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Posted by Marc A. Rivlin on Thu Sep 27 11:47:43 2007, in response to Re: Penn Passageway Photos, posted by Orange Blossom Special on Wed Sep 26 10:44:56 2007. IIRC, the parent company of Saks and Gimbels (BATUS, the American retailing arm of British-American Tobacco) tried to sell Gimbels but got no (satisfactory?) offers and, instead, closed it down and sold the real estate. The Gimbels New York flagship became A&S Plaza (now Manhattan Mall). The Philly flagship had moved into The Gallery at Market East (its old location across Market is still a parking lot, I believe) around 1982--it was there and its old location leveled when I got to Philly in 1983. It was a sad end to a proud retailer. And, one of many large department US stores with direct connections to subway stations that have been lost. |
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