My grandmother worked at this Meier & Frank store for 40 years. I distinctly remember seeing this display every year beginning in 1966 and ending in the early 1980s. Those memories are precious to me. Would love to see ot again, but I've lived on the opposite side of the country since the 90s.
@@joelfromportland Of course. I believe it was called an actual Monorail, except suspended from above. It would go over the entire toy department and onto the regular sales floor, then through various rooms decorated for kids. Christmas time was extra special because of the Christmas theme. It was always magical to visit the toy department. In retrospect, the only thing similar I've seen since is from a Harry Potter movie. I lived in Maupin for five years growing up and would spend every Christmas vacation in Portland. Such good memories.
@@joelfromportland For me, it was the 60s & 70s. By the 80s, I was 'too grown up' for it. Living outside the city meant that whenever my sister and I would come in for holiday visits, it made Portland all the more magical and exciting. I grew up on my grandmother's tales of being in a huge family during the Depression. She taught me so much about the history of Portland during her lifetime. She saw Portland grow; from horse and buggy days to trains, planes and automobiles.
My grandmother worked at this Meier & Frank store for 40 years. I distinctly remember seeing this display every year beginning in 1966 and ending in the early 1980s. Those memories are precious to me. Would love to see ot again, but I've lived on the opposite side of the country since the 90s.
Do you remember the overhead tram?
@@joelfromportland Of course. I believe it was called an actual Monorail, except suspended from above. It would go over the entire toy department and onto the regular sales floor, then through various rooms decorated for kids. Christmas time was extra special because of the Christmas theme. It was always magical to visit the toy department. In retrospect, the only thing similar I've seen since is from a Harry Potter movie. I lived in Maupin for five years growing up and would spend every Christmas vacation in Portland. Such good memories.
@samsmom1491 Cool someone else remembers it. I went in the mid 70s to 1980. Lloyd Center Christmas tree lighting as well.
@@joelfromportland For me, it was the 60s & 70s. By the 80s, I was 'too grown up' for it. Living outside the city meant that whenever my sister and I would come in for holiday visits, it made Portland all the more magical and exciting. I grew up on my grandmother's tales of being in a huge family during the Depression. She taught me so much about the history of Portland during her lifetime. She saw Portland grow; from horse and buggy days to trains, planes and automobiles.
Love it