RIP Filenes, Marshall Fields, et al

[Linda/MA]

Today is a sad day in Boston. It's the last day that Filene's will exist. Tomorrow it will morph into Macys. As someone who grew up in the Boston area during the 1960s, I will always remember going downtown with my mother on the subway to shop at Jordan Marsh and Filenes (and many other stores that are no longer in existence). They are both Macys now. I know this is happening to many other local institutions around the country and find it sad that wherever you go, everything seems to be the same. When I visited Chicago many years ago, one place I really wanted to see was Marshall Fields. Now it's going to be just another Macy's -- nothing special. What's Oprah going to do? I guess it's just a sign of the times. . . but I still don't like it.

 

[kejoda]

Marshall Fields here. I was so strange to pass a Mall and see the new Macy's signs.

Many employees are not happy with the change.

 

[JunieJay]

For us in the D.C. area its Hechts that is being replaced by Macy's. One by one, Hecht Companies all over the D.C. area are becoming a thing of the past. I mourn the loss.

 

[mom2taylorandemily]

For us it is Hecht's, but I'm on the other side of the coin. I lived in NY in my high school years and loved shopping in Macy's so for me this is a great change. I always loved shopping there, they preapproved me for a card too, DH said that he knew it was a sign that I would be shopping there often. HA!HA!

 

[Christine]

For us in the D.C. area its Hechts that is being replaced by Macy's. One by one, Hecht Companies all over the D.C. area are becoming a thing of the past. I mourn the loss.

Me too. I still haven't gotten over the loss of Woodies. I MUCH preferred it to Hecht's. When Woodies left, I got used to Hecht's. Never cared for Macy's setup but I guess I will be forced to love them now.

 

[LindaR]

Macy's......the department store that ate the world......

 

[JunieJay]

Me too. I still haven't gotten over the loss of Woodies. I MUCH preferred it to Hecht's. When Woodies left, I got used to Hecht's. Never cared for Macy's setup but I guess I will be forced to love them now.

Don't even start me on Woodies. I loved that store.

 

[Kae]

I am so bummed about Marshall Fields, I have so many Memories connected to the MF at River Oaks, what a candy counter!! I remember going there with a GF who needed a new bra & she was-well not real gifted. And when we were looking the Sales lady thought she might do better in the Teens Section, we were just out of High School It was one of those priceless moments. And maybe a had to be there, moment-but it still brings a warm fuzzy for me.

But hey Macy's are still going to carry Frango's.
Kae

 

[snowy76]

For us it's Kaufmanns turning into Macy's. But Kaufmanns came here about 15 years ago when it bought our local department store. I hated when that happened. So I'm actually excited about Macy's. I think it's karma!

 

[Planogirl]

We've lost both Marshall Fields and Foley's. It seems like Macy's is taking over everything.

 

[Beth76]

Macy's......the department store that ate the world......

No Kidding!! I had no idea they were taking over this many stores. Here, our Famous Barr's (which were in every mall) have turned into Macy's. We have two Lord and Taylor's and I'm not sure what's happening with those since there will already be Macy's in both of those malls.

 

[Toby'sFriend]

poor Chicago. I'm not an overly sentimental person, but there is a part of me that feels just terrible over no more Marshall Fields Christmas window.


I won't shop at Macy's.

 

[JunieJay]

No Kidding!! I had no idea they were taking over this many stores. Here, our Famous Barr's (which were in every mall) have turned into Macy's. We have two Lord and Taylor's and I'm not sure what's happening with those since there will already be Macy's in both of those malls.

They best keep their darned hands off my beloved Lord and Taylors.

 

[golfgal]

I still can't get used to it not being Dayton's (Marshall Fields) around here. We had Macy's at the Mall of America (I worked there for a couple years even) but now all the Dayton's locations at the other malls are now Macy's too. I do like Macy's. They have great sales and good selections, at least at the MOA store. Macy's is (was?--got confused with all the changes) owned by Federated Department Stores which owns Famous Barr, Bloomingdales and a bunch of others.

 

[Beth76]

They best keep their darned hands off my beloved Lord and Taylors.

Our Lord & Taylor is already gone. Completely closed down. At least one of them is, not sure about the other. I'm only assumming that one's gone too.

 

[clarabelle]

We lost Richs to Macys

 

[cardaway]

The took away The Bon Marche here. Sounds like the same kind of local connection as the places in other parts of the country. The Bon was the place to be at Christmas. Now it's the same Macy's yuck all year round.

 

[nuke]

I grew up in Marshall Fields. I remember my grandma taking me shopping to the State St store when I was a little girl. My dad retired from Field's a few years ago. I also remember the first shopping malls. I called them Malts. It's a sad day.

 

[BeNJeNWaFFLe]

Here we lost Sterns to Macys. I used to love Sterns. They had great prices and great sales. But I don't mind Macys. At times you can get some great deals. I do like visiting the Macys in Times Square. It's huge! And I like riding on the wooden escalators. I just wish they could have kept a few Sterns open. There are about 7 malls by me and it was sad to see large empty spaces at all of them.

 

[JunieJay]

Here we lost Sterns to Macys. I used to love Sterns. They had great prices and great sales. But I don't mind Macys. At times you can get some great deals. I do like visiting the Macys in Times Square. It's huge! And I like riding on the wooden escalators. I just wish they could have kept a few Sterns open. There are about 7 malls by me and it was sad to see large empty spaces at all of them.

I love the Macys in Times Square, it has such a nice variety of stuff. Its the only one I like though. Around here Macys have less stuff than the store they are replacing, and what they do have cost a lot more money.