Garment District (store)

Garment District (store)

Many people think that the Garment District is a specific street in Boston devoted to clothing stores. But the Garment District is actually a department store located in a bright-pink building in Cambridge, MA. The Garment District Inc. opened in 1986, and houses an eclectic array of vintage and contemporary clothing. [http://boston.com/travel/boston/gallery/great_spaces?pg=11 Amazing Spaces - Boston.com ] ] The Garment District is also well known for its Dollar-A-Pound clothing store. [http://www.thecrimson.com/printerfriendly.aspx?ref=134823 The Harvard Crimson :: News :: Déjà Vogue ] ]

Cambridge's Garment District and Dollar-a-Pound are manifestations of the recycled clothes trend. And the history of the organization typifies that of the new generation of used clothing stores appearing across the country. Founded in the 1940s, the company produced "wiping clothes" (i.e. rags) to smoke stack industries, such as sugar manufacturing. The Garment District began as an offshoot of Harbor Textiles. In 1979 as demand began to rise for used clothing Dollar-A-Pound was opened - first on Saturdays only. Here you could come in and buy large quantities of clothing by the pound. No frills. No racks. No price tags. Instead of cutting used clothing up for wiping cloths it was now sold off as fashion. In the 1980s finding large quantities of vintage 1940s and 50s clothing at Dollar-A-Pound was commonplace. [ [http://www.bizjournals.com/boston/stories/1996/11/04/focus1.html Small Business - Boston Business Journal: ] ]

In 1986 as the demand for used and vintage clothing continued to rise The Garment District was born. Now in addition to Dollar-A-Pound both new & used clothing is sold on racks - tradional style. Except this place is still what it once was - a rag factory. Hundreds of thousands of pounds of clothing are still sorted on site. Though the cutting machines are now gone and wiping cloths are no longer produced much is still done the same way it was over 50 years ago. [http://www.cambridgema.gov/~Historic/L82%20Garment%20District%20draft.pdf]

In 2004 The Garment District was under threat of closure. The pressure to turn the buildings into residential condos almost succeeded. With help from the City of Cambridge, among others, The Garment District was able to acquire the buildings and as a result remain an integral part of the local community. [ [http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2006/01/22/garment_district_has_a_clothes_call/ Garment District has a clothes call - The Boston Globe ] ]

In 2007 The Garment District merged with Boston Costume.

----

[http://www.garmentdistrict.com] Link to garmentdistrict.com

[http://www.cambridgema.gov/~Historic/L82%20Garment%20District%20draft.pdf] Historical documentation of The Garment District buildings done by the Cambridge Historical Society (PDF)

Online articles on The Garment District

[http://travel.nytimes.com/travel/guides/north-america/united-states/massachusetts/boston/attraction-detail.html?vid=1154654664501] NYTimes travel guide

[http://www.harvardstudentagencies.com/ug/listing/default.asp?Category=Shops&ListingID=644] Harvard Student Agencies

[http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=510973] Harvard Crimson - Historic Garment District Saved

[http://www.townonline.com/cambridge/homepage/8999362572022770239] Cambridge Chronicle - Boston Costume Moves In

[http://media.www.dailyfreepress.com/media/storage/paper87/news/2002/10/31/Muse/Oh.No.Whatever.Am.I.Going.To.Wear-311915.shtml?sourcedomain=www.dailyfreepress.com&MIIHost=media.collegepublisher.com] Daily Free Press - Go To The Garment District For Halloween

[http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2006/01/22/garment_district_has_a_clothes_call/] Boston Globe - Garment District has a clothes call

[http://www.bcheights.com/home/index.cfm?event=displayArticle&ustory_id=00f1dc52-9f22-46f3-aafc-2c9ae96c9f31] BC Heights

[http://boston.com/travel/boston/gallery/great_spaces?pg=11] Boston.com Visitors Guide

[http://www.bizjournals.com/boston/stories/1996/11/04/focus1.html] Boston Business Journal

[http://www.thecrimson.com/printerfriendly.aspx?ref=134823] Harvard Crimson

References


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужен реферат?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Garment District — has several uses including:*Garment District, Manhattan in New York City *Garment District (store) in Cambridge, MA *Los Angeles Garment District *Garment District (Kansas City, Missouri) *Garment District, Lima *Garment District, MontrealIn the… …   Wikipedia

  • Garment district — has several uses including:*Garment District (store) *Los Angeles Garment District *Garment District, Manhattan *Garment District (Kansas City, Missouri) *Garment District, Lima …   Wikipedia

  • The Garment District — is a vintage clothing store in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and is well known for its affiliated Dollar A Pound clothing store. The Garment District started out as an offshoot of Harbor Textiles, a textile company which produced wiping cloths for… …   Wikipedia

  • Meatpacking District, Manhattan — Coordinates: 40°44′25″N 74°00′25″W / 40.7404°N 74.0070°W / 40.7404; 74.0070 …   Wikipedia

  • Ottawa Street (Hamilton, Ontario) — Ottawa street, is a Lower City arterial road in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. It starts off at Lawrence Road at the base of the Niagara Escarpment (mountain) and is a two way street throughout cutting through the Delta and Crown Point neighbourhoods …   Wikipedia

  • National Register of Historic Places listings in Manhattan from 14th to 59th Streets — Main article: National Register of Historic Places listings in New York County, New York This is a list of properties and districts in Manhattan from 14th to 59th Streets that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Map of all… …   Wikipedia

  • Chelsea, Manhattan — Chelsea, New York redirects here. For the upstate hamlet, see Chelsea, Dutchess County, New York. Chelsea Historic District U.S. National Register of Historic Places …   Wikipedia

  • Sidney Hillman — Infobox Person name = Sidney Hillman image size = 180px caption = birth date =birth date|1887|3|23|mf=y birth place =Zagare, Lithuania death date =death date and age|1946|7|10|1887|3|23|mf=y death place = Long Island, New York occupation = Labor… …   Wikipedia

  • Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America — The Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America was a United States labor union known for its support for social unionism and progressive political causes. Led by Sidney Hillman for its first thirty years, it helped found the Congress of Industrial… …   Wikipedia

  • Chinatown, Manhattan — Manhattan s Chinatown (simplified Chinese: 纽约华埠 ; traditional Chinese: 紐約華埠; pinyin: Niŭyuē Huá Bù), home to one of the highest concentrations of Chinese people in the Western hemisphere, is located in the borough of Manhattan in New York… …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”