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<p>[QUOTE="SBSVC, post: 1352805, member: 136"]Just found this:</p><p><br /></p><p><i>And speaking of elegant, memories of McDonald’s jewelry store must be mentioned. First they were tucked away in a corner at the Mayfair movies. Then they moved across the way on Frankford Avenue on the ground floor and then moved upstairs to a second or third floor. When you walked in there you knew you were in some place very special. The first thing you would see as you stepped in the store was an imposing grandfather clock. You would have to stop and readjust yourself to this elegant world away from the world. The atmosphere was so quiet, clean and elegant and the service was personal and dignified. One day the sales lady there explained to me what Krementz was. I recently spoke to a jeweler and he said that, today, know one knows how it was made. Despite the imposing elegance of McDonald’s you could buy affordable pieces of gold-filled jewelry for $10 to $12 there as well as high-end pieces. Is there even such a thing as gold-filled anymore?</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>f</i>rom: <a href="https://philadelphianeighborhoods.com/2011/02/21/northeast-mayfair-then-and-now/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://philadelphianeighborhoods.com/2011/02/21/northeast-mayfair-then-and-now/" rel="nofollow">https://philadelphianeighborhoods.com/2011/02/21/northeast-mayfair-then-and-now/</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="SBSVC, post: 1352805, member: 136"]Just found this: [I]And speaking of elegant, memories of McDonald’s jewelry store must be mentioned. First they were tucked away in a corner at the Mayfair movies. Then they moved across the way on Frankford Avenue on the ground floor and then moved upstairs to a second or third floor. When you walked in there you knew you were in some place very special. The first thing you would see as you stepped in the store was an imposing grandfather clock. You would have to stop and readjust yourself to this elegant world away from the world. The atmosphere was so quiet, clean and elegant and the service was personal and dignified. One day the sales lady there explained to me what Krementz was. I recently spoke to a jeweler and he said that, today, know one knows how it was made. Despite the imposing elegance of McDonald’s you could buy affordable pieces of gold-filled jewelry for $10 to $12 there as well as high-end pieces. Is there even such a thing as gold-filled anymore?[/I] [I] f[/I]rom: [URL]https://philadelphianeighborhoods.com/2011/02/21/northeast-mayfair-then-and-now/[/URL][/QUOTE]
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