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Men's Store Gets The Right Fit
Meeting David Iglow is like jumping back in a time machine to a neighborhood retailer of the mid-1900s, with personal service. At Pine's, the longest-running store in the Uptown area of Park Ridge, he specializes in proper fit, with a tailor on hand.
When you meet David Iglow, there’s something vaguely familiar about him. You’ve met his type before – a long time ago. Iglow is going into his third decade as owner of the venerable Pine’s of Park Ridge men’s and boy’s clothing store at 43 S. Prospect, across from the library and the train tracks. The store is marking its 60th anniversary this year in a corner building constructed in 1898. The ownership lineage of Pine’s goes all the way back to a member of the famed Goldblatt’s retailing family. “It’s very unusual,” Iglow said of Pine’s longevity. “If you really research it, you’ll find we are the longest-running retailer in one spot in this town, to the best of my knowledge.” Iglow comports himself like an old-school neighborhood …
