Comments on: Our first blog post!

By: Al Botti

Al Botti — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 00:29:42 +0000

Congratulations on a great job well done As a worker at the old Sears located in down town Framingham the rumors abounded like wild fire. Who would go, who would stay, the store will close the store won’t close. As it turned out a selected group from store personal was choosen to go to the new store. I was not one of them. However as it turned out, our OLD store constantly outdid, saleswise, the new store, thanks inpart to our regular longtime customers who stayed with us, bless them.
I was very disappointed in that I could not attend the S.W day at the center. However I am sending by mail, some photos that I took of the last days of S.W (and two others). They are yours to keep, hope you enjoy them…….al botti

By: Karen LaChance

Karen LaChance — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 18:35:30 +0000

Enjoyed the blog. I worked in the toy department at Christmas in 1960 or ’61. The noise level was defeaning – they would wind up all the mechanical toys and there would be a cacophony of sound 24/7 – of course as a teenager I thought it was great fun!! The department was on the middle level near the restrooms and the blueberry muffins – we enjoyed the fragrance of the bakery. I remember my feet killing me from the concrete floors with hard rubber (or asbestoes) tile – no carpeting.

By: Andrea

Andrea — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 15:47:38 +0000

I also very much enjoyed the architect (I’m sorry — I forgot his name) whose trenchant observations regarding the changing nature of the concept of the “town square” opened the program. In Framingham, the first town square was the Center Green, which was followed by the downtown business district and eventually Shopper’s World. In each case, the new “town square” reflected a changing world and changing values.