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Posted by randyo on Tue Oct 9 14:38:36 2018, in response to Re: [PHOTO] Gimbels & Sachs 34th St Was: gimbels passageway, posted by MorningsideHeightsM100 on Tue Oct 9 10:23:17 2018. If I remember there was a similar bridge between the 2 Wanamaker buildings downtown. |
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Posted by randyo on Tue Oct 9 14:43:58 2018, in response to Re: gimbels passageway, posted by pragmatist on Tue Oct 9 13:50:34 2018. I believe Woolworth’s and Horn & Hardart’s are similar in that while they no longer directly operate stores, they still exist as real estate holding companies. |
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Posted by randyo on Tue Oct 9 14:45:45 2018, in response to Re: gimbels passageway, posted by MATHA531 on Tue Oct 9 12:20:16 2018. Along with the “& Brew” restaurants, I recall a similar shop at 49 St & Bway called “Frank ’n Stein." |
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Posted by MainR3664 on Tue Oct 9 15:09:38 2018, in response to Re: gimbels passageway, posted by 3-9 on Tue Oct 9 14:09:24 2018. I was indeed engaging in a little dry humor when I characterized that as "redevelopment"... :)As for the side drug store, I'll try to check that out.. |
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Posted by randyo on Tue Oct 9 15:09:41 2018, in response to Re: gimbels passageway, posted by MainR3664 on Tue Oct 9 07:02:01 2018. The GWB bus terminal was to have had a Bohack’s on the first floor but when the terminal opened in 1963 there was no Bohack's and the super market that did open there was an A & P. |
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Posted by Q4 on Tue Oct 9 17:28:34 2018, in response to Re: gimbels passageway, posted by randyo on Tue Oct 9 14:43:58 2018. Horn and Hardart operated several Burger Kings and Bojangles into the 90's.I don't believe there were a lot of Bojangles here in New York but they still survives out west. |
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Posted by northshore on Tue Oct 9 17:41:30 2018, in response to Re: gimbels passageway, posted by randyo on Tue Oct 9 14:43:58 2018. Woolworth is now Foot Locker |
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Posted by pragmatist on Tue Oct 9 17:57:38 2018, in response to Re: gimbels passageway, posted by northshore on Tue Oct 9 17:41:30 2018. And online as "Eastbay" which they bought around 20 years ago |
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Posted by Edwards! on Tue Oct 9 19:05:36 2018, in response to Re: gimbels passageway, posted by TransitChuckG on Mon Oct 8 11:49:53 2018. 😄 |
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Posted by Lou From Middletown NY on Tue Oct 9 19:52:29 2018, in response to Re: gimbels passageway, posted by Q4 on Tue Oct 9 17:28:34 2018. Horn and Hardart operated several Burger Kings and Bojangles into the 90's.Just like the Carrols chain did - they were a decent burger chain in parts of the East outside the city, and was a lot of smallish/medium sized cities first fast food - and they were pretty good. As the 70s started happening, though, the big boys started making inroads, so they made a deal with BK, and turned quite a few Carrols into Burger Kings. They are now one of the top 2 or 3 franchisees in the BK company. And the company is still called Carrols Development Corp. My very first job was at a BK just remodeled from a Carrols (40 years ago!) |
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Posted by Andrew Saucci on Tue Oct 9 20:06:51 2018, in response to Re: gimbels passageway, posted by randyo on Tue Oct 9 14:43:58 2018. Pergament Properties still exists as a real estate company; one of its holdings is a former Pergament on the corner of Grand Avenue and Merrick Road in Baldwin.Vornado Realty Trust rose from the ashes of the Two Guys department store chain. The new kid on that block is Seritage Growth Properties, which was spun off of Sears and K-Mart. |
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Posted by Dyre Dan on Tue Oct 9 20:34:22 2018, in response to Re: gimbels passageway, posted by pragmatist on Tue Oct 9 13:50:34 2018. Does the Alexander's real estate company own the sites of former Alexander's stores, like the one at Fordham Road and the Grand Concourse, the one at routes 4 and 17 in Paramus, NJ, etc? |
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Posted by Dyre Dan on Tue Oct 9 20:37:55 2018, in response to Re: gimbels passageway, posted by Joe V on Sat Oct 6 10:35:53 2018. There are still plenty of White Castle restaurants around. Is the food there today the same as it was in days past? |
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Posted by Elkeeper on Tue Oct 9 20:45:07 2018, in response to Re: gimbels passageway, posted by Dyre Dan on Tue Oct 9 20:34:22 2018. Yes, Alexanders still owns the property in my hometown of Paramus, NJ. It does not own anything in the Bronx. However, it owns 3 properties in Rego Park and an apartment building in Queens. |
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Posted by pragmatist on Tue Oct 9 20:49:55 2018, in response to Re: gimbels passageway, posted by Elkeeper on Tue Oct 9 20:45:07 2018. The big score was the development of the Lex Ave site, they developed the building that houses the Bloomberg HQ. (For reference, Vornado, a huge REIT, has a controlling interest) |
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Posted by pragmatist on Tue Oct 9 20:52:34 2018, in response to Re: gimbels passageway, posted by Dyre Dan on Tue Oct 9 20:37:55 2018. The original items still exist, but they have added a number of variations. (chicken, veggie, waffle stuff...) |
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Posted by Wallyhorse on Tue Oct 9 22:02:01 2018, in response to Re: gimbels passageway, posted by pragmatist on Sat Oct 6 04:12:24 2018. Exactly. I remember when that happened as what was Finast (a long-gone chain in New York that survived under that name elsewhere for decades afterwards) on 79th and York become Daitch Shopwell in 1981 or so and The Food Emporium shortly after that (with that location now a Duane Reade, another Shopwell on 1st Avenue between 71st and 72nd also became The Food Emporium around that time and I believe is still there). |
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Posted by Wallyhorse on Tue Oct 9 22:04:07 2018, in response to [PHOTO] Gimbels & Sachs 34th St Was: gimbels passageway, posted by Bill Newkirk on Sat Oct 6 09:09:09 2018. Probably around 1962 or so. I remember that style of Walk/Don't Walk signs that were in use well into the 1970's. |
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Posted by Spider-Pig on Tue Oct 9 22:57:06 2018, in response to Re: [PHOTO] Gimbels & Sachs 34th St Was: gimbels passageway, posted by MorningsideHeightsM100 on Tue Oct 9 10:23:17 2018. Different bridge than the one that still exists. This is 33rd Street. |
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Posted by BILLBKLYN on Tue Oct 9 23:54:46 2018, in response to Re: [PHOTO] Gimbels & Sachs 34th St Was: gimbels passageway, posted by Wallyhorse on Tue Oct 9 22:04:07 2018. I remember that style of Walk Don't Walk signs too. |
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Posted by Dyre Dan on Wed Oct 10 08:40:00 2018, in response to Re: gimbels passageway, posted by pragmatist on Tue Oct 9 20:52:34 2018. Yes, I know. I'm asking if the quality of what they serve now matches what was served in the past (in contrast to the White Castle products sold frozen, which don't). |
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Posted by pragmatist on Wed Oct 10 10:25:37 2018, in response to Re: gimbels passageway, posted by Dyre Dan on Wed Oct 10 08:40:00 2018. At the ones I get to (2 on Qns Blvd, one at Bell and Northern) I find the originals to be pretty good, and have not noticed any real change. That being said, if it is really busy, you may have an inexperienced crew rush it a little, and that results in a less than optimum product. That would technically be a quality isue, but not from the item itself. |
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Posted by Q4 on Wed Oct 10 11:07:41 2018, in response to Re: gimbels passageway, posted by pragmatist on Wed Oct 10 10:25:37 2018. Still the same good old Murder Burgers (at least the ones I have been to) in Queens and Long Island although it has been several months.My wife has relatives from Cali who have to visit one whenever they come and visit. They usually take some frozen back with them. |
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Posted by Q4 on Wed Oct 10 11:18:28 2018, in response to Re: gimbels passageway, posted by pragmatist on Tue Oct 9 17:57:38 2018. Didn't know that. |
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Posted by Q4 on Wed Oct 10 11:20:04 2018, in response to Re: gimbels passageway, posted by Q4 on Wed Oct 10 11:18:28 2018. "I" didn't know that. |
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Posted by MainR3664 on Wed Oct 10 14:00:18 2018, in response to [PHOTO] Gimbels & Sachs 34th St Was: gimbels passageway, posted by Bill Newkirk on Sat Oct 6 09:09:09 2018. I remember those neon "don't walk" signs. As I remember it, they were only used for crossing the primary street (in this case, 6th Avenue). They would not be used for the lesser street- (West 32). The lesser street either had no pedestrian signal or one lit with incandescent bulbs. |
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Posted by MainR3664 on Wed Oct 10 14:02:02 2018, in response to Re: [PHOTO] Gimbels & Sachs 34th St Was: gimbels passageway, posted by Wallyhorse on Tue Oct 9 22:04:07 2018. Yep. I remember a set of them at Main Street/40th Road. As I alluded in my other post, the neon ones were only used on the major street, like Main Street. |
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Posted by MainR3664 on Wed Oct 10 14:02:56 2018, in response to Re: gimbels passageway, posted by MATHA531 on Tue Oct 9 12:13:33 2018. I think there was a Tad's on East 14th Street even into the 2000s... |
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Posted by Catfish 44 on Wed Oct 10 14:04:27 2018, in response to Re: gimbels passageway, posted by MainR3664 on Wed Oct 10 14:02:56 2018. Didn't they serve horse meat? |
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Posted by MainR3664 on Wed Oct 10 14:08:30 2018, in response to Re: gimbels passageway, posted by Joe V on Mon Oct 8 08:47:51 2018. Little banks often provide better service and lower fees for everything. But when people see that there's not a "First Bank of MainR36" on every street corner, they gravitate towards BofA and the like. Very hard to compete with that. |
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Posted by pragmatist on Wed Oct 10 14:09:32 2018, in response to Re: gimbels passageway, posted by MATHA531 on Tue Oct 9 12:13:33 2018. There is one Tad's left in NYC (761 7th Ave) |
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Posted by MainR3664 on Wed Oct 10 14:11:04 2018, in response to Re: gimbels passageway, posted by Catfish 44 on Wed Oct 10 14:04:27 2018. Hey, ya trow in on da grill at 579 degree fer 2 minuts, no one'll know the diff. |
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Posted by pragmatist on Wed Oct 10 14:23:28 2018, in response to Re: gimbels passageway, posted by MainR3664 on Wed Oct 10 14:11:04 2018. I don't think it was Tad's, but I know of a few very large vendor's it has happened to, particularly (but not exclusively) in Europe. Firstly, it is not the negatively perceived product that it is in the US in many parts of the world, so it is not an uncommon product. It has happened more in processed product (like hamburger or hot dog) because a small amount of adulteration is much harder to notice. |
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Posted by 3-9 on Thu Oct 11 22:59:11 2018, in response to Re: gimbels passageway, posted by MainR3664 on Tue Oct 9 15:09:38 2018. It's not too easy to see from a distance, but once you get closer, the red-brick facade (patterned after the main Pathmark store) stands out from the new glass-and-steel building. |
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Posted by Think twice on Mon Oct 15 01:57:52 2018, in response to Re: gimbels passageway, posted by Mitch45 on Wed Oct 3 18:19:38 2018. B. AltmanWanamaker’s |
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Posted by Broadway Lion on Mon Oct 15 10:43:24 2018, in response to Re: gimbels passageway, posted by Think twice on Mon Oct 15 01:57:52 2018. I remember B. Altmans. They had some tasty sticky buns in thier bakery department. But they were expensive.ROAR |
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Posted by Think twice on Thu Oct 18 20:23:34 2018, in response to gimbels passageway, posted by rbseabeach on Wed Oct 3 10:49:14 2018. Map c/o http://www.thedepartmentstoremuseum.org
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