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In reply to the discussion: Sears Closing Hundreds Of Stores, Many KMart Stores Going Out Of Business As Well [View all]GReedDiamond
(5,311 posts)90. This particular house is in Sierra Madre, which is...
...a great little town off of the 210 Freeway, up in the San Gabriel Mountain foothills, just east of Pasadena.
Sierra Madre is the only place I've been around in the Greater L.A. area which has no stop lights within the city limits. It's like the Mayberry of L.A.
I lived in the Sears house from 1994-2010. The house had originally been ordered and built in the 1920s by my landlady's grandparents, so I suppose they paid the $2316.
Unfortunately, I had to move out when the owner's daughter decided she wanted to move in with her boyfriend.
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Purveyor
Dec 2014
OP
I've got 3 years on you and yes all the Sears/Penny catalogs were a delight with
Purveyor
Dec 2014
#9
I can't remember the year but must have been around '68 when the Spring/Summer
Purveyor
Dec 2014
#16
lol. little girl ski pants - pants with the thing that went under your foot. I had those.
Liberal_in_LA
Dec 2014
#78
IMO Sears and KMart both preyed on poor people with high prices and easy credit.
djean111
Dec 2014
#5
I did NOT say the clothing was bad, it had to be good for the "Blackmail" to work
happyslug
Dec 2014
#76
ebay let businesses mix with regular listings, all ebay has left is paypal convenience
Sunlei
Dec 2014
#63
They just wanted the properties to sell - let both Sears and K's inventory and stores turn to poo
lunasun
Dec 2014
#14
That one was different than Fedco. There were a number of such stores before Raygun. nt
bemildred
Dec 2014
#92
I thoughts Matt had a big deal with Rosie oDonnell a while ago...did they let that go
Township75
Dec 2014
#29
I used to buy items that you couldn't find in a department store from Sears catalogue.
No Vested Interest
Dec 2014
#40
20 years ago, the gateway Sears building in Northeast Philly was demolished
BumRushDaShow
Dec 2014
#52
Both never could adapt fast enough to online growth & got steamrolled by the others who did.
Sunlei
Dec 2014
#62
Yes...I used to live in a house which was, back in the 1920s, ordered from Sears...
GReedDiamond
Dec 2014
#83
I really miss our K-Mart - I spent three hours yesterday traipsing around a huge mall
hedgehog
Dec 2014
#93