Davmilasav t1_itdicnp wrote on October 22, 2022 at 8:31 PM

Gimbel's, Horne's, and Sears were the three anchor stores at Beaver Valley Mall throughout the 1970s. I think Horne's became Lazarus and Gimbel's changed to Kaufman's when that store left Monaca but I could have them backwards.

mikeyHustle t1_itdqxwt wrote on October 22, 2022 at 9:33 PM

The Kaufman's became a Macy's before it closed.

Daywalkingvampire OP t1_itdr6c2 wrote on October 22, 2022 at 9:34 PM

Happy cake day

mikeyHustle t1_itdrko5 wrote on October 22, 2022 at 9:37 PM

Haha, thank you.

And thanks for bringing up Gimbel's. It closed before I was born, too, but my grandma loved to talk about it. She said she used to pay her Gimbel's bill (before you used the same credit card everywhere, they had their own charge account) with a check, and they'd shove it into a vacuum tube and physically shoot it upstairs. I thought it was wild how this was old tech from the past, but it sounded like The Jetsons future.

lefindecheri t1_itdzdja wrote on October 22, 2022 at 10:36 PM

Up until a few years ago, my BofA drive thru used those pneumatic tubes to deposit cash/checks and receive deposits. "Pneumatic tubes are systems that propel cylindrical containers through networks of tubes by compressed air or by partial vacuum."