1951 photo of Hahne & Co. department store in Montclair, New Jersey. (Photo by Gottscho-Schleisner via Library of Congress. Partial AI colorization.) [2500X1984]
1951 photo of Hahne & Co. department store in Montclair, New Jersey. (Photo by Gottscho-Schleisner via Library of Congress. Partial AI colorization.) [2500X1984]
What ever happened to the classic open ‘department’ store like this? Its the one thing i loved as a kid. Shops were an experience. Slowly but surely all the open spaces became racks or displays. Then just racks all facing the same way, uniformed lined up way and it was just another shop.
FamousInterview1702
Very reminiscent of the Jordan Marsh at the Shopper’s World in Framingham, Massachusetts. I can hear the music.
Gman777
Wasn’t expecting to see recessed lights and sprinkler heads.
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For some reason it’s reminding me of a lot of the Mormon church’s style of architecture.
Buv82
Was this picture filtered?
StasRutt
The building is now luxury apartments
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iboneyandivory
Europe had their cathedrals and we had ours.
Cautious-Milk-6524
Gorgeous picture. They don’t make stores like that anymore
eothings
Beautiful
spicy45
Gorgeous
littlestitious18
I miss Marshall Fields
jwooouwh12
What AI did you use to add the color? Looks awesome!!
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This looks current day. Very interesting.
What ever happened to the classic open ‘department’ store like this? Its the one thing i loved as a kid. Shops were an experience. Slowly but surely all the open spaces became racks or displays. Then just racks all facing the same way, uniformed lined up way and it was just another shop.
Very reminiscent of the Jordan Marsh at the Shopper’s World in Framingham, Massachusetts. I can hear the music.
Wasn’t expecting to see recessed lights and sprinkler heads.
For some reason it’s reminding me of a lot of the Mormon church’s style of architecture.
Was this picture filtered?
The building is now luxury apartments
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Europe had their cathedrals and we had ours.
Gorgeous picture. They don’t make stores like that anymore
Beautiful
Gorgeous
I miss Marshall Fields
What AI did you use to add the color? Looks awesome!!
lights and sprinkler heads
i wanna run through that space, naked.