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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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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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ClemDooresHair t1_jdqqmdb wrote

Replying to Allemaengel (#2,369,613)

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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WunkyFinkerbean t1_jdqqzx0 wrote

Replying to MauveDragon (#2,369,336)

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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bambiying t1_jdqsxwr wrote

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

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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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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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phillygirllovesbagel t1_jdrnk6s wrote

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

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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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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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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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