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Macy's (formerly Bon Marche') has there toy trains running again Now thru Christmas. Look at the north east corner. I have not been by to see it yet, but will stop in the next few weeks and see if there are any changes.  

Last year it still looked like the 2008 videos that were posted in an earlier message.  

Fantastic ride down Memory Lane....I am frequently accused of living in the past, but

I like it there, and I ain't leavin' it!  I have no photos of Kaufman's, where an aunt

worked, and Stewart's where my mother worked (she later worked at a Woolworth's

out in the suburbs), the large department stores on 4th Street, once the major

Louisville, Kentucky shopping area.  There must be some, in archives there. Those two

and the Sears store several blocks from 4th on Broadway were the targets for kids

who wanted to see toylands and trains.  Woolworth's was the largest dime store with

a basement toy department and Marx trains.  Grant's and Kresge's never seemed to

have as much, nor did, even the dime store sized Montgomery-Wards that sat among

them along that strip.  Fischer's Hobby Shop was visited, but infrequently, as they did not carry Marx.  They were my source for Hudson Miniatures antique car kits.  They were up a steep stairs on an upper floor of a building on a side street off 4th. Sutcliffe's, a sporting goods store, turned their mezzanine into a train shop during

the holidays, and that is where I saw the less common Marx.  One thing about all

of today's technology.....if then, all the camera phones and video cameras would have

captured all of this.

 

I'm with you colorado.I work,I pay taxes and I get along in the world.I live in the past…..SO WHAT?NickOriginally Posted by colorado hirailer:

Fantastic ride down Memory Lane....I am frequently accused of living in the past, but

I like it there, and I ain't leavin' it!  I have no photos of Kaufman's, where an aunt

worked, and Stewart's where my mother worked (she later worked at a Woolworth's

out in the suburbs), the large department stores on 4th Street, once the major

Louisville, Kentucky shopping area.  There must be some, in archives there. Those two

and the Sears store several blocks from 4th on Broadway were the targets for kids

who wanted to see toylands and trains.  Woolworth's was the largest dime store with

a basement toy department and Marx trains.  Grant's and Kresge's never seemed to

have as much, nor did, even the dime store sized Montgomery-Wards that sat among

them along that strip.  Fischer's Hobby Shop was visited, but infrequently, as they did not carry Marx.  They were my source for Hudson Miniatures antique car kits.  They were up a steep stairs on an upper floor of a building on a side street off 4th. Sutcliffe's, a sporting goods store, turned their mezzanine into a train shop during

the holidays, and that is where I saw the less common Marx.  One thing about all

of today's technology.....if then, all the camera phones and video cameras would have

captured all of this.

 

 

Originally Posted by colorado hirailer:

Fantastic ride down Memory Lane....I am frequently accused of living in the past, but

I like it there, and I ain't leavin' it!  I have no photos of Kaufman's, where an aunt

worked, and Stewart's where my mother worked (she later worked at a Woolworth's

out in the suburbs), the large department stores on 4th Street, once the major

Louisville, Kentucky shopping area.  There must be some, in archives there.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Yes, film and developing were expensive in those days, not to be wasted willy-nilly.

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