-------- Original Message -------- Subject: RE: Rand McNally store In San Francisco]]]] Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2003 11:37:01 -0400 From: "Boardman, Richard" <[log in to unmask]> ------------------ The men's clothing store made an strategic move. Rand McNally was on a very busy corner while the men's store was down the block a bit. It now has customers "coming and going", so to speak. They're rather upscale and don't seem to be the "flashy" type. but, then agin, who knows. Rich Boardman > -----Original Message----- > From: Johnnie Sutherland [SMTP:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: Friday, July 18, 2003 10:14 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: Rand McNally store In San Francisco]]]] > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: RE: Rand McNally store In San Francisco]]] > Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2003 14:56:08 +0100 > From: [log in to unmask] > > > ------------------ > And has not the clothing store 'cashed in' on 'mappy things'? Strange > to > miss a commercial and cartographic opportunity, what with (chiefly) > Americans wishing to blind us Brits with those flashy Bermuda-pants type > neckties! > > Francis Herbert > [log in to unmask] > http://www.rgs.org [see 'Collections'/'Unlocking the Archives'] > > -----Original Message----- > From: Johnnie Sutherland [mailto:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: 18 July 2003 14:39 > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: Rand McNally store In San Francisco]]] > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: RE: Rand McNally store In San Francisco]] > Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2003 09:28:46 -0400 > From: "Boardman, Richard" <[log in to unmask]> > > > ------------------ > The Rand McNally store in Philadelphia closed some months ago. It was > taken > over by an adjoinging clothing store. > > Rich Boardman > Free Library of Philadelphia > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Johnnie Sutherland [SMTP:[log in to unmask]] > > Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2003 3:10 PM > > To: [log in to unmask] > > Subject: Re: Rand McNally store In San Francisco]] > > > > -------- Original Message -------- > > Subject: Re: Rand McNally store In San Francisco] > > Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2003 15:08:47 -0400 > > From: David Cobb <[log in to unmask]> > > > > > > ------------------ > > > > Boston used to have two Rand McNally stores but is now down to one > > located > > at 84 State Street. > > > > David Cobb > > > > At 02:37 PM 7/17/03 -0400, you wrote: > > >-------- Original Message -------- > > >Subject: Rand McNally store In San Francisco > > >Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2003 18:31:38 GMT > > >From: [log in to unmask] > > > > > > > > >------------------ > > > > > >The San Francisco store at 595 Market St. is still in operation. > > > > > >Phil Hoehn, Map Librarian > > >San Francisco -- [log in to unmask] > > >----------------------------------- > > >Contractor for David Rumsey Collection: > > >http://www.davidrumsey.com > > > > > >--- Johnnie Sutherland <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > > > >-------- Original Message -------- > > >Subject: Re: Rand McNally retail stores closed in Manhattan, > > >elsewhere?]] > > >Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2003 15:31:17 -0500 (CDT) > > >From: Christopher Winters <[log in to unmask]> > > > > > > > > >------------------ > > >The two Rand McNally stores in the city of Chicago are in fact still > > >in business. > > > > > >Chris Winters > > >University of Chicago Library > > > > > >On Wed, 16 Jul 2003, Johnnie Sutherland wrote: > > > > > > > -------- Original Message -------- > > > > Subject: Re: Rand McNally retail stores closed in Manhattan, > > elsewhere?] > > > > Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2003 14:51:39 -0500 > > > > From: Nat Case <[log in to unmask]> > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------ > > > > The Mall of America store seems to have closed. The store locator at > > > > http://www.randmcnally.com shows four stores in Chicago. > > > > > > > > Nat Case > > > > Minneapolis > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >-------- Original Message -------- > > > > >Subject: Rand McNally retail stores closed in Manhattan, elsewhere? > > > > >Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2003 14:58:20 -0400 > > > > >From: "ahudson" <[log in to unmask]> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >------------------ > > > > >Mapsters, > > > > > > > > > >We just realized recently that now both Rand McNally stores here > have > > > > >closed. I wonder about same in San Francisco and Washington DC, > > > > >elsewhere, > > > > >as in Chicago? When we call the local number we get referred to an > > 800 > > > > >number, and then to customer service if we ask for, say, a USGS > > > > >quadrangle... > > > > > > > > > >So I guess this is how their bankruptcy plays out? > > > > > > > > > >Alice C. Hudson > > > > >Chief, Map Division > > > > >The Humanities and Social Sciences Library > > > > >The New York Public Library > > > > >5th Avenue & 42nd Street, Room 117 > > > > >New York, NY 10018-2788 > > > > > > > > > >[log in to unmask]; 212-930-0589; fax 212-930-0027 > > > > > > > > > >http://nypl.org/research/chss/map/map.html > > > > > > > > > >The true meaning of life is to plant trees, > > > > > under whose shade you do not expect to sit. > > > > > - Nelson Henderson > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Nat Case > > > > Hedberg Maps, Inc > > > >