Visited this store about a month ago and noticed that 1 panel of the original autotronic call buttons (heat sensitive) were preserved but not functional on the 3rd floor left side of shaft. They were the arrows with small black sensor in the middle of the arrow. Saw an example somewhere on youtube can't remember where though. Also great brass escalators in this store i believe the escalators were installed in 1938.
Actually, I've been to the original Macy's twice, being 10 floors (1, Mezz, 2-9), with offices above that. They claimed to sell everything you can think of, yet my Father and I found 3 things a small department store sold, that they didn't. :)
Don't ask what, because this was in 1991. Don't remember.
@georgef551 The Neiman-Marcus store has 9 floors total. The top floors are corporate offices. I think the store is 150,000 to 220,000 sq ft not including the corporate offices.
So, it's just huge? I can see that (original Macy's).
In most cases, anchor stores for this instance, the more floors, usually means the less square footage available, so they go up, instead of spreading out.
Cool!
Craig0925 9 months ago
Visited this store about a month ago and noticed that 1 panel of the original autotronic call buttons (heat sensitive) were preserved but not functional on the 3rd floor left side of shaft. They were the arrows with small black sensor in the middle of the arrow. Saw an example somewhere on youtube can't remember where though. Also great brass escalators in this store i believe the escalators were installed in 1938.
historiclift27 1 year ago
@georgef551 I think the biggest department store in Dallas is at NorthPark Center.
Dillard's 299,500 sq ft
ladarron123 1 year ago
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They have wooden escalators there, too. I think about 3'rd to 4'th floor, and higher.
georgef551 1 year ago
@georgef551 I want to go to the Flagship Macy's
ladarron123 1 year ago
@ladarron123
Actually, I've been to the original Macy's twice, being 10 floors (1, Mezz, 2-9), with offices above that. They claimed to sell everything you can think of, yet my Father and I found 3 things a small department store sold, that they didn't. :)
Don't ask what, because this was in 1991. Don't remember.
georgef551 1 year ago
@georgef551 That's big to you?? The former Titche-Goettinger store in Downtown Dallas had 500,000 sq ft of retail space.
ladarron123 1 year ago
@ladarron123
Yeah. That's what we call, Big. :)
georgef551 1 year ago
@georgef551 The Neiman-Marcus store has 9 floors total. The top floors are corporate offices. I think the store is 150,000 to 220,000 sq ft not including the corporate offices.
ladarron123 1 year ago
@ladarron123
So, it's just huge? I can see that (original Macy's).
In most cases, anchor stores for this instance, the more floors, usually means the less square footage available, so they go up, instead of spreading out.
georgef551 1 year ago