Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/09/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Mon, 29 Sep 2003, Phil Leeson wrote: Anyone remember Altman's? Yep, I remember Altman's. The employees sucessfully organized a union, and won a NLRB election. Old man Altman was so anti-union that he refused to deal with them, and went out of business. I remember the going out of business sale. 3 floors of goodies, last time I was there was in the early 70's-high school. It' been out of business for years, Central reminds me of them only more compact. I was there a couple of weeks ago on a Saturday and they were jammed with customers, many under 30. There may be some hope yet for a good retail store. Phil ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jon" <jon.stanton@comcast.net> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Monday, September 29, 2003 3:36 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] Central Camera in Chicgao > Mark's experience is pretty much the same as mine. I would ride the Illinois > Central train downtown and drive the folks at Central nuts...I was the same > age as Mark. I never knew Schwinn made a 10 speed at that time. I only saw 3 > speed Raleighs. Huffy bikes were available at Sears...but there was nothing > like a Schwinn. > > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html ============================================================================ Ken Firestone, W3CAT | For every problem there is one solution kenf@speakeasy.net | which is simple, neat, and wrong. ken@firestone.net | -- H. L. Mencken ============================================================================ - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html