Eastland Mall in North Versailles (Pittsburgh area), PA, circa 1963, its first holiday season. Gimbels closed along with the rest of the chain in 1986, and the mall was eventually torn down some twenty years later. Duquesne Light Company photo. Photo courtesy of Pleasant Family Shopping on FacebookSubmitted by AxlCobainVedder t3_z91ews in pittsburgh
C_DallasMultipass5 t1_iyeqinr wrote
Reply to comment by Excelius in Eastland Mall in North Versailles (Pittsburgh area), PA, circa 1963, its first holiday season. Gimbels closed along with the rest of the chain in 1986, and the mall was eventually torn down some twenty years later. Duquesne Light Company photo. Photo courtesy of Pleasant Family Shopping on Facebook by AxlCobainVedder
It was a weekly trip for us. I miss it. I agree with the rose colored glasses, but I love getting toys and fake Gucci coats whenever I was younger lol. It was there, I was introduced to chicken on a stick and sriracha.
Excelius t1_iyes3bh wrote
Seemed like a lot of the vendors back then were semi-permanent semi-professional operations.
Closer to the people you might see setting up booths at a convention or something. They just maybe couldn't afford the rent for a traditional retail space.
I guess those kinds of folks are probably running eBay or Etsy shops now.
C_DallasMultipass5 t1_iyeza4o wrote
I agree. Most were definitely permanent fixtures there. I remember the one guy in the inside had two tables of various baseball cards and sometimes fake Pokémon cards. Used to get made fun of for having them lol. Great times.
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