tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3266566846399659219.post974068103733744772..comments2024-01-16T00:30:02.493-05:00Comments on That's the Press, Baby: More About StrawbridgeDavisullhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02871644412923946894noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3266566846399659219.post-63896600850818908602011-02-18T00:04:34.107-05:002011-02-18T00:04:34.107-05:00Is English your native language. If it is, I recom...Is English your native language. If it is, I recommend you take a writing class. This article was difficult to read and understand due to your writing style.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3266566846399659219.post-7772535278089755912010-11-15T22:39:24.490-05:002010-11-15T22:39:24.490-05:00Ah, I had always assumed that the difference betwe...Ah, I had always assumed that the difference between Cherry Hill and all that went before it was the two-anchor format being enclosed. But it turns out Southdale had not only Dayton's, which I knew of, but Donaldson's as well, and that Cherry Hill was simply the first of its kind in the East -- both being projects of Victor Gruen. Thanks for the correction. East Coast hubris.Davisullhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02871644412923946894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3266566846399659219.post-6192118750614921362010-11-15T16:10:22.430-05:002010-11-15T16:10:22.430-05:00"Strawbridge just didn't fit into the wor..."Strawbridge just didn't fit into the world anymore" is an elegant summation of your story. I lived in Center City when all four (Wanamaker, Gimbels, Lit's, and S&C) were still in business on Market Street. <br /><br />One small nitpick, if I may: Cherry Hill Mall wasn't exactly the sole pioneer of the enclosed mall; it was preceded by Southdale, in a southern suburb of Minneapolis, in 1956.gottacooknoreply@blogger.com