Everyone knows names like Wal-Mart, Kmart, Target, Kroger, and such.....but let's take a trip before they ever became dominant, before they ever existed, to the chains they squashed. The chains that went bankrupt, the chains with corporate mismanagement. This is the place to remember the past, and to save what's left for the future before it becomes an entire "big-box" universe.
The 7-8 theaters were originally 3/4 of a Jewel (a now-closed McDonald's takes up the other 1/4). Looking at the mall map, it's very obvious that the 7-8
The "Carson Pirie Scott" store opened as Edward C. Minas, which was one of 3 anchors stores, along with Marshall Field's (now Macy's) and Sears. Carson's took
... This Carson's was originally a branch of Edward C. Minas, which also had a store in Hammond. I think it became Carson's in 1987. It's also a fairly small