retail geekery

Torn down Tuesday: Make way for the Main Place Mall – BN Chronicles

From the roof of AM&A’s in 1960, very few of the buildings seen here would still be standing a decade later. While the venerable Buffalo retailing names like Tanke and…

Beth 2016-03-01

Loblaws recipe vintage

Plum Jelly – vintage Loblaws recipe

Plum Jelly - vintage Loblaws recipe 3 cups plum juice4 cups sugar1 box fruit pectin (powdered)3/4 cup cold water To Prepare the Juice: Crush fully ripe plums. (Do not peel…

Beth 2016-01-30

#tbt Buffalo Buffalo History

#tbt More Buffalo retail advertising from the vaults

More Old School Buffalo retail advertising Face-saving Facts Take the sting out of your daily shave! Let a Schick Electric Dry Shiver shear away your beard, smoothly, quickly and…

Beth 2016-01-14

Buffalo Buffalo History musings

Rainbow Centre Mall & more dead retail

I really hate falling into rabbit holes and today I blame the guys over at Forgotten Buffalo.com (and facebook) for today's rabbit hole. The Rainbow Centre mall was part of the dystopian…

Beth 2015-12-16

#tbt Buffalo Buffalo History

#tbt Dead retail with a side of Memorex

The thrift store. the funky smells, the Bible verse screaming woman, the men in dog collars... err wait not that sort of post today. One of the fun things to…

Beth 2015-12-10