Somewhat OT: Times Co. threatens to shutter Boston Globe.

[Donna Halper]

At 03:09 PM 4/5/2009, Paul Hopfgarten wrote:
>And Raymond's, King's, Gem.............

The march of the defunct department stores would also include 
Gilchrist's, R.H. White, and I'm sure in Providence, the last of the 
Shepard Stores (yeah, it was in the early 70s, but it started a 
trend!).  And what about the record stores-- I recall newspapers 
running HUGE ads for New England Music City, Strawberries, Tower Records, etc.