Carson Pirie Scott Department Store Closing, Part 2

It's been a lousy year for Louis Sullivan. Three of the buildings he designed in Chicago were destroyed by fire in calendar year 2006. And now this.

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Travel & Events

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• Chicago
• Carson
• Pirie
• Scott
• department
• store
• closing
• downtown
• loop
• State
• Street

[DurhamGuns]

I just stumbled upon this video by accident. Pretty tragic. I went to the School of the Art Institute and during the winter I would cut through this store. It was broken up into two buildings with an alley in the middle. You would pass through two automatic sliding doors and would suddenly be in this very gritty Gotham City-like alley and then all of the sudden, back in the glossy department store. Carson Pirie I'll miss you.

[artistmac]

It was tragic that a Loop department store with so many potential customers living and working near it was so poorly patronized. There isn't a store on State Street that was around when I was growing up in the 60's.

[bartman1238]

yeah carson doesn't apperal to me like sears and Jcpenny does. the clothes look like oldmen clothes i am in my 20s why would I wanted to dress like i am in my 40s.that why lot people of getting away from store like carson. the prices suck. iwhen to sears and good deal off clearnce like and chirsmas sale. target have some of deparment store looks. at low prices

[DurhamGuns]

It's sad that Marshall Field's and Carson Pirie are gone, but at the same time I could never find a reason to go in there. They just didn't carry the kinds of products I was interested in.