Yes! Mezzanine! Thank you! That’s the term I was looking for.
I wonder if the mezzanine was a sort of trade mark of JC Penney Stores?
CD in Oklahoma[/quote]
Mezzanine is not a JC Penney thing - just a term for what it was - kind of a partial floor that ran all around and you could look over the edge onto the first floor. I loved them as a child - haven't seen one in a long time. The Bon Ton department store in York, PA had one - a lunch room was on it plus other things I can't remember. Building is still there but is now an office building of some sort.
Sandy in Mooresville, NC