tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9879987.post259460789480514890..comments2024-02-17T17:56:26.165-05:00Comments on LiveMalls: The Many Faces of Belk, Monroe, North CarolinaLivemallshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01567198484359363455noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9879987.post-32110273487482923812008-03-26T00:48:00.000-04:002008-03-26T00:48:00.000-04:00Both stores went through a some pretty heavy rebra...Both stores went through a some pretty heavy rebranding efforts in that era, but I doubt Balk and JCPenney's efforts were interrelated.Livemallshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01567198484359363455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9879987.post-80088349316791307962008-03-25T14:58:00.000-04:002008-03-25T14:58:00.000-04:00Interesting pictures of the Monroe Belk over the y...Interesting pictures of the Monroe Belk over the years, thanks for sharing those! It also interests me too that they once called their stores Belk's, as it reminds me a bit of back when all the J.C. Penney stores were instead called Penney's.<BR/><BR/>Wonder if that gave J.C. Penney the idea to drop the Penney's name(as I remember reading somewhere that they dropped that name in '71). Hmmm.....dumpstermcnuggetshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12347538597321504780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9879987.post-9938033565791618122008-02-20T01:25:00.000-05:002008-02-20T01:25:00.000-05:00Thanks for the comments, guys. there's more pictu...Thanks for the comments, guys. there's more pictures of Monroe to come, when I get a chance to post them :-)<BR/><BR/>Dave: It was signed as and called "Belk's" from at least the 1920s through 1968. The late '60s saw a massive reimaging campaign that created the original "Big B" logo and formally dropped the apostrophe.Livemallshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01567198484359363455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9879987.post-47836380156606471062008-02-18T18:44:00.000-05:002008-02-18T18:44:00.000-05:00The 1960's Monroe exterior is a real classic. I've...The 1960's Monroe exterior is a real classic. I've never seen it called "Belk's" before.<BR/><BR/>Belk is an impressive company - they definitely seem to be in much stronger shape than most of the remaining department store competition.Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07788722183424550052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9879987.post-31037711113970174302008-02-14T22:57:00.000-05:002008-02-14T22:57:00.000-05:00The building is still there. I believe it is curre...The building is still there. I believe it is currently a law office. Looks about the same as when it was a Belk. The back top of the building still has "Belk" painted across the brick. Downtown Monroe hasn't changed much at all through the years--it is a very well preserved downtown. The store is still Belk 001.Pat R.https://www.blogger.com/profile/03904273933358967662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9879987.post-11739527098251185162008-02-14T21:22:00.000-05:002008-02-14T21:22:00.000-05:00So what happened to the downtown store physically....So what happened to the downtown store physically..is the building still there? What's it used for now?<BR/><BR/>And if I recall correctly, this store still carries the number 1.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com