Sears Spins Off Land's End

[petek]

Speakin of Kresges

The first two Kresge stores opened at the same time. The one in Detroit and the one in Port Huron. It was located iirc in the building shown here next door to the PH Woolworths and later moved to the adjacent corner. Both closed in the late 70's , early 80's victims of the suburban mall

 

[petek]

The second location adjacent to Woolworths.

 

[petek]

One of the first Canadian Kresge stores here in Sarnia. Also a victim of suburban mall and a new KMart
Appears to be a 62 Pontiac Parisienne driving down the street and can estimate the picture had to be taken in 65 or later because of the new Canadian flag replacing the Union Jack.

 

[hydralique]

Parked in front of the red '64 Thunderbird outside the store is an early Hillman Imp, the Rootes Group's answer to the BMC Mini. I'm quite surprised to see this as very few Imps were sold in North America. It's a technically interesting car that deserved better, but quality out of the Scottish assembly plant was poor and Rootes had enough trouble selling them in UK let alone internationally.

 

[petek]

You'd see a scant few of them around along with Austin 1100's and Mini's. I think they were called Sunbeams here which always made me think of the mixers. I recall we did have a small dealer for Austin / British Leyland but no clue if anyone sold Sunbeams in town or not.

 

[hydralique]

Hillman was the lower-end brand with Sunbeam being more upmarket. I think the one in the photo is a Hillman, at least some of the Sunbeams had quad headlights. I always think of mixers too, LOL. There was also a Singer badged variant that I believe slotted in between the Hillman and Sunbeam, but when I think of Singers sewing machines and vacuums come to mind.

 

[ptcruiser51]

@ petek

You post the most gorgeous pix! The Pontiac is a '64, my OM had one in the same color. To me, that looks like a Renault parked at the curb. We did see Hillmans in New Jersey in the early 1960s, but the ones I remember looked similar to later-model Volvos. Funny, we moved into our brand-new suburban development in 1959. Our neighbors had: A Hillman, a Peugeot (kind of a van-like thing), a Morris Minor, a DKW, a Renault Dauphine, an MG 2-seater, and a Borgward Isabella (!!!). Plus the usual Chevrolets, Fords, DeSotos, Studebakers, Nashes, Packards, Plymouths and Kaisers!

We had Kresge's in the Garden State for a long time. For awhile in the 40s/50s they were rather upscale with beauty parlors and such. My OL used to get her hair done there often.

 

[hydralique]

The small blue car in front of the store is unquestionably an Imp, they look vaguely like first generation Corvairs from the front but are much smaller. Rootes had more success here with their larger front-engined sedans than the rear-engined Imp, plus of course they were known for the Alpine/Tiger sports cars.

 

[petek]

Charlie,, did you know that Nathan Boynton of which Boynton Beach is named was born and died in Port Huron.. This is his house today . Notice the carriage step at the curb [this post was last edited: 12/17/2013-21:40]

 

[whirlcool]

Looks like a major remodel is underway. Or maybe a major restoration? It kind of reminds me of the Addams family house from TV.

 

[polkanut]

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[iheartmaytag]

I was at the Mall last night with my daughter.

Though I swore to never do business with this store, I actually attempted to make a purchase of an item that I had not found elsewhere as a gift for my mother.

After 20 minutes in a line of three people at the only checkout open on the first floor, I finally put down the potential purchase and left (we had already visited Santa in the food court).

My belief is the poor horsey is dead, I will quit beating it.

 

[daveamkrayoguy]

It's been more than a few weeks ago, that my local K Mart has suddenly been advertising "Store Closing" and Discounts on stuff are up to 30-to-60-Percent!

Good sign that at least that's what Sears is spinning off, before it spins off itself...!

-- Dave

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tag/kmart-closing

 

[whirlcool]

JC Penney seems to be making a small comeback. Their stock has stabilized and several stock houses have put a buy on the stock. They seem to have quite a bit of cash on hand.