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Kenmore (Score:1)

by n1vux (1492)

Thank you, your TPR DBA address in Chicago may explain (finally) why Chicago-based Sears sells Kenmore [sears.com] appliances. Us Boston folk have wondered if their old, elegant Regional admin and warehouse at 309-401 Park Drive / 201 Brookline Ave [emporis.com] (near Kenmore Sq and Fenway Park, now the "Landmark Center" [brunercott.com], a urban-mall theatre/Staples/BestBuy) was really that great an influence on a Chicago chain. If the Sears household appliance line is named for a street in Chicago, or the town the street is named for, that make

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- Re:Kenmore (Score:2)
  
  by brian_d_foy (44) <brian.d.foy@gmail.com> on 2005.01.17 23:09 (#37577) Homepage Journal
  
  I think the streets are named for the appliances. I've been trying to find out the origins for the names of the streets around me, but I haven't figured out Kenmore yet.
  
  There are an amazing number of household names that come out of Chicago though. This month's Chicago magazine goes through most of the roster. :)
  
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