Age Yourself!

[Mik]

@aqua-letifer said in Age Yourself!:

The Nature Company

Which was a very cool store.

[George K]

@kluurs said in Age Yourself!:

Bought albums at Korvette's who had a great classical selection.

I would go there every weekend, with $3-5 dollars and look through the classical selection every Sunday afternoon. RCA Red Seal and Vanguard were my go-to labels. I would flip through the bins and find something that I'd find interesting.

On one occasion, I picked up a recording of The Rite of Spring. Remember this work was only about 55 years old at the time. I don't remember the performers. I recall putting on my turntable and listening to my AR3 speakers thinking, "Wow! I really don't like this at all. But, it's really really good."

Of course, things have changed in the last few decades.

[Klaus]

Sears.

[LuFins Dad]

GC Murphy’s

[Doctor Phibes]

Woolworth's.

[Catseye3]

@doctor-phibes Kresge's and Korvette.

[kluurs]

@George-K We probably went to the same Korvettes - Elmhurst if I remember correctly. I bought some Wilhelm Kempff Beethoven recordings. They also had inexpensive recordings on the Command label. I learned quickly that different musicians made a difference in my enjoyment of the performance. Hans Kahn and his chamber orchestra wasn't the same as Karajan and the Berlin Phil.

[George K]

@kluurs said in Age Yourself!:

We probably went to the same Korvettes

Nope. North Riverside.

[George K]

@kluurs said in Age Yourself!:

Hans Kahn and his chamber orchestra wasn't the same as Karajan and the Berlin Phil.

[Copper]

Filene's
Jordan Marsh
USSR
Studebaker

[89th]

People’s Drug.

Now CVS.

[taiwan_girl]

Not really a store, but I remember listening to voice of America on short radio to practice my English.

Many times throughout the day, they would do the news in “special” English, which meant that it was read very slowly, and they used more simple words.

[A Former User]

The Pop Shoppe

[Rainman]

Monkey Wards

[LuFins Dad]

@rainman oh yes!

[kluurs]

@george-k I visited both Korvettes - but as I recall Elmhurst had the better classical collecdtion

[jon-nyc]

A&P
Wags
Kinney Shoes
Thom McAn
Docktor Pet Store
Fotomat

[bachophile]

@jon-nyc man a & p went defunct in 2015

Let me take you back when nyc was a shopping paradise and no fucking tourists

Gimbels
Two guys

Hey I remember when the only sacks fifth Avenue in the country was the one on fifth Avenue and had elevator men announcing the floors and what was on each floor.

And right near by was lord and Taylor and bergdoff Goodman.

For cheaper things there was Alexander’s across the street from bloomies.

New York that I grew up in before the tourists arrived.

[George K]

Remember these ads?

Best of all a "Polaris Nuclear Sub" for $7.

[jon-nyc]

@bachophile said in Age Yourself!:

@jon-nyc man a & p went defunct in 2015

I know, one of the final stores to close was less than a mile from me.

But still, its heyday was decades ago.