Welcome!

Hey! I am Jordan M. Iwanyszyn, a department store enthusiast! Although I am only 21, I am fond of the department stores of years ago. I am especially fond of the stores between the 1950s through the early 1980s. With this blog, I intend to make an internet collection of pictures and stories from these stores. We'll cover the stores from John Wanamaker's and Strawbridge & Clothier in Philadelphia (the stores I grew up with) to Pizitz in Birmingham to Dayton's in Minneapolis to J.W. Robinson's in Los Angeles. We'll cover the mall stores to the downtown flagships. We'll post videos of these stores and their commercials courtesy of YouTube. We'll try to re-create the grandness of these great institutions who have left a huge mark on American history.

Feel free to "shop" around and enjoy yourself. Thank you for window-shopping at the Grand Emporiums and come again!