A reminder of a time in the city when window shopping at Garfinkel’s and the Hecht’s store were hallowed holiday customs.

Try before you buy: Republic's sunny Ivy City showroom opened in May across from the Hecht Warehouse.

It was taught in parochial school music classes in the dioceses of Pittsburgh, Altoona-Johnstown, Greensburg and Columbus, Ohio, said Hecht, “primarily where our sisters served.”