[Jamestown1630]

Darn. That was the last of the great old department stores in the DC area.

[SamAdams76]

I remember seeing these stores as mall anchors. Usually across from a Macys or Sears with a bunch of little stores and a food court in between.

Don't think I ever set foot in any one of them.

But I miss those halycon shopping mall days of the early 1980s - when girls all wore tight jeans and had big hair. Way before cell phones and Nirvana.

[scottiemom]

Businesses that were on their last breath prior to Covid merely experience the end sooner. Lord and Taylor qualify as no longer relevant to the American consumer. It was written in the stars from way back.

[stanne]

Flagship store 104 years old. Great building on Fifth and 38th

“Fifth Avenue between West 38th and 39th Streets in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. It was built from 1913 to 1914 and was home to Lord & Taylor’s flagship department store in New York City“

Famous for Christmas window display

I used to take my Aunt to the Eastchester store in Westchester. Green striped awning, Tea room. She’d go straight to the sale racks and find gems She said she was there for the opening in the 1940s.

[apillar]

COVID-19 will likely be the death knell for few remaining malls and department stores. I’m guessing in a few years, the only thing that will be left are the big box stores like Wal-Mart and Target, some grocery stores like Kroger and Giant, and handful of specialty stores that can carve out a niche. And most all other shopping will move online to sites like Amazon.

[minnesota_bound]

The democrat party is happy whenever they can cause a business to close either by the fake pandemic or by burning down the store.

[Rock N Jones]

No sweat, if Sleepy Joe gnaws out a big election
win leading the democRats to complete and dominate control
of congress and the good ole US government and rid our country of Trump and the Mag Hat vermin followers, the democRats will fix everything .
All you gotta know is just get it straight from Sleep Joe!

[Grampa Dave]

Founded 1826

[mass55th]

"Darn. That was the last of the great old department stores in the DC area."

Mary Todd Lincoln was a regular customer of Lord and Taylor's. I also liked B. Altman and Company. Had credit cards for both, and used to buy from their catalogs from time to time.

[nicollo]

In the 1920s, my librarian grandfather hit on my book department sales clerk grandmother who worked at Lord & Taylor in DC.

That is to say, without Lord & Taylor, I don’t exist!