Carson Pirie Scott

Yea! Finally, this incredible building will be able to house a store which truly deserves it! Looking forward to the future. ..

Another American tragedy. On my visit to Chicago this time around, I was really amazed at the amount of places closing down. I visited the new Macy’s on State, formerly Marshall Fields, Petersen’s Ice Cream in Oak Park which is shutting down, and Carson Pirie Scott, which is in the freaking history books, shutting down as well. Saks it taking it. Sigh… I really look at Chicago like one of America’s great cities with lots of original stuff going on. I hope it doesn’t get taken over by chains for at LEAST another century. Apparently that’s not going to happen. This building is BEAUTIFUL. See it up close for yourself. I wish I didn’t have to rush my shopping experience here. Had to catch a plane. This place is so big that it had a Ticketmaster on one of the floors, a post office inside, an ice cream shoppe, a custom tailor section, an awesome men’s section that I wish my boyfriend had taken more advantage of, amongst the many floors of your average men’s/women’s/petites/kids/furniture/kitchenware/hosiery, ETC!!! Go now, they have Godiva on SALE. When do you EVER see that!!! Get it now, this location closes toMORROW!

Sad to see this store go. I was there on Saturday and it was empty compared to Macy’s. But what I didn’t find at Macy’s I found it there and even on sale. The store looks soooo sad inside now. The lighting is dim and in the kids department the racks were pretty empty. I did get a great bargain on kids clothes and the cashier was sooo nice and even hooked it up with a coupon he had. The sales there were fantastic! :-(

I will be so sad to see Carson’s gone from the loop. It was a great place to dash out at lunchtime for a quick gift. Also, Yana gives a great bikini and eyebrow wax! Love the Yellow Dot Clearance sale!! Big bargains if you are in the mood to look through a lot of stuff to find a keeper!

It’s really sad to see this store go, though i was never really a fan. To me, it just seemed dingy and dark inside… but they had decent sales!
i always preferred marshall field’s over carson’s…but now they’re both gone…=(

It’s closing! I can’t believe that it’s closing down. It was a decent department store, nothing special but it still upsets me that it’s closing down. What’s happening to Chicago department stores? First Marshall Fields, now Carsons? I hope Nordstroms or Bloomingdales isn’t next!

I just moved into an apartment across the street between both Carsons and Fields. Since I am in such close proximity to both, I’ve been able to stop into each of them several times. While Fields obviously has the better selection, you pay for it. As many reviewers have already stated, Carsons has much better sales. I purchased two pairs of shoes, two pairs of pants, four nice shirts, 6 undershirts, dress socks, a belt, and a whole boatload of other clothing for my new job all for around $ 400 total after all the special sales. Overall the place is worth a look.

I had wonderful service by the guy downstairs in Men’s suit section. This guy was very good at what he does and found couple of suits that I really liked. But recently I can’t believe the way I was treated because maybe my status of t-​shirt and jeans with my hat backward was yelling out «don’t help this guy because he looks like he has no money»
I went to the same guy but on a Sunday with my regular leisure clothes on looking forward to receiving same service. But this time he wasn’t as helpful and told me that he is going to lunch. At 3:30pm? I walked around for about 20 minutes but no help from this guy. He didn’t leave to go to lunch; he was helping another customer who was wearing nicer clothes. I left with bad taste and no more business from me.

I no longer go to this store. I had such a horrible time the last few times I went I just gave up. The service in the shoe department and juniors dept. is horrible plain and simple. I asked for another size and the shoe sales associate told me they didnt have any more and to choose another shoe (with attitude and waved his hand in the air).

The façade on this building is remarkable. It’s festivley decorated for the holidays this time of year.

I shopped at Carson’s in high school. I dont think it even compares to Marshall Fields which is down the street but they always have good sales…

Carson’s has some of the best sales ever… especially their yellow dot sales for approaching season end merchandise. Where else can you get three capri pants and six skirts (all name brand mind you) for under $ 40. Keep your eye out for coupons in Sunday papers too. The selection is close to Fields, but a little less than. The sales more than make up for it.

I had never heard of this store before coming to Chicago but was pleasantly surprised. its really nothing special, just another department store but they’ve got a wide selection of everything at reasonable prices

The architecure is defitnetly to be seen. But what brings most here is the clothing, the atmosphere and the great variety of household items and furnishings. They are a competitor of Marshall Fields and they try really hard to keep up with them. I’m sure Carson’s has it’s own customers that are loyal to them. I enjoy shopping here and think overall it’s a very good store with alot to offer, but I prefer Fields.

I got so lost here — it’s confusing and did you know? they have a ticketmaster and a post office here too! But they have great sales and I found my bedding here for a super cheap steal! I got a king size down comforter set for less than $ 100

The Carson Pirie Scott department store stands on State and Madison, the central intersection for the city’s address numbering grid. Designed by the great Louis Sullivan, the store features large display windows and impossibly lacy ornamentation on the lower levels. I stumble upon good men’s sales on the second floor, and if you need a suitcase check out their basement.

Strangely, Carson seems hidden to me amongst all the other behemoth stores in the financial district. I literally stumbled upon it one day. The bargains aren’t all that great — you can get better ones at TJMax or Old Navy — but go here sometime anyway.

I have to say, Carson does sales well… they don’t get the attention but this store is on par with Marshall fields. You can always count on a bargain here.