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Walter Perine
Class Of '63
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J.C. HARRIS MEN'S STORE CLOSING Posted Saturday, February 16, 2013 06:48 AM Palm Beach Post Staff Writer WEST PALM BEACH —
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Sarah Phillips
Class Of '68
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J.C. HARRIS MEN'S STORE CLOSING Posted Sunday, February 24, 2013 05:32 PM I remember downtown fondly. My favorite of course was Burdines. Saturday was a big shopping day downtown. I would go and spend the day. Such fond memories. Class of 1968 |
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Bob Rohr
Class Of '65
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RE: J.C. HARRIS MEN'S STORE CLOSING Posted Tuesday, March 19, 2013 11:35 AM I enjoyed going into Harris',back in the day he was the Wilson tennis racket dealer in the area and i bought several rackets from there as well as clothing,,,life must go on. |
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Raymond (Ray) Eberling
Class Of '66
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RE: J.C. HARRIS MEN'S STORE CLOSING Posted Saturday, May 11, 2013 12:51 AM Wow, end of an era: my first madras short and my first Weejuns. I bet a lot of people could say that. Did they rent prom tuxes there too? That rings a bell, although it may have been another shop on Clematis. Any help on that one? Ray |
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Walter Perine
Class Of '63
Joined: 04/18/09 Posts: 18 View Profile |
RE: J.C. HARRIS MEN'S STORE CLOSING Posted Saturday, January 11, 2014 12:38 PM Maybe Cy's Men's Shop. It was just down the street from JC Harris near the Florida Theatre. |
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Robert Jordan
Class Of '68
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RE: J.C. HARRIS MEN'S STORE CLOSING Posted Wednesday, December 3, 2014 11:04 PM Hi Sarah! It's been a while... I often think of this little often overlooked forum, and you of course... You're looking beautiful as always... I have located Dave Rubinson on facebook... He's fine and happy with his lot. Lives in Ft Lauderdale area as always.. Told me on facebook his "youngest" daughter was getting married in early November... I think she's 20.. God his youngest. I haven't even seen the older one yet. Haven't seen Dave since the 10th reunion in 1988 out at the PGA... Don't recall if you were there. Maybe not. I reconnected with him on facebook one year ago... I'm on facebook as Rob Jordan... You'll find Dave there as well. I think Burdine's finally went under in the early-mid 70s due to the Palm Beach Mall completely stealing all of the old downtown shoppers. And downtown WPB also went downhill. I recall living down there in or near downhtown WPB in the early-mid 70s before my departure for New York in '75. I shared an apartment on North Olive, in the summer of '72 with a friend, a year younger, from PBJC (now Palm Beach State College)... Cant recall this buildings name (they had names) but it was 3 storeys and was white Spanish stucco. Northwood was just a few blocks south... But you could walk to downtown from there, maybe.. It was getting decrepid... There was an eiree deadness to it after dark. There was also an upstairs nightclub, located on North (?) Dixie, around 1972, with rock acts from NYC and a general early 70s NYC rock club feel to it.. You had to walk up 2 flights to get to it.. No cover charge and a 2 drink minimum, as I think was the usual door policy. There were tables, a great jukebox playing Roling Stones hits and a back room with red lighting and plastic air chairs... Spacey. This kind of 70s look was revived in the late 1980s in London dance clubs during the Rave DJ scene period... House music, which originated in Washington DC as Go Go and as House in Detroit exported to London around 1988. But dowtown WPB suffered for many years... Right up to the 90s. High crime area and urban neglect. I think after the 2000 Florida election farce, which put the spotlight on WPB, the elected City Council, with a mayor at the head... decided to do massive urban renewal... And by mid-late 2000s I would go on Google Earth and WPB was completely new... Almost beyond my or your recognition... Check it out on Google Earth Street View and be amazed. There's night life and, according to one website... With a tag, "walking around at night" night life with busy cafesm restaurants, and the usual bars... I am still dedicated to be in Europe, but often long for a nostalic trip home and "walk around" at night, and drop into a club or bar, order a beer and start a conversation with a young thing, (OK maybe in her 30s) and wait for the big question, from her longing eyes... You new around here in town? Nope. But, yep, but I come from thousands of miles away from her. Oh, where you from, then? You're standing on it. Rob Jordan 1968 |
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Robert Jordan
Class Of '68
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J.C. HARRIS MEN'S STORE CLOSING Posted Wednesday, December 3, 2014 11:28 PM Cy's yes.. Florida Theater yes... All a long time gone... The new generation under 30 probably wouldn't know what we were talking about... The Florida was on the corner of Clematis, I think... Had some great movie nights there... 2001 a space odyssey in 1968. And THX 138 in 1971 among others thru the earlier years... Even the old Municpal Library, I loved, is gone... In fact, all of downtown WPB and surrounding streets have changed.. There's now a "City Place" and a hideous looking new Municipal Building which houses the local government... In a style of architecture known as Mediterranean Greek or something monstrous like that... During the 2000 Florida election fiasco with Butterfly Ballots and hanging Chads I read what others thought of WPB. Rob Jordan 1968 |
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