By Carol Tannenhauser
P.C. Richard & Son, the family-owned electronics, appliance, and mattress retailer, is moving its longtime location on West 87th Street and Broadway to the former location of the shoe seller DSW on West 79th Street and Broadway, West Side Rag learned from Commercial Observer, which wrote:
Before DSW, the space was home to the former department store chain Filene’s Basement, which closed in 2011, according to Crain’s. P.C. Richard plans to relocate to its new home in mid-2023, according to JLL (JLL)’s Erin Grace, who brokered the deal for P.C. Richard with Hilary Sievers.
”P.C. Richard & Son is excited to continue to serve the customers of the Upper West Side for many years to come,” Grace said in a statement.
Look for more information in WSR’s Openings and Closings tomorrow.
Aren’t we in mid-2023 right now?
There are construction workers toiling on the roof of that building today. From my window, they appear to be dismantling and removing old duct work, ventilation units, and such.
Good question. We’re following up.
The space next to PC Richard has been empty forever. If those two can be combined, that is one really big space if someone wants it. Or a big burden on the Belnord’s finances of two big empty storefronts, though having the one on 86th empty for years hasn’t seemed to bother them.
Starbucks took half the space on 86th Street that has been empty for years so you can no longer join the PC Richards space and that long empty space.
Anyone remember when Woolworth’s was at his location?
Yeah: It was Woolworths, Filenes, a toy store. I may have missed one.
It was Woolworths and then that toy store and then Filenes and then DSW
That toy store was Kiddie City Toys.
*Lionel* Kiddie City Toys. Yes, vaguely and tenuously related to That Lionel Corp. (Curse you. Roy Cohn).
“By the early 1980s, Lionel operated some 150 stores,[17] under the names Lionel Kiddie City, Lionel Playworld, and Lionel Toy Warehouse. For a time it was the second-largest toy store chain in the United States.”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lionel_Corporation
Don’t forget it was another electronic store? It was Circuit City before they went bankrupt.
Circuit City was on 80th Street. DSW was on the 79th Street.
PC Richards is a great alternative to ordering online, prices are very competitive and they have a hard working local delivery staff.
I’ve been pleased with appliances from PC Richards and with the repair service they contract on appliances.
me too
A lot of folks lament Amazon taking over big chunks of commerce and putting smaller businesses out of the game, but you have to put your money where your mouth is. P.C. Richard & Son along with B&H Photo Video are great hometown retailers that are always price competitive and have great customer service. They deserve local support.
Yes, they are family owned businesses.
I was hoping a nice supermarket on that location. W80s don’t have good groceries options
Keyfoods is opening up on Broadway and 88th street sometime in 2023.
Zabar’s owns that building and they will never, ever, ever let any food into that space. Also, by the time the Morton William’s and the H-Mart opens, the neighborhood will be vastly oversupplied with food stores. Too bad they are all concentrated in the 70s. But still lots and lots of choices.
The new space will be great for them, it’s huge. A little further down for me, but I’ll go the distance!
I believe there was a pool hall on the 2nd floor of the building in the 1970s and/or the late 1960s.
Yes! Billiards.
the toy store was Lionel’s
i agree with Nacho. A super market would have been GREAT
This is a win-win for everyone. I was afraid that the lovely human scale corner
would become a Too Tall…..
I’m surprised the Zabars are not tearing down the building to sell to a condo developer. I wonder why not??
They’d have to destroy Banksy’s “Hammer Boy” on the W. 79th St side of the building.
The market for luxury condos is in oversupply and interest rates are moving up. Probably can’t sell it for desired price.
Don’t give them any ideas
Although I shop at PC Richards (only game in town), I have found the service to be very inconsistent, with some of the sales people downright dismissive. Who are the helpful salespeople? I’d like to connect with them in the future.
The old timers will remember that the space at the NE corner of Broadway and 79th street was occupied by Woolworths 5 and 10 cent store for many years.
Why did DSW leave that space? I wish they would come back to the UWS. Ordering shoes online is not the same as trying them on in the store.
I think the Belnord space was an unused basement, where they use to have horse stalls and such, before they converted into retail space. PC Richard I believe was the first and only tenant for that space. Most of the space is in the basement, so not ideal for most retailers.