Three Sisters Antique Mall, Illinois, United States

5Taylor B 5:00 PM Dec 12, 2013

Lots of history in old Blue Island
Blue Island is one of the oldest suburbs in the Chicago area. My wife and I were born and raised there and graduated from high school in 1958. The shopping area on Western Avenue was thriving in those days with two motion picture theaters, a bowling alley, boutiques, Woolworth's, Hart's Drugs Store, Klein's, Bette Hermann's, Watland's, Leutemeyer's, A & P, White Castle, Taub's, Homan's. But times have changed. Much of downtown is owned by St. Francis Hospital, buildings and parking lots. The theaters closed. Woolworth's became the Three Sisters Antique Mall. Only the White Castle remains. We live in downtown Chicago but still make occasional trips to our hometown. You can't pass up White Castle hamburgers. And we always stop at the Three Sisters Antique Mall. Twenty-five years ago, my wife purchased two sterling silver napkin ring holders. It was the beginning of her collection. Today, she has 44 of them. You can't find sterling silver napkin ring holders today -- and we've spent time at antique malls from Virginia to Florida trying to find them. The Three Sisters also has an expansive library of old books, hard cover and paperback. I never cease to find at least one or two per visit. The two-story building is well kept, well organized and features something of everything that the well-intentioned antique seeker would be looking for...books, magazines, silver, furniture, clothing apparel, crystal, pottery, toys, china, silverware, artwork. We've only been to one other antique mall in the country that is comparable, in Strasburg, Virginia. We appreciate spending time in an antique mall where it is obvious from the minute you walk in the showroom that the proprietors have taken the time to turn their property into a showroom instead of a warehouse. Three Sisters is one of those.

4Bonnie T 5:00 PM Aug 7, 2017

Bad in Time
nice place to go walk around and look at all the antique's have alot of things to look and you can buy alot of nice things and its great