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stblawyer t1_jdqlgil wrote

Clover! I remember going there as a kid with my family. This is incredible.

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Allemaengel t1_jdqmxa3 wrote

Same here but at the one in Whitehall just north of Allentown.

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ClemDooresHair t1_jdqpdlh wrote

Was that the location that was eventually Bradlees?

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Allemaengel t1_jdqpy2u wrote

I thought Bradlees was on the west side of MacArthur?

If memory serves me correctly, Clover was just north of and behind the old Whitehall Mall. But I could be wrong, that was a long time ago, lol.

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ClemDooresHair t1_jdqqmdb wrote

You’re probably right. I forget exactly where Clover was but I know Bradless was in the same complex where The Sports Authority used to be, I think across from Kleckner’s. I know Kiddie City was where Lowe’s is now.

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Allemaengel t1_jdqsj5y wrote

Yeah, that helps. Sports Authority was definitely across the road.

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LadyNorbert t1_jdqpir8 wrote

Same, that was one of our main school shopping places

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internetonsetadd t1_jdrpyq1 wrote

My mom put things on layaway at Clover on the regular. My grammy bought me and my brother a hot dog and an Icee at the counter most times I went with her. My mom said no every time.

My friend got caught shoplifting baseball cards there. I didn't steal any and somehow managed to just keep walking when security stormed down the ramp to the mall and grabbed him. They were apparently really nice and showed him how many cameras had been on him while he waited for his mom to pick him up. I called my mom from a payphone. She knew something was up when I said my friend was getting his own ride, but she didn't pry.

When I moved into my first apartment, my mom and I went to the mall after the Clover became a Value City and she helped me pick out a set of Revere Ware pots and pans. I still have two of them. My mom loved Value City. My brother and I made fun of her a bit because we thought it was cheap and shitty.

Clover's gone. Value City is gone. My mom is gone. I wish I had gone to Value City with her more.

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MauveDragon t1_jdqo2pm wrote

I loved shopping at Clover. It was the discount division of John Wanamaker's. And Kiddie City was a good place to shop too.

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WunkyFinkerbean t1_jdqqzx0 wrote

I always had it in my head that it was Strawbridge and Clothier's discount store, like Clothier = Clover.

I remember going to the Kiddie City in the Northeast. I would have dreams of that place when I was a kid.

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LibraryBiggles t1_jdqxg8b wrote

You're correct, Clover was a subsidiary of Strawbridge & Clothier.

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eaglewatch1945 t1_jdrbv1r wrote

Kiddie City had a better Transformers selection than Toys R Us.

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bambiying t1_jdqsxwr wrote

That mall had the best soft pretzels in the whole world. I also loved the bookstore.

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pm_haiku t1_jdqy63y wrote

Funny, was just about to comment on the pretzels! Great memories…

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junkkser t1_jdrkrux wrote

I seem to recall it was called Barry’a or something. It was a stand in the center of the mall.

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IrresponsibleScience t1_jdr2zdx wrote

“Kiddie city” two words you could not put together with out a lot of concern now-in-days

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Zwierzycki t1_jdr87pl wrote

OMG Kiddie City! I remember going there when I was 4.

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SunSkyBridge t1_jdqu1es wrote

Clover! Feelin’ old over here. 😂

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phillygirllovesbagel t1_jdrnk6s wrote

I remember both Clover and Kiddie City, and I still have memories of Bucks County Mall.

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veepeedeepee t1_jdr98lx wrote

My Clover memory? The location in Lancaster was selling little pieces of the Berlin Wall after it came down.

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thehoagieboy t1_jdsjqos wrote

I was more Roosevelt Mall, but I remember going to the Eric Feasterville theater. Was this the same mall? Was it the Colonial before the Eric?

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Key_Text_169 t1_jdsppak wrote

I think the Eric was across the way on Bustleton Pike near Birger King. The theatre became a Giant and is now. Bells Market.

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beezer210 t1_jdt85ee wrote

Kiddie City > Toys R Us

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Chuck1705 t1_jdvn8k0 wrote

My sister worked there at the Colonial Theater...

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TotesMyMainAcct t1_jdw62ye wrote

Kiddie City is a blast from the past. I remember going over the Burlington-Bristol, wondering what the weird "Airplane Man" store sold and getting hype to see that rainbow colored building.

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