTw17wfdbEbBGcPC4Un9VWdsnrVHIEqqT-J3J7jhdgbvbZ6oIo0VE/s320/1956.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5703396192002216722" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh53zyngOYBFD7wEVfH76bI_4jWBLz_tuOTLTJq172y1SszXkNTrAtL6gLfY8D40hCd1oeU_0z1-uLgDbdb1hPXv5P7BuxvgXg2cqIYKqO16H5eMB88d1sCU0Jh_zrajz7wNDg4o8JA0ds/s1600/1955.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 238px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh53zyngOYBFD7wEVfH76bI_4jWBLz_tuOTLTJq172y1SszXkNTrAtL6gLfY8D40hCd1oeU_0z1-uLgDbdb1hPXv5P7BuxvgXg2cqIYKqO16H5eMB88d1sCU0Jh_zrajz7wNDg4o8JA0ds/s320/1955.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5703396178310953618" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBI4sGifj0GzDJj3LTQOCUYe5wAJ_KoKLE_irIPBArIJiY8CCDJbczH1upKKkUTOm3baqarNn-cbAjpeJZ8NI9W2edGDJfR-ot2RIbReHORpexsZz9HoCIjqwu6jfxB2IldY4Bvhd2LpM/s1600/1954.jpg"><img style="float:right; 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margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 108px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL29l9wsTymiFPAiQiBdXUwyo0_XMKXcCjBlcTlnpb4sRjJxYmb3_AZfohCQgxD9SOVkWBFrU8HriezCTiqWZUYkmf0PI2K5DXpjKcjb9PPWQKaZ4mmgERZv75TGRr0uE6RbRW__y1-1w/s320/recipe+for+Filenes+Chckn+pie.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5697391112459659794" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghxOPN7kpZH6lmPYb6Q0sFnx2tQx_hpdZUvJjSmmLNqa9zkpYezFV9dFig8Rpf-hyQtKYUF6Nr1As10nxuPDzEmrdpKQBuv_kNZ7U-GHjhQRXc3inl1jXgHDqYnSOexaLXzVgVZLia_TM/s1600/White%2527smenucover.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 236px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghxOPN7kpZH6lmPYb6Q0sFnx2tQx_hpdZUvJjSmmLNqa9zkpYezFV9dFig8Rpf-hyQtKYUF6Nr1As10nxuPDzEmrdpKQBuv_kNZ7U-GHjhQRXc3inl1jXgHDqYnSOexaLXzVgVZLia_TM/s320/White%2527smenucover.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5697391108039253922" /></a><br />Hello and Happy New Year to all my retro Boston loving friends!<br /><br />A recent article in the New York Times heralded the news that department store restaurants were coming back in-style. Great....wait....but what if you are in the shopping heart of Boston and all the BIG stores are just....Macy’s? Oh, well...not so great. Congratulations to the places like NYC that still have their own department stores to dine in.<br /><br />Poor old Boston!!!<br /><br />This article has brought about many questions to do with dining at and the purchasing of various speciality foods from our once thriving downtown Boston stores. I felt it was time to crank up the old retro Boston time machine and have a look back at this delightful, delicious and delectable part of our shopping past.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIF-1V9tuXMJL8vyQeIDfVtHjcxyfiuJpfvscP3DhOTPWdjfTaVxlumCHTArZ8ugFiuJGmhiR3MY72gE9lKgSpN7UbDXduVZIBapG52s-nyqJiu3bCLuOuZR_Q15nZ81at3qNrrTpSvVQ/s1600/White%2527smenu.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 237px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIF-1V9tuXMJL8vyQeIDfVtHjcxyfiuJpfvscP3DhOTPWdjfTaVxlumCHTArZ8ugFiuJGmhiR3MY72gE9lKgSpN7UbDXduVZIBapG52s-nyqJiu3bCLuOuZR_Q15nZ81at3qNrrTpSvVQ/s320/White%2527smenu.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5697390454022333874" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDME_PDWLi-LTLlSfIqddd_QM1wOftzLMdN9biAunp1Cf2xvMgh0S3eFsRoRcdChzCsewzzvZKUakI4rlHF7fUn-diVqkkP8kYwZKsNdZ9uM19ye69OYRz2GUPJODL03mq9w1TStxNinA/s1600/Grants1.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 209px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDME_PDWLi-LTLlSfIqddd_QM1wOftzLMdN9biAunp1Cf2xvMgh0S3eFsRoRcdChzCsewzzvZKUakI4rlHF7fUn-diVqkkP8kYwZKsNdZ9uM19ye69OYRz2GUPJODL03mq9w1TStxNinA/s320/Grants1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5697390440027437906" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT3wPhLB-2W9cvuWrs3-hXpAq8pm4FhDJ1dD7e-VfxLMBn_o99cHsuIXQybivrzPeMJzc8AEF5BJK3ao_OT0TlwCJpwcDWlIwTrO1YCpYflFgIROzDPh41PpM2AetFnA_KITbM8XvgpFA/s1600/Filenesmenu30%2527sb.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 199px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT3wPhLB-2W9cvuWrs3-hXpAq8pm4FhDJ1dD7e-VfxLMBn_o99cHsuIXQybivrzPeMJzc8AEF5BJK3ao_OT0TlwCJpwcDWlIwTrO1YCpYflFgIROzDPh41PpM2AetFnA_KITbM8XvgpFA/s320/Filenesmenu30%2527sb.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5697390436856316690" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiunuNRozyBQ_Od2J0_IWnXOzHiLuAbD26E1Z4ExDWLa7P2wweLKezrq6TlyIfuF8MUj62RwAFkC6MxonnlmCw3E8EoC3keOn3tdiB4-9iq2u2MAgMHMknCoex1YzWmWL8iXfH0R3vkbfY/s1600/Filenesmenu30%2527sa.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 258px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiunuNRozyBQ_Od2J0_IWnXOzHiLuAbD26E1Z4ExDWLa7P2wweLKezrq6TlyIfuF8MUj62RwAFkC6MxonnlmCw3E8EoC3keOn3tdiB4-9iq2u2MAgMHMknCoex1YzWmWL8iXfH0R3vkbfY/s320/Filenesmenu30%2527sa.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5697390438081565298" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Many readers express parts of memories of eating this, tasting that... smelling something marvellous and mouth-watering. The truth is...any of us who shopped in downtown Boston during those wonderful heydays will recall vividly what a crucial role food played in those cherished proceedings.<br /><br />So, with the help of my memories, memories of many readers and much research...I present a salute to dining and fine foods of the various stores from our retro Boston history circa the 1920’s to 1970’s.<br /><br />I have limited this update to the geographical area I refer to as central downtown Boston....the once great, Downtown Crossing... as it is known today.<br /><br />I shall start by saying that my readers are divided into two shopping groups. Those that dined at separate restaurants/diners/lunch counters and those that dined in a store housed facility.<br /><br />The update today will focus only on the store housed facilities. The list of separate eating establishments from the 1920’s onward in central downtown Boston is massive and could be the subject of a blog all of its own!!!<br /><br />The update includes our past department stores as well as the other large “chain” stores of days gone by.<br /><br />The name of each store will be followed by any food related information or memories....enjoy!!!<br /><br /><br /><strong>Woolworth’s:</strong><br /><br /><em>Downtown Boston was blessed with numerous locations of this giant chain from the 1920’s to 1960’s. The standard formula set-up for these small versions of the store did include the traditional soda fountain counter that served drinks and sandwiches. The closure in the 1960’s of the smaller locations and the merger in 1970 into one department store sized location on Washington Street resulted in many food options for the shopper. The original “new” Boston Woolworth’s of 1970...the largest in the USA at the time, contained a very large lunch counter (The Coffee Shop) on the street floor with an ample section of booth seating for those who wanted more elbow room. The lower level housed the 200 seat Harvest House Restaurant with full table service as well as further lunch counter service space. Both the street floor lunch counter and Harvest House Restaurant served similar menus but the restaurant downstairs provided a much more relaxed and intimate environment to dine in. The menu ranged from simple ice cream sodas to their famous hot turkey platter. A massive two-level kitchen complex was housed in the far corner to accommodate all the various preparing, cooking and serving tasks. The street floor also contained a large deli counter and gourmet food shop. The sound of clinking cups, clattering silverware and the smell of roasting chicken were all part of the multi-sensory experience of walking into Woolworth’s street floor from 1970 to the mid-1980’s when Burger King took over the area that used to be the large lunch counter and walled it off, thus ending the grand wide-open feel of the very large street floor. The Harvest House carried on until the bitter end in the mid-1990’s.<br />Eating in this new Woolworth’s was, as a child, a memorable experience. The menu at the Harvest House had something to appeal to every taste and the atmosphere was just a little fancy....but not too much. The same pleasantly attractive lady was the seating hostess throughout most of the early 1970’s and I always remember being in a line of patrons waiting along a velvet cordon to be seated. Another lovely touch I recall, after you finished your meal, a glass domed dessert cart was rolled by your table if you wanted something sweet. I can’t begin to say how many times my mother and I had Saturday lunch in there and how many Big W burger platters or fried clam plates we had between us....but for the money....it was a very nice lunch indeed!</em><br /><br /><br /><strong>Grant’s:</strong><br /><br /><em>Grant’s on Washington Street had the look and feel of an old-style Woolworth’s (more or less) except that it was spread out over two large floors. The rear of the street floor housed a lunch counter with seating for 60 patrons and an additional 20 booths. They served a full range of items including hearty meals and daily shopper’s specials. A large candy and confection counter featured as a centrepiece in the spacious street floor, too! Grant’s closed in the spring of 1976. </em><br /><br /><strong>Neisner's:</strong><br /><br /><em>This wonderful 5&10 style store had a unique layout due to its L-shaped design that featured store fronts on both Washington and Bromfield Streets. The Washington Street side of the building was lower down due to the incline slope that occurs as you walk down from Tremont Street to Washington Street. The lunch counter (The Pilgrim Room) was located in the Bromfield Street side of the building on the street floor and contained a healthy counter area and some booth seating. Like Grant’s, Neisner’s served both hot and cold meals....but mainly was a great spot to stop and enjoy a cool drink after shopping. They had large signs over the counter displaying various treats for you to enjoy and they prided themselves on serving a knock-out Raspberry Lime Ricky. <br />During its long history in Boston, Neisner’s had a large candy selection and did maintain a deli during some of those years.<br />Our shopping trips, from the 1960’s until they shut in the late 1970’s , always included a final stop for a drink at the counter and quick look round the various levels of this classic store. I will always recall entering on the Bromfield Street side and looking down at the lunch counter area. You entered on a small landing and had to go down about ten steps on either side to reach the street floor below....a great architectural feature to help lessen the changes in level from one side of the store to the other. </em><br /><br /><strong>Kresge’s :</strong><br /><br /><em>The Boston branch of this large chain store was located on Washington Street at Temple Place. During the time period of the 1920’s until it shut in the late 1980’s, Kresge’s maintained a lunch counter, deli and snack bar. These were prominent features of the street floor and created wonderful smells that filled the entire store. <br />I vividly recall the rotisserie oven with hams and chickens spinning round as we wandered all over the colorful street floor. The lunch counter was always busy and very noisy...needless to say....mother never wanted to stop and sit.</em><br /><br /><br /><strong>Gilchrist’s:</strong><br /><br /><br /><em>Gilchrist’s was already a well established Boston legend in the area of selling goods by the late 1920’s and the introduction of baking golden almond macaroons on the street floor would become its most legendary act and remain a Boston enigma to this very day. The macaroon phenomenon with its secret formula was born in the late 1920’s and became a Boston passion soon after. It’s no wonder that Gilchrist’s soon opened its Marble Spa Restaurant in the early 1930’s....one good thing certainly deserves another! Visiting Gilchrist’s street floor bakery just off Winter Street became a must for celebrities who were performing in plays or doing movie promotional tours...Filene’s had the basement, Gilchrist’s had the macaroon!<br />The bakery and Marble Spa were next to one another at the rear of the street floor. One felt the Marble Spa was subterranean since it was located in the far rear and the incline slope from Tremont Street to Washington Street created the illusion of it being in the basement. The Marble Spa was a delightful spot to eat a full meal or have a simple snack. It was crowned with a polished, curvy marble counter....thus its name. You could sit at the classic counter or sit at private booths...a true retro Boston stunner!<br />The bakery also sold many other yummy treats including candy for you to enjoy...but the smell of those macaroons baking was priceless and just a little bit of heaven on earth! Gilchrist’s street floor was alive with the gentle aroma of flowery female perfumes and those golden macaroons baking. What a delightful and truly wild sensory combination! <br />This Boston romance lasted until December of 1976 when the specially designed ovens were finally switched off....and the secret recipe....poof....remains a sweet mystery!</em><br /><br /><br /><strong>Jordan Marsh:</strong><br /><br /><em>The beloved Jordan Marsh Company was fierce, vast and mighty in Boston retailing by the 1920’s but rather slow in developing a lasting food niche. <br />It all began around the same time as the macaroon craze began across the street in Gilchrist’s. Who knows who did what first but competition is a powerful ingredient and Jordan Marsh opened its Spanish Shop for Candy. The first location was up on the fourth floor of the main store and featured a selection of sweets...made with distinction but not by Jordan Marsh, or so it would seem.<br />The Spanish Shop was bumped from place to place over the next few years and finally wound up....surprise....on the street floor of the main building. During the 1940’s, The Spanish Shop became a tea room with light lunches, beverages and sweet treats while the candy and speciality foods were moved to the annex building on the third floor.<br />The tea room with its Spanish theme lasted through the 1940’s and was phased out during the extensive rebuilding program of the 1950’s. The candy and food department made its way down to the street floor of the ever expanding annex building and by the 1960’s...a blueberry muffin was born! Finally, Jordan Marsh hit a winner in the food line...it took years but a lasting food tribute came into being and thrilled Bostonians completely. <br />Entering the famous annex building was a thrill for me as a child in the late 60’s and 1970’s. The crowds, the music...and the wonderful smells coming from the food department on that classic street floor were so mouth-watering! The relocation (and subsequent demolition of the annex) of the candy, bakery and food department to the basement of the “new “main store building was very sad. I do recall it had tables and the smell of coffee brewing but it was not the same feel at all....tucked away in the basement. But the blueberry muffins lived on in that way until the 1990’s when the smells faded away as Macy’s took hold. </em><br /><br /><strong>Filene’s:</strong><br /><br /><em>Filene’s maintained a unique and highly popular eatery of various themes during almost its entire run as a Boston magnet for shoppers once it moved into the elegant 1912 Burnham building. The eighth floor was the spot and the restaurant had it all...and many exciting extras as well. At various times over the many years, the restaurant hosted singers, theatre productions, magicians, orchestras, choirs and even Santa Clause...just to name a few attractions that graced the place. Yes, food items such as candy and quick lunch snacks (hot dogs, fresh pretzels, etc.) could be had elsewhere throughout the store including the basement but the restaurant on the eighth floor was the real treasure!<br />The high ceiling and spacious seating areas allowed for leisure meals with no clamour in a pleasant atmosphere. The restaurant had a major facelift in the late 1950’s and then again in the 1970’s when it became known as, The Greenery. A pleasing greenhouse theme with ivy and lattices prevailed and this is the way I recall it from the late 1970’s until I last visited in about 1990. Also an English style pub was featured as a separate venue serving up its own menu during the 1970’s and into the 80’s. So much variety!!<br />Freshly baked items could be purchased just outside the main entrance to the restaurant in a large glass display counter and added to the “festive flare” of the eighth floor. <br />The menu was full of variety and one could have lunch, dinner or a light snack depending on your desires. The main feature of Filene’s restaurant was its famous....chicken pot pies.<br />This delicate little pie became legendary by the 1950’s and remained a staple of the restaurant for years to come. The coveted recipe is contained, thanks to Filene’s of the 1950’s, in this update. </em><br /><br /><strong>Raymond’s:</strong><br /><br /><em>Raymond’s in its original location on the corner of Franklin and Washington Streets was housed in hodgepodge of antique buildings. The food shop....Unkle Eph’s....of course, was located on the street floor in its own store front on Washington Street. The food shop contained a variety of speciality foods, baked goods and a deli counter. In 1966, during the start of the realignment of Franklin Street, the entire store moved up Washington Street to the former Citymart (RH White’s former building) and inherited a large, fully fitted restaurant facility. The store carried on providing meals in the restaurant and also in a small snack bar...I heard rumours that the snack bar was in the shape of a barrel. This carried on until Raymond’s went out of business in the early 1970’s and the classic, old building was flattened in 1973</em>.<br /><br /><strong>RH White’s:</strong><br /><br /><em>White’s had a long history of serving food in its well established flagship store on Washington and Bedford Streets. The restaurant (tea room) on mezzanine (second floor) was known as, The Elbow Room. A well-rounded menu was served for lunch and early dinners to lucky shoppers who decided on stopping by. A hallmark of White’s was its homemade candy and this was made daily in the large basement candy kitchen and could be viewed by plate glass observation windows by shoppers who wanted “sweet insights” into the mystery of why White’s candy was some of the best in Boston...at least until 1957 when the owners closed the flagship store. <br />Citymart came along in 1962 and lasted until 1966 and they maintained the tradition of serving food in The Elbow Room and in a snack bar located on the street floor.<br />The art of candy making never did return to the basement after White’s left...a long tradition that was sadly dying out in Boston. <br /></em><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgVwPDcN-YSQUCTRH1P2OvYkiRPWrZgzbnm7uFB__dHCCs_X_oeuos856G1v61eUF9eEKEOKoKz0PuHGl8W_WKh2qslIadFwDDtvqtlbkLfp7UJLeEWeh6IlIgzMGNlI_SVuuLNFP0ss0/s1600/1977.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 211px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgVwPDcN-YSQUCTRH1P2OvYkiRPWrZgzbnm7uFB__dHCCs_X_oeuos856G1v61eUF9eEKEOKoKz0PuHGl8W_WKh2qslIadFwDDtvqtlbkLfp7UJLeEWeh6IlIgzMGNlI_SVuuLNFP0ss0/s320/1977.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5697389758792222578" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzJgh0Q_ij3kzF1a7rqlf1ctsFONkLNADzttPiDTJ1RMfLtc0IG62uUh98-AcdpdDBb5upGbq8PROImCsCkyv2EwYXeAEwfMd4I0PjAfEDLIaiobGd387ju7zzoWvfXxUOkewgvIXAWJc/s1600/1975.jpg"><img style="float:right; 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Write me!!!!Charles Bostonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00278135552869321628noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5016978180674044687.post-21570492874832019292011-12-06T01:37:00.000-08:002011-12-06T03:16:42.383-08:00Christmas In Boston 1956<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPVGBHrMOesIlQL0SBFe51HTk7YNvpUa0H3AZbIbgmgNm19KSsiDdIp62Ah1ntjWoXkSP-Pe1urYO9Zfy5wik6dJ2MqTTLtRNijv18Jf-A7rhXNyMnZfGdnhT2IAFb8gxaLhyKlleiPnQ/s1600/Logo+1956.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 276px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPVGBHrMOesIlQL0SBFe51HTk7YNvpUa0H3AZbIbgmgNm19KSsiDdIp62Ah1ntjWoXkSP-Pe1urYO9Zfy5wik6dJ2MqTTLtRNijv18Jf-A7rhXNyMnZfGdnhT2IAFb8gxaLhyKlleiPnQ/s320/Logo+1956.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5682959127167280322" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgobIT4yzPNYTliKDHiDIzqt1pi7It7hVgm8VXhXU4wG3B2jPgJqoBY8D0B0zcHbLeydevno8Wz480j3hmjmRO7UDZLdEAgWN8uF0ubJ1HTtaAEpCcidz1se4C6jg0f23cUWszLcTBE88M/s1600/1950%2527s+Boston+showing+shopping+crowds+outside+Jordan+Marsh+Co.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 159px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgobIT4yzPNYTliKDHiDIzqt1pi7It7hVgm8VXhXU4wG3B2jPgJqoBY8D0B0zcHbLeydevno8Wz480j3hmjmRO7UDZLdEAgWN8uF0ubJ1HTtaAEpCcidz1se4C6jg0f23cUWszLcTBE88M/s320/1950%2527s+Boston+showing+shopping+crowds+outside+Jordan+Marsh+Co.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5682959128069677634" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifacF8lpEEAiFHWfoXznmKR_mGD3_abxe_Jy6AiNng3B4r_mulpYZW_DTPHLijhvca1905XUbeJGl6xOCzAyovPdc3eK9TpyFT3HOEpqGFLskOdDk2PeeP-HJiobUizzr06QAXiHHQEoU/s1600/1950%2527s+Boston+showing+Raymond%2527s+front+along+Washington+Street+.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 177px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifacF8lpEEAiFHWfoXznmKR_mGD3_abxe_Jy6AiNng3B4r_mulpYZW_DTPHLijhvca1905XUbeJGl6xOCzAyovPdc3eK9TpyFT3HOEpqGFLskOdDk2PeeP-HJiobUizzr06QAXiHHQEoU/s320/1950%2527s+Boston+showing+Raymond%2527s+front+along+Washington+Street+.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5682959133489042594" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />Hello, My Fellow Retro Boston Lovers!<br /><br /><br /><br />I want to express my sincerest holiday greetings to each and every one of you!!<br />Christmas is upon us once again and it’s time for my traditional retro Boston holiday update...and this year is a knock-out collection!<br /><br /><br /><br />Think of this update as a retro Boston Christmas stocking just bursting at the seams with SO many goodies for you to enjoy....a nostalgic blast of Boston’s past! This update includes numerous store print ads from downtown Boston as well as some stores located in other parts of the city, a few holiday themed articles, some inventive retro photos and a little touch of “other fun holiday notions” as well.<br /><br />Requests come into my hands all year in preparation for this very special update. Some folks want a look at more of the smaller Boston stores that once filled the downtown and a taste of the Christmas shopping hours for the month of December in the year I have selected to highlight.<br /><br />I aim to please....as always....so Santa, the elves and a few nimble reindeer joined me in the huge hunting and gathering exercise that hopefully will delight and touch all the many eager readers out there.<br /><br />This year I have selected 1956 as the year our retro Boston Christmas time travelling machine will return to. Why 1956?<br /><br />1956 was the last Christmas that downtown Boston housed seven...SEVEN (WOW!!!)...department stores to frolic in. In June of 1957, Boston would mourn the loss of R.H. White’s...a very beloved shopping paradise. December of 1956 press ads were heavy with R.H. White’s presence; one wonders now if this was a plea (that included some of the most generous extended evening shopping hours of all the BIG Boston stores) for extra business during their final swing downward?<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT8qqiSH_i-OfnMFjctj8SOfC_lEeqwkf8fBViFSMPSkJVEE5uM-61zKK1lpyNRfSj3LoNtPyzGnmegH12Pom0wM4t5IB1RfqKAQhNlywg_vCRvTTg3sxy6KTC2-JEG20DbKZcuEa5b2E/s1600/1950%2527s+Boston+Looking+to+RH+White%2527s+with+the+church+chimes+decoration+over+main+door.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 157px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT8qqiSH_i-OfnMFjctj8SOfC_lEeqwkf8fBViFSMPSkJVEE5uM-61zKK1lpyNRfSj3LoNtPyzGnmegH12Pom0wM4t5IB1RfqKAQhNlywg_vCRvTTg3sxy6KTC2-JEG20DbKZcuEa5b2E/s320/1950%2527s+Boston+Looking+to+RH+White%2527s+with+the+church+chimes+decoration+over+main+door.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5682972527154200818" /></a><br /><br /><br />1956 saw Jordan Marsh beginning work on the third unit (or section) of the new building that it had begun constructing back in the late 1940’s. Readers will note the words “unit” and “new” still being used to describe various sections of the new building in many print ads. <br /><br />1956 was truly a year that Boston was alive with crowds, twinkling lights and festive merriment...still very much the shopping center for most of New England.<br /><br />Now this year I toss you a challenge.....oh, yes!! Let the games begin!! <br />I know many of you will be lounging around, full of Christmas punch...and lots of good cheer...you need a little party game, of sorts. I have just the one...especially if you have some fellow retro Boston lovers in your midst.<br /><br />Here it is...and I hope you are able to rise to my yuletide challenge!!<br /><br />Find as many “taglines”...or store slogans as you can in these ads that I have lovingly plucked from the month of December 1956. These store slogans or holiday “taglines” may be just for Christmas or used more often during the whole retailing year. If you look very carefully...click on each for a better view...you should be able to locate a nice assortment. Be aware that some stores had more than one of these slogans or “taglines” in use at any given time...keep your eyes alert!!! Send me an email with your findings...and I shall publish the list that is the most complete on the blog in the New Year and crown that person (or team) as the “Retro Boston Store Slogan Master of 1956”.<br /><br />Take your time...those nimble reindeer love to be sneaky in hiding slogans where you least expect to find them!!<br /><br />I also tossed in another little Christmas treat for you to locate. I have included an ad from the shop I worked at part-time during my years in college (1983-6). I shall provide only a few small clues to the identity for you to use in your search. Now this shop was located in downtown Boston and was in the same classic building for all of the 20th century and closed just few years ago to become an online based retailer. Have a peek....where do you think I worked??? Send me an email if you think you found it!<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhyWEysuLzMrYs_6ktmvmH8oonDNEQJXAEHml2a20Rs_Ek2O5VJ7LccedRYtgwal0S5O4_-iJoTMiXSdPHMlBOTW04y-ccuHk9TktjXvpZRZNwqG-Xyp0VjcNe9dgbZ8T_uT2YnU9teSA/s1600/Christmas+Boston+1956-152.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 294px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhyWEysuLzMrYs_6ktmvmH8oonDNEQJXAEHml2a20Rs_Ek2O5VJ7LccedRYtgwal0S5O4_-iJoTMiXSdPHMlBOTW04y-ccuHk9TktjXvpZRZNwqG-Xyp0VjcNe9dgbZ8T_uT2YnU9teSA/s320/Christmas+Boston+1956-152.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5682972214453245586" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-zLrMUzDYYnd-S9S_6a6Iu0q-WHNtLvBl1XiKnpycIHW-QHeo5p52zMyf9j4bwfwC9n2MMgxXYUM8DkZJI5G0_WZctJ4niTowPaAZj443Ji-PK19iJEeSDMZbwO0JCmj3zkI-xeQzVAA/s1600/Christmas+Boston+1956-105.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 260px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-zLrMUzDYYnd-S9S_6a6Iu0q-WHNtLvBl1XiKnpycIHW-QHeo5p52zMyf9j4bwfwC9n2MMgxXYUM8DkZJI5G0_WZctJ4niTowPaAZj443Ji-PK19iJEeSDMZbwO0JCmj3zkI-xeQzVAA/s320/Christmas+Boston+1956-105.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5682963898173583442" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilibemQuJ__G379iGjdq3pQns4bE10CBKXJDYwZPUQved0Cd8rWJ7PrSRZsMWeCKstlnMEATpoOWueh_clI0SxnAswvNU7WGRt0qa5AwsLM2PMbgqktUyfwqbyfqIWUW8ymObg_piwyvo/s1600/Christmas+Boston+1956-104.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilibemQuJ__G379iGjdq3pQns4bE10CBKXJDYwZPUQved0Cd8rWJ7PrSRZsMWeCKstlnMEATpoOWueh_clI0SxnAswvNU7WGRt0qa5AwsLM2PMbgqktUyfwqbyfqIWUW8ymObg_piwyvo/s320/Christmas+Boston+1956-104.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5682963889096305298" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimK_B2zUgQw6GNDpDOucfQByCGaz197om0ZnIadMVoRYX2wcCyXreGfMxntJwTPmMT6iSk3P8zaxmSQgq3tIo3ksrJaIvg9IW51RsskVCswVLAOd593U2h112s_jCEHID6TkgkWHITv-4/s1600/Christmas+Boston+1956-103.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 278px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimK_B2zUgQw6GNDpDOucfQByCGaz197om0ZnIadMVoRYX2wcCyXreGfMxntJwTPmMT6iSk3P8zaxmSQgq3tIo3ksrJaIvg9IW51RsskVCswVLAOd593U2h112s_jCEHID6TkgkWHITv-4/s320/Christmas+Boston+1956-103.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5682963885813179234" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio6RWlhgx5IYKkx0TJn5dritcScOjkZUo0pXw92aksQuPW7x1imY-eOgItiQC0yIZwm8g1FFU2OlWo4WALXYOiwgiwbFKYV4iWmuU8XIfOHPqK_QXLh-Wk_FAvPwhAkX8MUKNs7ikWHhw/s1600/Christmas+Boston+1956-102.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 211px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio6RWlhgx5IYKkx0TJn5dritcScOjkZUo0pXw92aksQuPW7x1imY-eOgItiQC0yIZwm8g1FFU2OlWo4WALXYOiwgiwbFKYV4iWmuU8XIfOHPqK_QXLh-Wk_FAvPwhAkX8MUKNs7ikWHhw/s320/Christmas+Boston+1956-102.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5682963877750645106" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgChZdbM1MtASYcw-wkNtOfc2Frlb5YNEKZ87SBWwkxx6CwpLmd6eBgwxfYZTGVThhOwxYoY3CkYnrLCAk28sBbFS18AsSrbZh5ykrKo55OH3xQYhzSmRVeH4LcxClbMFm58BK3ddTezKw/s1600/Christmas+Boston+1956-101.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 233px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgChZdbM1MtASYcw-wkNtOfc2Frlb5YNEKZ87SBWwkxx6CwpLmd6eBgwxfYZTGVThhOwxYoY3CkYnrLCAk28sBbFS18AsSrbZh5ykrKo55OH3xQYhzSmRVeH4LcxClbMFm58BK3ddTezKw/s320/Christmas+Boston+1956-101.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5682963872556761186" /></a><br /><br /><br />Now enjoy this look back at Boston in 1956. Note the fact that many of the BIG stores had their own Santa to visit and Gilchrist’s even had a merry-go-round to ride...just for Xmas!<br /><br /><br />Other points of interest I enjoyed discovering from 1956:<br /><br /><br /><em>*Filene’s invited choirs to come down to Boston and sing outdoors above the main doors on the corner of Summer and Washington Streets. They also provided a “red carpet” down the center aisle of the street floor to welcome the masses of Christmas shoppers with style!<br /><br />*Jordan Marsh had a Christmas Caravan of jolly folks that visited children all over the city and provided gifts and good cheer to those less fortunate....yes....1956 was a time of giving as well as receiving.<br /><br />*Jay’s on Temple Place had a “Jay Belle” to help you find the perfect gift...especially if you were a man lost in this feminine house of delights! <br />*Store shopping hours increased with added nights open as the month of December moved along to the Big Day!<br /><br />*The crowds were record breaking and the streets were packed....glowing store windows were filled with displays....Boston held so many places to locate that “unique” gift for Aunt Harriet, Uncle Arnold or little Susie Swanson down the road.</em><br /><br /><br /><br />Enjoy, read, remember, and most of all...celebrate the rich retro Christmas past of dear, old Boston!<br /><br /><br />Charles:-)<br /><br /><br />charles65ofboston@yahoo.com <br /><br /><br />http://www.flickr.com/photos/24334155@N03/ <br /><br /><br />http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_163309760355786&ap=1 <br /><br /><br /><br /><br />PS...Thanks to all my loyal readers....another wonderful year of participation and shared memories!<br />Keep writing....sharing.....YOU are keeping Boston’s retro history alive!!!<br /><br /><br /><br />PPS....Don't forget....I am still working on my Jordan Marsh memory project. 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<br />Hello, My Fellow Retro Boston Lovers!!
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<br />I want to thank all of you who sent me emails about the announced closure of Filene’s Basement Stores in 2012.
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<br />I have avoided a Filene’s Basement tribute for some time now. The 2010 documentary on WGBH got a great deal of press coverage and I felt I wanted that to pass before I tossed my hat in the ring.
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<br />As a retro Boston cultural historian, I must confess that Filene’s has the most widespread fame of all the beloved Boston department stores of our retro past. Filene’s also was the “last to fall” of all our BIG stores of yesteryear. So many memories have been shared and aired about this great Boston legend and now with the final closing of Filene’s Basement Stores in 2012, it seems to be time to share a few memories and pay tribute in the “Retro Boston” way!
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<br />For many of us, Filene’s Basement was lost in 2007 when Filene’s Department Store in Boston was closed for good. The basement store, although a separate company since 1988, lost its rightful home and we lost our treasured bargain basement bazaar.
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<br />The basement had its roots in the former location of Filene’s when it was located on the corner of Washington and Winter Streets. A brilliant idea that was launched in 1909 soon became a legend in Boston and in time, word spread all over the world. The basement grew larger with the move across the street to Filene’s new “state of the art” location designed by Daniel H. Burnham in 1912 and the incredible “Automatic Basement Markdown Plan” became part of a proper Bostonian’s education.
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<br />As the 20th century moved along, older buildings were razed and new ones were built as Filene’s Department Store became a block-sized complex that rivalled all the other BIG Boston department stores...and with each addition to this retail complex....the basement grew larger and larger!
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<br />The basement attracted a wide range of followers including many a celebrity who enjoyed stopping by if they were in Boston appearing in a show or attending an event.
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<br />My own memories of Filene’s Basement began in my later teen years.
<br />I can recall my very first visit to the famed basement so vividly. I remember coming down the escalator from the main street floor above and surveying the endless rows of open bin style tables with crowds of people picking through the various wares. It seemed like sheer chaos....but I jumped in....and never looked back!
<br />The beauty of Filene’s Basement was.....you never knew what you might find.....or how much you might pay....it was the thrill of the hunt that really made you feel alive.
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<br />All of Boston’s BIG stores had basements, but none carried the magic and mystery of Filene’s Basement!
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<br />Today I present a tribute to Filene’s Basement that spans from the very early days up until the late 1970’s and the opening of other “Basement” locations in greater Massachusetts.
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<br />Some things never changed about the basement....the logo remained fairly constant for decades with only the slight alteration to announce air conditioning from the late 1930’s through to the 1960’s, the unique automatic markdown scheme reigned supreme only in the main Boston store for many, many years and the basement decor was always no frills.....just open bin selling tables and hand-printed signs. That was Filene’s Basement!
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<br />I have found many treasures to share with you on the blog today but I think Nick DeWolf’s photos are the best tribute possible!
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<br />Nick’s perfect photos create a wonderful nostalgic peek into the soul of the real Filene’s Basement...only Nick could capture the true spirit of the place and thank heavens, for all of us.....he did just that!!
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<br />I must add that I love the photo that shows the entrance from Summer Street leading down the stairs to the two basement stores and the MBTA station. The other super shot that really rings my bell is of the signage in the subway lobby area beneath Summer Street and those classic signs leading to Filene’s Basement on one side and to Jordan’s Basement Store on the other. Now isn’t that just what true Boston shopping was all about at its retro best? Choices! And, boy did we have them!!
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<br />Charles Bostonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00278135552869321628noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5016978180674044687.post-31786431009263980412011-10-25T07:21:00.000-07:002011-10-25T08:03:00.350-07:00Looking Back at Lechmere Sales Company....Healthy Competition Just Outside Retro Boston!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyg7kQzVVri2U_TTwGH4Or1VdzKMYxq324AazPvY3byNu8CUGJphmwAlnUUsfbXQv_t5iMj8CgabeTQDoHT7kThGBNiuS1PRw_w5C-sRYJ-776gcRHaeeymS-uoXSSE4aCR9b1iMX7L0g/s1600/1957-3.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 278px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyg7kQzVVri2U_TTwGH4Or1VdzKMYxq324AazPvY3byNu8CUGJphmwAlnUUsfbXQv_t5iMj8CgabeTQDoHT7kThGBNiuS1PRw_w5C-sRYJ-776gcRHaeeymS-uoXSSE4aCR9b1iMX7L0g/s320/1957-3.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5667444050739424322" /></a>
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<br />Hello, My Fellow Retro Boston Lovers!
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<br />Today we visit a great store once located just outside of Boston in East Cambridge...a place that became one of the “retail hot spots” in Boston to hunt for electrical appliances, household goods, entertainment needs, sporting goods and the list goes on....I present the one and only....Lechmere Sales Company!!!
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<br />I have had many requests to look at stores, like Lechmere Sales, that were located just outside of Boston and were part of the shopping circuit we all enjoyed on those shopping trips of yesterday.
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<br />Lechmere Sales gave the big Boston department stores some very healthy competition in those retro shopping days and I can recall being taken to Lechmere’s from the late 60’s onward to purchase various items that my parents decided were better buys than those to be had in the bigger stores in Boston.
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<br />The large floor layout and rows upon rows of top-name appliances made a visit to Lechmere Sales fun and exciting. Plus....that great conveyor belt coming down from the warehouse area above was great to watch and was a bit of a centrepiece in the original 88 First Street location. I used to love to stand near it and watch all the various boxes of goods come rolling down from above. It’s amazing how easy to please children can be! Oh, yes indeed!
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<br />Another memorable feature was the music department that included a plentiful selection of records and tapes....it rivalled the famous one in Boston’s Jordan Marsh Annex during the 1960’s and 70’s.
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<br />Lechmere Sales Company began its life back in the early decades of the 20th century as a harness-making shop. The shop grew from carriage needs to auto needs and then in the 1940’s.....the addition of electrical appliances came along.....and the name was changed to Lechmere Tire and Sales Company. The word “tire” would be dropped by 1950....and most of us would fondly call the sprawling retailer located just over in East Cambridge....Lechmere’s.
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<br />The original store was located at 4 Cambridge Street and moved into 88 First Street in 1956. The First Street location, a renovated bus garage, soon grew too small and was completely modernized and extended in 1963. The larger, brighter space with loads of free parking made Lechmere Sales a very dynamic competitor in the 1960’s Boston shopping scene. Another perk was its prime location at the end of the MBTA Green Line....not bad positioning at all!
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<br />The company was founded and owned for many years by the Cohens. The Cohen family remained in sole control of the company until the late 1960’s (the Cohens were in charge of day-to-day operations until the mid-1970's) when they sold it to a larger parent company in order to fund further expansion into suburbia. The store in Cambridge was the flagship location with the Dedham store added in 1965.
<br />The change of ownership and increased capital led to rapid growth and by 1977 they had five stores and a very loyal following in New England....the amount of print ads for Lechmere Sales at this point in time was astounding!
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<br />Lechmere’s had a few memorable catch phrases over the years such as...
<br />“Where you pocket the difference” and “the more store” being the most used in TV, radio and print.
<br />The logo of the antique lamp post was very endearing and was first used around 1960 and lasted well into the mid-1970’s.
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<br />As I grew up and left home, I found myself using Lechmere Sales for purchasing my major appliances and other electrical goods well into the early 1990’s. The big stores of Boston had long since given up selling large household appliances but Lechmere Sales was still there....and provided that all important factor....great selection at reasonable prices!!
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<br />Sadly, like most of our original Boston retailers, Lechmere Sales was sold too many times to various parent companies and finally ended up in the hands of Montgomery Ward in 1994. The now legendary New England chain store was never properly managed after this last sale and all locations were closed down in 1997 as part of Montgomery Ward’s own financial woes.
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<br />Charles Bostonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00278135552869321628noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5016978180674044687.post-55064116763570049842011-10-05T02:09:00.000-07:002011-10-05T02:21:46.307-07:00Shopping Days in Retro Boston presents.....A Proposal for Today<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQB1BJMBGp9kpunoIdBPWy8Uu7hz7QcS_JQjkx-QQ0Kdbou7Uo63mqMXACIelJwehHWTckQFXGVzDGKVX4bTKPV-oiShIQzucG8y2ROJpW5JzpxYcZG60vViNRWvww-pK5geccdscBUGw/s1600/Washington+Street+Elevation.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 118px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQB1BJMBGp9kpunoIdBPWy8Uu7hz7QcS_JQjkx-QQ0Kdbou7Uo63mqMXACIelJwehHWTckQFXGVzDGKVX4bTKPV-oiShIQzucG8y2ROJpW5JzpxYcZG60vViNRWvww-pK5geccdscBUGw/s320/Washington+Street+Elevation.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5659935466337829042" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh82MimOUWOg02yUvKhXit2YnE7g01svlXy5alveRYiERQMyJAV2sgPxbkL02pCoGg7jrwzc60XcHitMPxcaIMJFSFUtM6gQkOD0-wOvj6G0tVEYUYni4zIf_aOuXD5YwZmj2r6CIwE8Pk/s1600/View+along+Washington+Street.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 202px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh82MimOUWOg02yUvKhXit2YnE7g01svlXy5alveRYiERQMyJAV2sgPxbkL02pCoGg7jrwzc60XcHitMPxcaIMJFSFUtM6gQkOD0-wOvj6G0tVEYUYni4zIf_aOuXD5YwZmj2r6CIwE8Pk/s320/View+along+Washington+Street.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5659935464557635922" /></a><br />Hello, My Fellow Retro Boston Lovers!<br /><br />Today I am pleased to present a rather unique and very exciting update!<br />Elizabeth Fuller contacted me a while ago and thanked me for all the helpful information contained on my retro Boston blog. She also spoke of a very creative thesis project that she was about to embark on at the University of Notre Dame....a new design for the old Filene’s site in Boston. <br /><br />Well, I was thrilled! I told Elizabeth that my readers would love to see her ideas and to please share them as soon as her project was completed. She said yes....and now...here it is!!<br /><br />I normally focus on Boston’s rich and wonderful past....but with the downtown Boston of today in search of its identity and roots....it’s time to look at new options. Options that are creative, provocative and....AND.....in keeping with its impressive retro tapestry of the past!!!<br /><br />I know that some readers will view Elizabeth’s ideas as far too extravagant, but I feel the original Burnham building deserves every penny used to preserve and develop it and the adjacent area.<br /><br />Look at the expense and labor that went into bringing the 1930’s treasure, The Paramount Theater, back from its decay and disuse. <br /><br />Boston needs ideas....ideas that respect and preserve its past. Elizabeth brings to the table just that philosophy...and with a touch of delightful retro style that Boston so desperately needs!<br /><br />Bravo, Elizabeth!! Thank you for sharing your insight and creativity. I have no idea what you grade you received for this well conceived and artfully designed project....BUT....I give you a well earned... A+!!!!<br /><br /><br /><br />Here are Elizabeth’s own words and renderings to present here outstanding project:<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><strong>The Franklin Shops<br />A Department Store for Downtown Crossing<br />Boston, Massachusetts<br />Spring 2011</strong><br /><br /><em>I chose to design the Franklin Shops Department Store for my thesis at the University of Notre Dame because it is a real project that involves an additional challenge of historic preservation on the site. I proposed a building that respects the architectural character and scale of its surroundings.<br /><br />The building is located in a dense urban area of Boston's shopping district, Downtown Crossing. It is adjacent to Daniel Burnham's Filene's Department Store. I chose this location because the partially demolished urban block is where a new shopping center will be built in the future and I wanted to offer an alternative to the proposed design.<br /><br />The department store revolves around a dramatic progression on the ground level: a five-story atrium off of the main entrance, a one-story central circulation space, and a three-story stairhall with a curved staircase leading to the second floor of the Burnham building.<br /><br />One of the design goals of the Franklin Shops is to make it a boutique department store with much more intimacy and permanence than today's warehouse department store design. Eight floors of shopping connect on each level to the adjacent Burnham building. The building also connects on the ground level to my design for the renovation of an early 20th century mid-rise on the site. 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margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 211px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZAAzy35jy45y59I2vhLXrZwklqcRxf9eYdf0lHZaDHjJnfLudgGtL4rKUaQr3Ioj8UunvxIcTcRJtPGq_jBurrJIUqZR2yRkG6pKfRbm4l-4kUrx_KeT1W4ytVeQyyv1rVkUR-v6OWTo/s320/Atrium+off+Franklin+Street.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5659934898156976290" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Boston planners and developers take note.....Elizabeth Fuller wants to your complete attention...invite her to your next meeting!!!<br /><br /><br />Charles:-)<br /><br /><br /><br />PS....Don't forget....I am still working on my Jordan Marsh memory project. Write me!!!!<br /><br /><br />charles65ofboston@yahoo.com<br /><br /><br />http://www.flickr.com/photos/24334155@N03/ <br /><br />http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_163309760355786&ap=1Charles Bostonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00278135552869321628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5016978180674044687.post-90632617214002502972011-09-04T05:40:00.000-07:002011-09-05T03:47:56.236-07:00Retro Lunch at Schrafft's in Boston....Very Tasty!!Hello, My Fellow "HUNGRY" Retro Boston Lovers!
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<br />A recent email from Ed got me back in my “Sherlock” mode again and I began yet another investigation into the wonderful retro past of our dear Boston.
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<br />Ed recalled fondly the delightful concept of a full day shopping plus having lunch out while “in town”. He was keen to know more about the once legendary Schrafft’s and its various locations in the Boston area. So....I took a big bite into the retro world of "Boston at lunch"...and what a “sweet” mouthful it was!
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<br />Schrafft’s, for me, will forever be a box of delicious chocolates in fancy wrappings...for those older than me....it will be the Schrafft’s Stores which contained an amazing patchwork of soda fountain, full-service restaurant , bar and a huge candy and baked goods display. The various shops came in different sizes but each contained most of the above features in some way. In Boston, Schrafft’s on West Street was the main location. The 1920’s building, designed for the company, was a gold star example of what eating out “in town” was all about!
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<br />Note the wonderful scans of the plans for the West Street shop....nothing left out!
<br />Schrafft’s Stores became the place in Boston to rent function rooms and hold annual meetings and be looked after in style.
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<br />The company was a great Boston success story and began as a simple local candy making establishment in 1861. The company grew with the addition of new leadership and began the venture into the world of candy shops and restaurants in the early 1900’s. New York City became the place for the first few locations but Boston soon followed with two locations....one on Summer Street and the other on West.
<br />New York City was filled with Schrafft’s locations by the late 1930’s and Boston would have further stores added as well, they included two on Boylston Street, one on Milk Street and another in Cambridge on Brattle Street. Another in Brookline would open during the next decade and that would be seven stores in total by 1950 in and around Boston!
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<br />The business boomed and eating at one of the Schrafft’s Stores in Boston was part of the “in town” experience for thousands of shoppers from the early 1900’s right up until the early 1970’s.
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<br />Schrafft’s was known as the kind of place you could see a refined old lady sipping a cocktail at one table, a group of suits lunching and talking shop at another and a gaggle of kids licking ice cream cones over at the counter....something for everyone and at prices all could afford.
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<br />It’s fun to note that all the Boston locations were shut on Sundays except the one at 356 Boylston Street in the Back Bay. Why? Back in those days the Back Bay was so full of church goers that needed lunch after all the many Back Bay churches released their crowds, that any restaurant in this area would have been foolish not to “make hay while the sun shines”!
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<br />Schrafft’s last big Boston venture was the opening of its Prudential Center branch in the mid-1960’s. The venture was costly since the Prudential Center did not really take off as planned....and like so many legends of retro Boston retailing...the 1970’s economy hit hard and business began to decline.
<br />All the locations in Boston were closed by 1973 and the large space in the Prudential Center became The Ground Round in late 1974. New Yorkers would also see the demise of their Schrafft's restaurants & stores during this decade as well.
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<br />Please enjoy this fond look back at one of the most beloved eateries of retro Boston and thanks to Ed for making his request and sending me on a totally tasty trip back in time!!
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<br />Charles:-)
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<br />ps....A BIG THANK YOU to Jan for sending me this Schrafft's in Brooklyn
<br />menu scan from 1931!!!! Tasty selections indeed!!!!
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