Books:
by Title: Nine Nine Eight
The Glory Days Of Buffalo Shopping
Many Buffalonians remember their first trip to a local store
to purchase a suit, prom dress, gift, or to sit on Santa's lap at
Christmas. The nostalgic new book Nine Nine Eight: The
Glory Days of Buffalo Shopping should help rekindle
those memories.
It goes beyond what may have been the city's most famous
street address: 998 Broadway, where the flagship Sattler's store
was located. This book is a fond history of all those gleaming
stores from Buffalo's robust years.
Local author Michael F. Rizzo has
created the first book devoted to the history of Buffalo's retail
stores and the people who started them.
Unfortunately for the mom and pops, or even the big
Buffalo stores, was that during the time the chains were in
Buffalo they adversely the landscape. All of the names we
grew up with suffered from the constant pummeling from the
bigger chains. We can lament their passing, but maybe we
should have shopped there instead of running out to grab that
discounted television from the chain store. Maybe a trip to
the old East Side neighborhood to buy that refrigerator would
have helped keep them in business. Maybe.
Rizzo added "the glory days may
have passed us by, but there are plenty of people who fondly
remember them."
The 168-page book includes over 100 photos, ads, and logos
from Buffalo's best-loved stores, and a comprehensive index.
ISBN: 978-1-4303-1386-1
$16.95
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