Age Yourself!
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@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.
wrote on 13 Dec 2020, 23:55 last edited by@kluurs said in Age Yourself!:
Hans Kahn and his chamber orchestra wasn't the same as Karajan and the Berlin Phil.
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@kluurs said in Age Yourself!:
Hans Kahn and his chamber orchestra wasn't the same as Karajan and the Berlin Phil.
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Jordan Marsh
USSR
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People’s Drug.
Now CVS.
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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.
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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.
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Monkey Wards
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@rainman oh yes!
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A&P
Wags
Kinney Shoes
Thom McAn
Docktor Pet Store
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@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 guysHey 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.
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Remember these ads?
Best of all a "Polaris Nuclear Sub" for $7.
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@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 guysHey 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.
wrote on 14 Dec 2020, 13:34 last edited by@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.
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@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 guysHey 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.
wrote on 14 Dec 2020, 13:38 last edited by@bachophile said in Age Yourself!:
New York that I grew up in before the tourists arrived.
Yeah right.
I once read a piece from the 1850s complaining that Greenwich Village will never be the same after the recent gentrification.
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@george-k said in Age Yourself!:
Remember these ads?
Familiar
I have over 1,000 comic books from that era in boxes just a few feet from where I'm sitting.
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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.
wrote on 14 Dec 2020, 13:57 last edited by@taiwan_girl said in Age Yourself!:
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.
The VOA complex is just a couple miles up from my house. I drive by regularly. When growing up it was this huge array array of broadcast antennae, plus the diamond shaped WLW tower. The WLW tower still stands today and the VOA has been made into a museum.
http://www.voamuseum.org/about/bethany-relay-station-history/?AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1
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Buster Brown Shoes.
Magnavox (and other stereo manufacturers) -
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Montgomery Wards, BEST toy catalog, Sears, Miller's Outpost, maple coffee table with the glass grapes and the hideous orange sofa. Televisions with legs.
