“Come explore the Champlain Mill’s recent past! This exhibition tells the story of the public-private partnership that enabled the preservation and rebirth of a formerly derelict industrial building as a vibrant shopping center. Visitors are encouraged to add their personal memories of the historic space to the community recollections included in the exhibition. The showContinue reading “Heritage Mill Museum’s NEW EXHIBIT: Mill to Mall”
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EMPTY SEARS STORE AT UNIVERSITY MALL IN SOUTH BURLINGTON, VERMONT
“Sears, Roebuck and Co.,[4] commonly known as Sears, is an American chain of department stores founded in 1892 by Richard Warren Sears and Alvah Curtis Roebuck and reincorporated in 1906 by Richard Sears and Julius Rosenwald. What began as a mail ordering catalog company migrated to opening retail locations in 1925, the first in Chicago,Continue reading “EMPTY SEARS STORE AT UNIVERSITY MALL IN SOUTH BURLINGTON, VERMONT”
Closing of Sears Store at U-Mall in S. Burlington, VT
Today’s video, https://youtu.be/VJK7ioezom4, is a photo series on the closing of the Sears store at University Mall in South Burlington, VT. The last Sears in Vermont finally shuttered in February 2020. I had enjoyed shopping there. I certainly bought my share of tools from them. Even better was when I purchased a utility cart. IContinue reading “Closing of Sears Store at U-Mall in S. Burlington, VT”