BEFORE Walmart

[Roadsnakes]

WAY before Walmart, we had some real cool big box stores!

Remember MOREWAY , ATLANTIC MILLS,   SPARTAN,   Arlans, let us not forget the late great GOLDMANS!

When you were a kid going to one of those stores was GREAT!!!! Everything you dreamed about was there, all under one roof!
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[lavahott]

yep I loved em, my dad would always take us to Arlans and spartans and does anyone remember those dangerous kid rides they had when you walked in ?... they had one I really remember ..it had a red seat that would go up and around with no type of seat belt or harness of any sort, ahhh the days before helmets and such 

[Roadsnakes]

I think Arlans was one of the last to go. I bought a old "newsboy" type cap there in 71' or 72'.
Braeger Chevy is at the spot where Spartan used to be.

[timmyj3]

 I always like the Treasure Island on S. 27th Street. They had a cool sporting goods department and some neat Packers and NFL memorabilia before it was really in.

 My dad loved the More-Way on Layton avenue for car parts. Had to keep his 64 Pontiac Executive up to par.

[Roadsnakes]

HOW did I omit TREASURE ISLAND!?
It actually was a subsidairy of J C Penny. Clothing was very good stuff. They also had a good record department. Bought a lot of 45`s there.

I guy I work with now told me stories about his underage drinking parties. They were held in the wooded area behind Treasure Island. He and his buddies called "T I Woods" !

[timmyj3]

The old TI. My best friend in high school got caught shoplifting albums at that store . What stupid stuff we did. The record dept. was good though.

 They also had a grocery store. It had a unique feature with a conveyor system that would roll your groceries out to the pick up area if you wanted. It was a good store. Actually ahead of its time.

[Lindee]

How about Zayre? They took over the Treasure Island stores when they closed.

[timmyj3]

 Fist things: Hello Lindee!

 I remember that Zayre! God what a dump toward the end of their run. I was in there once and they just took returns and threw them in a pile by the customer service area. Wow! I do remember them.

 When I was a kid in the early 70's Point Loomis was really a nice secondary shopping center.

[Roadsnakes]

ZAYRE !    Can`t forget that hole. It was defintely a precursor for Walmart.

Narrow aisles that were a mess by the afternoon. Reminds me of Walmart.