tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1654329590294133998.post5076024820504180987..comments2024-02-12T00:45:00.928-05:00Comments on Shop the Garment District: A Bit O' Garment District Historymimi jacksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09046101113822427313noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1654329590294133998.post-55568756719197519332011-03-18T16:56:34.060-04:002011-03-18T16:56:34.060-04:00My grandmother worked as a secretary for a textile...My grandmother worked as a secretary for a textile company at Broadway & 41st from the 1930's - 50's. After WWII, they made car seat upholstery. We had yards of upholstery fabric remnants that my mother used to make curtains & bedspreads. I don't know what those fabrics were made of, but they were tough as could be and wore like steel. They don't make 'em like that any more. <br /><br />Grandma was still working somewhere in the Garment District when I was little. She sent me knit skirt & sweater sets that her company made. I never visited her at work, but I do remember seeing racks of garments being pushed through the streets of Midtown in the 1960's. I can still hear the rattle that the wheels of the racks made. And being a kid from "the suburbs," it was always fascinating to see clothing on the move like that.<br /><br />That's my own little Garment District history. :)QuiltBnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1654329590294133998.post-90126794609760817532011-03-17T15:37:12.404-04:002011-03-17T15:37:12.404-04:00First - thank you for inviting me to go with you t...First - thank you for inviting me to go with you to the lecture. It was really interesting...so now I know the union side and the real estate side of how the garment district came to be!<br /><br />...and as for St. Patty's Day...*sigh* I know whatcha mean!Carolyn (Diary of a Sewing Fanatic)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02204627216540667980noreply@blogger.com