Friday, August 25, 2006

Lloyd Center Mall jewelry store


Portland, Oregon - circa 1960s

The sparkling, swinging '60s interior of the Stevens & Son jewelry store in Lloyd Center Mall, dubbed in those days: "The world's largest shopping center jewelry store". Bet there's a lot of great vintage bling in there.

Mall history: 1960 - present
Current website: here
Info from Wikipedia
Current aerial view
Previous entries: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6



12 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

I would love to have one of those sunburst clocks.

Fri Aug 25, 09:32:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Vintage bling! LOL!

Fri Aug 25, 11:49:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I thought it was pretty cool and seeing those old dresses were cool too, it's like how the average woman shopped! Lol!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Fri Aug 25, 06:14:00 PM  
Blogger Livemalls said...

That is one massive jewelry store, but back in the day they used to sell a whole lot more than jewelry. :-)

Sat Aug 26, 12:41:00 AM  
Blogger kyramac said...

My mother worked there when I was in high school. That was in the days of big ratted hairdos, jeweled shoes, big jewelry, and over-the-top glitz. Stevens and Sons was "the" place for jewelry and expensive gifts. They carried Wedgwood and Waterford, but they also had the corner on tacky "nouveau riche" doo-dads and trinkets. The owner kept a large cage full of parakeets back in the customer service area and they were always talking and squawking in the background. I remember it well!

Sat Aug 26, 03:59:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

This is almost like a museum to me. I'd be afraid to raise my voice!

Sun Aug 27, 04:01:00 PM  
Blogger Patrick said...

I worked there for years. It was a shame to see the company die. So many good people

Fri May 07, 12:09:00 PM  
Blogger jan said...

Cora, it DID have parakeets.. I worked there in the 70's, and Mr. Steven's had his birds.. :)

Tue Mar 15, 04:15:00 PM  
Blogger Unknown said...

I worked there for years in the 70's. How did it die?

Fri Jun 10, 11:07:00 PM  
Blogger NalaMom said...

I worked at the Jantzen Beach location as a teen... loved my job and was fired by lorene grrrr.... I was sometimes late because I was a kid with no car... in fact I lied and said I was 16 ... I was only 15.... hehe

Wed Jan 01, 02:34:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Loved shopping there with my parents.

Thu Aug 03, 06:51:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I worked there in the 80's as a giftware buyer. I was hired away by a bigger company just before Larry Stevens made a poor judgement call to leave the Mall. The business folded not long after. It's too bad. The mall actually gave him money to help remodel the space. He took the money they gave him and left the mall.

Tue Nov 28, 06:07:00 PM  

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