pseudo3d wrote: ↑April 17th, 2018, 7:10 pm
rwsandiego wrote: ↑April 17th, 2018, 6:52 pm
Very sad news. Carson, Pirie, Scott was a great store prior to the acquisition by P.A. Bergner, their bankruptcy, and the acquisition by Bon-Ton. Will be very strange visiting the Chicago area and not seeing Carson's. That said, the stores really slipped under Bob-Ton, and Carson's was one of the nicer chains. Can't even imagine what the other banners are like anymore.
So, with the news that the last Sears in Chicago in proper is closing, how many department stores are there even left in Chicago? The State Street Macy's?
In addition to the State Street Macy's, there is the Water Tower Place Macy's, Bloomingdale's, Saks Fifth Avenue, Nordstrom, and Neiman-Marcus - all of which are located on Michigan Avenue. Also, JC Penney operates at Ford City on the Southwest Side and if you count Kohl's they have one on Elston near Armitage in Bucktown.
Carson's State Street store closed in 2006. Hardly seems like it has been gone that long. In fairness, that was a quirky store. The State Street side and I believe part of the Wabash side is one building, with the rest of the Wabash side being a conglomeration of several small buildings. On one of the floors, they had to install a mini-lift to make it ADA compliant.