If there are stores still in Bellevue or Hickory Hollow, I'd bet they'd go. Even the Rivergate one would close before Green Hills, I bet.
I still cannot figure out why the Bellevue mall died. But I've only lived here four years, so...
According to Google the other Nashville locations are at Hickory Hollow and Rivergate. ...
It's the Bellevue one. I'll have more on this later, but I'm guessing that new "lifestyle center" they're supposedly building is a no-go due to the economy.
The Macy's in CT used to be G.Fox, then Filene's.
What did they used to be in TN?
(You may know Filene's from their Filene's Basement running of the brides wedding gown sale with low prices in a warehouse-club environment.
The Macy's in Nashville used to be Castner-Knott, I think. In Memphis, they bought Goldsmith's.
Lesley, you missed a step:
Wiki reminds me that first it was Castner-Knott, then it was Proffitt's and THEN it was Macy's.
Lots of turnover here.
Actually, it was Hecht's for awhile in between Proffitt's and Macy's.
Actually, it was Hecht's for awhile in between Proffitt's and Macy's.
Ach you are right! I totally forgot about that.
Wiki is fallible and so is SoBeale! Horrors!
My sister works for Macys. She has moved around a bit and is now in Memphis. She used to work at Bellevue and when we would visit she would complain about how much merchandise was being stolen from the store. That mall is a ghost town while the outlying stores in the strip malls around it seem to be doing well.
I think Green Hills is probably the best performing Macys in Nashville.
Oh, yeah, forgot about Hecht's and Proffitt's. I actually liked those stores better than Macy's. I only came back here because I thought I got Castner-Knott confused with Cain-Sloan, but I think Dillard's bought Cain-Sloan, right? Dillard's bought all the Thalhimer's in Memphis.
This could be an ongoing exercise. Like trying to name all the restaurants that have occupied certain spaces in town!
Lesley, Mr. Beale and I are constantly having conversations that begin with "what was that place ...." and he's only lived here for 8 years! Last year was especially bad as retaurants closed before we had an opportunity to try them. But then last night on the way to the Preds game I noticed that Valentino's is *still* in business. Now, how is that even possible? But a fabulous place like ..... oh, what was that place, you know, the one next to the Days Inn on West End, and they had a little offshoot of a place in Green Hills .... THAT place is gone!
I would expect it to be Bellevue - there's never been good traffic there. You could park right near the doors even on Christmas Eve.
I still have trouble knowing that Valentino's is still there but the excellent Italian restaurant that was behind the Cathedral (Yep, name escapes me) is LONG gone.
I swear its the thrift stores that are killing retail clothing. I can't begin to tell you how much money you can save, and if you are willing to look closely, well-made nearly new clothes. The Eddie Bauer I bought yesterday still had the tag on it, paid 4 bucks for a 55 dollar sweatshirt. Its crazy to pay retail prices for outerwear. Not so long ago, i used to be the only guy in there, with a handful of women. Now, shit, the place is packed nearly every day.
I still miss Castner-Knotts. I'm a native Chicagoan who only visited Nashville. (Needless to say I see only schadenfreude in Macy*s failure.)
I always got Castner-Knotts and Cain Sloan mixed up.
I remember the old Cain Sloan store in the Rivergate Mall. There was a priest at our church in Madison named Father Cain. His family was the Cain part of Cain Sloan.
A lot of department stores were bought by Federated Department Stores. Two or three years ago, Federated changed its name to Macy's and almost all their stores were changed over too.
There was a priest at our church in Madison named Father Cain.
I think if my name were Cain I'd find another line of work! He must have been the butt of a lot of Old Testament jokes at Div School.
haha I can't believe I never thought of that.
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