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Post by Fran Gyomory on Jan 16, 2010 20:47:27 GMT -5
When I graduated from business school in 1961, Alexanders really helped me to become a professional secretary. 1961 and making $75 a week, paid $20 in board to mom. Used to hit the Bargain Basement and buy my dresses for work for $5 and bought my shoes with a string tying them together for about $2 I always managed to be well dressed thanks to Alexanders bargain basement. How many of you had the same experience?
My Catholic business school gave me the education and ability to succeed and Alexanders helped me to dress.
Back then, some of us were fortunate to be in the right place at the right time with the right skills. After a career of 41 years, I retired (with 28 years of service) as the Director of Human Resources at HQMC for all non-appropriated fund employees. Reading all the recent posts, made me think of how fortunate I was to be born when I was and to have the opportunities I had. On top of that, I had parents who told me there was nothing I couldn't do if I put my mind to it.
God bless mom and dad in heaven....and thank you.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 16, 2010 21:51:15 GMT -5
Fran, couldn't agree with you more. Alexanders bargain basement was the best. I never had to go anywhere else. Even returning items was never a hassle.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 16, 2010 21:53:28 GMT -5
I remember that my Mom used to buy sneakers there for myself and my brother at @$4.99 a pair.  |
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Post by Lenny on Jan 17, 2010 5:42:14 GMT -5
Ands there she sits on the corner of Grand Concourse and Fordham Rd. She's not Alexander's anymore, but the building still stands tall under which roof we all roamed so long ago and from which we take those fond memories along life's path.  |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 17, 2010 8:20:36 GMT -5
When I married Tony and moved up to Kingston N.Y. we would make a trip to Alexanders for undershirts & panties for the Valerie and then Christine. They held up the best . By the time Linda came along we shopped in Kingston .
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Post by Joan on Jan 17, 2010 9:37:35 GMT -5
:)Did alot of shopping at Alexanders on Fordham Road. We would take the bus, go shopping and then we went to Jahns for lunch.
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Post by Fran Gyomory on Jan 17, 2010 21:07:50 GMT -5
We would walk to Fordham and shop for hours. It was so great back then. Walked everywhere.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 17, 2010 22:14:37 GMT -5
I was outfitted from infancy to adulthood in many Alexander's goods; then my mother bought a lot of my childrens' clothes there and brought it out to the Island. I wish it would have been there for my grandchildren!
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Post by Mertis Barnett on May 6, 2011 15:59:24 GMT -5
I grew up downstairs, my dad was the super. The handball courts on aqueduct ave., devoe park were everyday after school. SNOW DAYS in Devoe Park were the best. I'm in SC now, warm most of the time. My grandkids have never seen a sled never mind wizzing down a snow covered hill. Did you ever get any hang time off the drop (2-3Feet) on the Aqueduct Ave. hill?WOW!Alexander's was the place to shop. I had a system. I'd go down one side of Fordham and cross the street and shop my way back up to University Ave.
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Post by isabelle on May 6, 2011 17:00:36 GMT -5
BOY..DID I LOVE THAT STORE......IT CLOTHED ME FROM INFANCY TO ADULT. I COULD NEVER UNDERSTAND WHY THEY WENT OUT OF BUSINESS. EVERYBODY IN THE BRONX AND IN QUEENS SHOPPED AT AN ALEXANDERS. I WAS HEARTBROKEN WHEN THEY CLOSED DOWN!
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Post by Fran Gyomory on May 7, 2011 15:07:33 GMT -5
Mertis, my dad was the super. My grandfather and many of my uncles were also supers and very involved in 32E the BSEIU way back then.
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