Really Cool article about Sears from 1932

Really Cool newspaper article here, from 1932! Then first lady of NY, Mrs. Elanor Roosevelt (F.D.R. was governor then) was at the opening of Brooklyn Sears! She made the first purchase there. She actually turned the key to open the store. Try to view this on a big screen computer, it's easier to read that way:

https://bklyn.newspapers.com/image/59980902/?terms=sears%20flatbush%20roosevelt&match=1

I take no Credit for this, I read it in this article:

https://www.thecity.nyc/brooklyn/2021/9/17/22680361/signs-sears-closing-last-nyc-store-brooklyn

Apparently 50,000 people showed up to the opening and Mrs. Roosevelt bought some children's clothes as the store's first ever purchase! Looks like the store's final purchase will be coming soon. Wonder if it will also be children's clothes?

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@amr+1cTahXXy Forgot to ask, do you have any examples of some historic, closed, Sears buildings, that have been repurposed, as you mentioned? I would like to visit some of those if possible. Thanks again, for the insight.
As for Brooklyn, maybe some other type of store (or stores) will come in there and it might continue as a retail area. Or not. Let's see.

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Sorry, I forgot to post the link where it show's it's a historic protected landmark:

http://s-media.nyc.gov/agencies/lpc/lp/2469.pdf

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Well, it looks like it is a protected city landmark, so the building (correct me if I'm wrong) would have to stay. So that's good news! Even though the store is closing very soon, the building should be around for Years to come. Hope they find some Cool purpose to use it for.

Very interesting. Thanks for the information. Hopefully they can preserve the Art Deco look of the building and turn it into offices and apartments. They have done some very beautiful revitalizations to historic Sears buildings all over the country.

To the poster below, it has to do with Sears, which is, um, the forum we are in.
On another issue, it's very Cool that they have newspaper articles from 90 Years ago, still preserved and available like this. Obviously, whoever wrote this back in 1932 had no idea that we'd be still reading this article on a thing called a "computer". And what's also interesting is how much of a "thing", Sears was back then. Now, you probably couldn't get 50,000 people to show up for anything together, other than a ball game.

What does this have to do with layoffs or store closures?

“If they’re gonna bring back stores, bring something more classy”

I forgot to mention, the article is from a paper called Brooklyn Daily Eagle Seems the store cost $1.5 Million. Must have been a HUGE SUM, in 1932. Also, if you scroll around to some of the non-Sears related ads in that newspaper, they are pretty fascinating to look at in general, just to see how ads looked, about 90 Years ago. 😀

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