CINCINNATI

For the sake of nostalgia, I offer the list of stores that we contained in Swifton Shopping Center when in opened in 1956.  It was the first big center in the area which drew shoppers away from the downtown city center.  Only a few of the business survive today.  The property has been completely leveled.  I went there often.  This is the development in which the Trump family involved.

The Cotton Shop

Baker's Shoes

Obermeyer Meats

The Colony Restaurant (Fine dining)

Eastern Hills Camara

Fenten Dry Cleaners

Fifth Third Union Trust Bank

Franklin Simon (High end women's clothes)

Frisco's Hardware and Appliances

Fun Spots

Goldsmith's (ladies cloths)

Household Finance Corp

Klosterman's Bake Shop

S.S. Kresge (small department store) (Kresge became K-Mart much later)

Kroger's 

Leo's Store (auto parts)

Liberal Market (Kroger competitor)

Lillian's (High end women's clothes)

Loft's Candy

Ludwig's Shoes

Max's Gentry Shop

G.C.Murphy (small department store)

Murray's Beauty Salon

Neumark Melody Center (record store)

Normandie Hats (strictly women's hats)

One Hour Valet (dry cleaner)

Pasquale's Pizza (#1 in town at the time)

Pennington Restaurant (cafeteria)

Queen City Optical

Richman Brothers (men's clothes)

Rogers Toy Shop

Rollman's (large department store)

Schiff's Shoes

Slenderama (women's figure salon)

Squires (men's clothing for younger men)

SOHIO  (2) (service stations)

Tasty Bird Farms (Poultry shop)

Thom Mcan (shoes)

Walgreen's

Walsh Shoe Repair

Wilbur Rogers (women's and childrens clothes)

Wilson Paint

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