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SpaceLord_Katze t1_j97tp40 wrote

100% better than an abandoned building.

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Scuzzy_Beta t1_j990qwz wrote

Agreed. Walking down that block of Smithfield I couldn't help feel sad looking up at the broken windows I used to look out of as a kid. Even if people have complaints with the Target, it's still a net positive.

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Entire-Job7656 t1_j99cvzs wrote

Absolutely no doubt, but when I'm downtown I always wish those big department stores were still around. I know they aren't viable anymore, but there will always be something special about them to me. Especially around Christmas. But you're completely right, at least it's serving a purpose.

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Mikez63 t1_j9afh1b wrote

As someone who lives downtown, it’s been really nice to have some grocery options.. they have a lot packed into this little target

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betucsonan t1_j9cu1t2 wrote

Absolutely - when I last lived in Pittsburgh I lived Downtown in the Roosevelt building and found myself in that terrible Burlington Coat Factory far too often. Would be nicer to have something with a local connection, but a Target right there would have been a huge upgrade.

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AmlyGry t1_j97q6ne wrote

RIP Kaufmanns and Macys

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ChinaLouise t1_j97fqq5 wrote

I just recently found out there's a target downtown. I live less than two miles from downtown. As you can see, I don't get out much

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SteelCityIrish t1_j97h5jf wrote

So… finally a “grocery store” downtown? 🤣🤣🤣

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ChinaLouise t1_j97hmzb wrote

How long has it been there?

You'll probably say something like "several years" lol

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bobbycherry t1_j97na5j wrote

Target officially opened in the summer of 2022. The building also has a hotel (which opened in 2019) and several floors of apartments. There is still retail space open. Plus, Burlington is moving down the street and a Five Below is coming. New life for this Pittsburgh gem!

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ChinaLouise t1_j97seie wrote

Five below is coming downtown? Makes me want to actually cross a bridge

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thunderGunXprezz t1_j9849ep wrote

Surge pounder cans and cheap screen protectors? I'm fucking there!

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ChinaLouise t1_j98df80 wrote

I saw pregnancy tests at dollar tree once. One dollar pregnancy tests. Imagine that

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highonfuk t1_j9abx94 wrote

I got a pair of big ass headphones from five below in Robinson thinking if the sound sucks, whatever. They sound fucking great. Just as good as a pair that i actually paid good money for. Fuck. Totally down for five

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SteelCityIrish t1_j97iel6 wrote

Oh I don’t know, I haven’t been back in 13 years… but I also know there’s been a constant push to try since the 90’s.

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ChinaLouise t1_j97iof9 wrote

There was some kind of food 4 less or save a lot or something like that on the hill, but it was shut down before the pandemic. I think the closest actual grocery store would be either Oakland or south side. And south side isn't what it used to be

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SteelCityIrish t1_j97r7tk wrote

Right on. I always assumed the N. Side Giant Eagle was the downtown grocery support.

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PorkyWallace t1_j97offf wrote

There was a nice Shop N Save in the Hill District, built at a cost of $8 million. It closed in 2019 due to shoplifting, crime and the general negative effects of locating a nice store in a hostile neighborhood.

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tesla3by3 t1_j97v7up wrote

Salem’s is planning to open a store at that site sometime this year.

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dorothy_zbornakk t1_j989kmq wrote

that’s not true at all. it closed because the lease holder didn’t pay the property taxes on it. https://www.wtae.com/article/shop-n-save-in-pittsburgh-hill-district-will-close/26432615

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tesla3by3 t1_j995p27 wrote

The article says the owner of the property did not pay the property taxes. The leaseholder (SnS owner)was paying the rent as agreed, which includes the property taxes. It was the landlord who never sent the tax payments in.

I’m guessing this enabled the tenant to get out of the lease. If they really wanted to keep the store open they could have worked something out with the landlord.

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ChinaLouise t1_j97s4o0 wrote

Ok, so it was a Shop and Save. That's what I was referring to but for some reason though it was a discount grocery

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rangel01 t1_j98k680 wrote

There's goona be a new five and below next to it too.

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Whywaitwhat t1_j98oy61 wrote

Tbh it's not the worst selection. Prices are about right. 🤷

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SteelCityIrish t1_j98r9z7 wrote

I’m not complaining…

I remember N. Side G.E., S.S. G.E., Shop N Save @ Bloomfield Bridge, Center Ave G.E… now it’s been a while, so maybe I am forgetting things… but this was what you had from downtown.

Up to Mt. Wu if you wanted all that noise.

Like was there not a grocery at the lower end of Carson, a la 10th? Seems wild now…

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kindofkelly t1_j98b87o wrote

they’re opening a five below next door to target eventually too… big happenings lol

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Jazzlike_Breadfruit9 t1_j98ctkn wrote

I am sure that will attract a lot of people to downtown /s

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hybrid_throwaway_ t1_j98jaun wrote

not gonna lie, when they open that five below i'll definitely be going there often lol

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UselessLezbian t1_j9a8ff2 wrote

We live in as far south as you can get and still be in Allegheny, and my mom and I did make it a point to stop at the downtown target. 😂 She has a lot more memories of everything it was before, and wanted to check it out.

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kindofkelly t1_j9d16bg wrote

i mean…. imma go there and spend all my money on blind bags during my lunch breaks so

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SWPenn t1_j97aztx wrote

It will always be the Kaufmanns clock. It's still the Marshall Field's clock in Chicago and there's no Marshall Field's anymore, either,

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Generic_userxx t1_j98be5r wrote

When Macy's took over, they said "we'll just call it the Macy's Clock!" Uh no, that's not gonna happen.

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spectraphysics t1_j97m1rw wrote

The first time I walked into this new Target it hurt as I remembered what the layout was when it was Kaufmann's. That building will always be Kaufmann's for me. I miss roaming through all the floors.

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AmlyGry t1_j97qczj wrote

I agree with you 100%. I miss the days of roaming the floors and finding bargains. The holiday decor excitement.

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JustHereForTheSaul t1_j98j7gx wrote

The never-ending escalators. Trying to find your mom using them. "Did I go up three sets of escalators or four? Is this women's wear or furniture? Where does that highway go to? Am I right? Am I wrong? MY GOD! WHAT HAVE I DONE?"

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bobbycherry t1_j97n1x1 wrote

I love and miss this Kaufmann's so much. I had mixed emotions, remembering all of the floors and all of the fun. I am so so so so happy to see the building have a new life. I will also forever miss Kaufmann's.

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MaybeADumbass t1_j97t8dl wrote

When I first moved to Pittsburgh I got a second job as seasonal help there (Christmas 1999). On my first shift, someone dropped me off in front of some shirts and said "straighten this up" and then they left me there with nothing to do for the rest of the night.

I asked every employee who came by what else I could do and they always said they'd ask but I don't think I ever saw the same person twice. After 3 hours of boredom I decided it wasn't worth it and just went home, then I dodged their calls for a week when they tried to schedule me for more shifts.

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Willow-girl t1_j98j0vv wrote

Where can I find a job like that now? lol

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Yomama-22 t1_j992dgt wrote

Costco has full time clothes folders.

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Willow-girl t1_j99ui0v wrote

I've heard it's really hard to get hired at Costco since they pay well. They probably don't have a lot of turnover as a result.

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Ok_Addendum_2775 t1_j9a9gg7 wrote

Today you would have so much to do that you may possibly won’t be able to finish it and if not, they would Fire you.

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Entire-Job7656 t1_j99dg9j wrote

It's funny, I was downtown this weekend and had a very similar thought walking through the Union Trust building. Thinking of all the people who passed through that building at one time. And how now people make memories there in different ways. But eventually whether it be because we'll kill each other off, or that we'll figure out how to leave Earth to colonize other worlds, it's likely all this that we've built will sit empty and then eventually reclaimed until there's virtually no trace they were ever there and all.

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booksgamesandstuff t1_j98dhpq wrote

They called Star Lake so many different names over the years, but we persisted. ;) It’s now Star lake again. I say, don’t give up, never give in. We are Pittsburgh!

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Fearless-Law-4916 t1_j9bm921 wrote

Im still gonna call the stadium 3 rivers.

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booksgamesandstuff t1_j9bnixr wrote

I do too, but mostly just The Stadium. Everyone knows what that means.

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Fearless-Law-4916 t1_j9bnxfj wrote

We are fiercely loyal here. I was talking last night about how Kennywood switched ketchup suppliers to Hunts and I think that lasted less than 2 weeks.

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BonnieIndigo t1_j978lyn wrote

No. No, I refuse. “Acrisure Stadium” is bad enough, but this is a bridge too far.

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Ceekay151 t1_j97mxi0 wrote

Nope...It'll always be the Kauffman's clock

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metracta t1_j981gww wrote

Hey, glad to see something. The romanticism of the old city is coming back, in the form of….Target

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rialucia t1_j99ksnm wrote

I’m glad to see something there. I worked downtown from 2014-2020 and saw the fall of Macy’s and subsequent emptiness, which both saddened and annoyed me greatly. Downtown is rife with higher end men’s clothing stores and has no equivalent for women’s wear; it was bizarre and off-putting. Not to mention I missed having a place to shop for household merch that wasn’t a tired old Burlington Coat Factory.

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Subject-Lecture-9367 t1_j9a5fhk wrote

Living downtown it’s so fucking nice that I can get decent groceries and vegan shit there, all without having to walk that far to my car to drive 30 minutes anyway.

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RedneckLiberace t1_j9azh5n wrote

The Target looks whole lot better than windows with plywood over them.

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Fallingsquirrel1 t1_j9aj5jo wrote

What if we kissed under the target clock? 😳

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Ok_Addendum_2775 t1_j98aos4 wrote

I meet my first love under that clock, there and in the undergarments department! Lol

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CandlelitHair t1_j9ba8rg wrote

I worked at the Lush in Macy's, I'm pretty sure it was Christmas of 2009. I loved that store. A bit young/didn't live in the city at the time to remember Kaufmann's.

Things change, but I will always love that clock. Better to save the historic building and the memories than have a gaping hole or another expensive parking lot that doesn't do much else.

Just my thoughts. Maybe I'm getting old.

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booksgamesandstuff t1_j9bhqti wrote

What I miss about Kaufmann’s is the bakery on their balcony. Mmm..the custard pies, the multitude of Christmas cookies, Italian and French breads. I also miss their fabrics in their sewing department, some beautiful stuff I could never afford at the time.

I will always carry my fear of elevators because of Kaufmann’s… Was on a packed one when it stopped at a floor, doors didn’t quite open but the car proceeded to drop 6-8”. It caught and went back up, but when the doors opened I never saw so many people empty an elevator that fast.

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wild_flower_88 t1_j997d2f wrote

I'm avoiding that area of town.

Impulse buyer 😵

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mandyjd t1_j9bvh1w wrote

That Kaufman's was a magically "fancy" place for a girl from 84 - until I worked there during the Christmas season in college. Then it filled me with a burning hate. Still miss the Xmas display windows though.

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blondecomet t1_j9d4gax wrote

Just doesn’t have the same ring to it. 😞

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Drcynic22 t1_j9dhexq wrote

The Target Timepiece.

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Jimmyzgirl t1_j9gd4ty wrote

I met a guy under Kaufmanns clock at Noon in 1991 we spent the next 25 years in a wild romantic relationship. ❤️

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bobbycherry t1_j97mt1a wrote

Delete this, you troll.

(also, calm dahn, folks. I know this rabble-rouser in real life. haha.)

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jgrumiaux t1_j97rtaz wrote

This place smells like a gym locker room.

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Logical-Rip-8138 t1_j98hhlr wrote

You have to pay to park there to shop. Who needs that BS?

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liersi35 t1_j99krr2 wrote

So I helped open this store, but left in September. Unless they changed it, you can get a voucher at guest services for parking, but you have to actually buy something.

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69FunnyNumberGuy420 t1_j9aqf4a wrote

It's funny how mad people get about having to pay to stick their car somewhere.
 
If parking were free all of downtown would be a parking lot.

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Logical-Rip-8138 t1_j9aymwm wrote

Where did I say that I had a problem paying for parking in other spots downtown? Stop assuming things about me.

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69FunnyNumberGuy420 t1_j9b2o7n wrote

Downtown's a square mile, you can park anywhere and walk to Target.

 

> Stop assuming things about me

 
I can only judge you by what you post, and I've judged that you are Mad About Parking.

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Logical-Rip-8138 t1_j9b60is wrote

That’s a really convenient idea…I will find a free space a half mile away and carry 3-4 shopping bags that distance after I leave target. Why didn’t I think of that?

No thanks, I will stick with the free parking at their suburban locations if I choose to shop there.

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69FunnyNumberGuy420 t1_j9b67va wrote

If you were going to do that to begin with, what's the point of coming in here to bitch about parking?
 

Americans lose their fucking minds if they're not allowed to go portal to portal in their cars, and god forbid they have to walk a few blocks. No wonder we look the way we do.

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Logical-Rip-8138 t1_j9b6oyc wrote

Now you are assuming that I have lost my mind too? You should really learn how to talk to people. Have a nice day!

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chuckie512 t1_j9bwhnv wrote

If you're driving, go to a different target. This one is much smaller than the normal ones anyway.

It's a shop for people who are already downtown, not a destination itself.

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