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- 20 Mar 2011 11:01
- Forum: History: Department Store Chains
- Topic: Barker's Department Stores
- Replies: 46
- Views: 54109
Re: Barker's Department Stores
Add Oneonta, NY to the list. That store was located in the Pyramid Mall along NYS Route 7 on the outskirts of town. It began life as a White-Modell around '73 or so and became a Barker's a year or two later. It eventually became a Nichols and last I knew the entire mall structure is home to a medica...
- 24 Dec 2010 10:48
- Forum: History: USA Northeast
- Topic: Great American
- Replies: 71
- Views: 60102
Re: Great American
0ne on Pultney Street which was a former Loblaws and now a Salvation Army Thrift Store. That brings up something that I'd thought of earlier in the thread but didn't mention. I know of at least two others that were former Loblaws as well: Gloversville and Amsterdam which were formerly Chicago Marke...
- 11 Dec 2010 21:38
- Forum: History: USA Northeast
- Topic: Great American
- Replies: 71
- Views: 60102
Re: Great American
Are you sure about the New Hartford Shopping Center one? Unless it was converted later on, that store was a Grand Union in the early-mid 80's. The company bought a small Utica-based chain called Chicago Markets I'm going to say maybe in the '85-'87 range and converted a lot of those to Great America...
- 09 Dec 2010 22:09
- Forum: History: USA Northeast
- Topic: Great American
- Replies: 71
- Views: 60102
Re: Great American
Cooperstown actually closed either the end of April or May this year and was reopened as a Price Chopper by 4th. of July weekend. And getting back to the Big V stores, there was one in Colonie right across from Colonie Center mall that is now a Bed, Bath and Beyond. And this one is for BillyGr: wasn...
- 07 Dec 2010 21:59
- Forum: History: USA Northeast
- Topic: Great American
- Replies: 71
- Views: 60102
Re: Great American
-Fonda, NY, -Gloversville, NY, -Amsterdam, NY, -Richfield Springs, NY, -Herkimer, NY, -Little Falls, NY, Canajoharie, NY, -Glenville, NY, -Oneonta, NY, -East Stroudsburg, Pa. which to my knowledge was the company's ONLY foray outside NY State. I think, but I'm not sure, that the stores they had in B...
- 13 Oct 2010 20:27
- Forum: History: USA Northeast
- Topic: Edwards/Finast/Super Finast
- Replies: 21
- Views: 11305
Re: Edwards/Finast/Super Finast
Did they close the store or did they just change banners? Nope-it closed. And the more I think about it, I believe it was located in the same building that once housed a GEX department store back in the '60's. The building has long been demolished and I think a medical office building is there now....
- 12 Oct 2010 20:27
- Forum: History: USA Northeast
- Topic: Edwards/Finast/Super Finast
- Replies: 21
- Views: 11305
Re: Edwards/Finast/Super Finast
I remember Edwards in Poughkeepsie, NY before it was turned into a Stop and Shop around 2000. Stop and Shop eventually tore down the old Caldor and built a Super Stop and Shop. Was this Edwards most northern store in New York? BDK No I don't believe it was. I seem to recall an Edwards Food Warehous...
- 21 Oct 2009 20:49
- Forum: History: USA Northeast
- Topic: Acme in New York
- Replies: 32
- Views: 35859
Re: Acme in New York
Thanks for all the info. everyone. I had no idea they had that large a presence in NY State at one time. And here's the interesting part: I never set foot in one of them when they were Acmes. We never shopped at Acme until we moved to Pa. at the end of '66 and I was all of 4+ yrs. old. And the two I...
- 19 Oct 2009 20:05
- Forum: History: USA Northeast
- Topic: Acme in New York
- Replies: 32
- Views: 35859
Acme in UP State N.Y.
To try to get the Acme/NY State discussion back in the proper forum, I've got a question or two then. Acme had a presence where I live. I know for sure they had a store in Johnstown which closed in late '73. I don't know for certain if this was a replacement for a smaller store they had closer to do...
- 19 Oct 2009 19:34
- Forum: History: USA Northeast
- Topic: Grand Union
- Replies: 76
- Views: 81460
Re: Grand Union
I posted this some time ago but I'll say it again: I lived in the Scranton, Pa./NE Pa. area from late '66 to mid '80 and NEVER knew of even a single Grand Union in the immdeiate area. The closest one was the Milford, Pa. unit referenced earlier in this thread. You had to cross into NY state to find ...
- 13 Oct 2009 20:36
- Forum: History: USA Mid-Atlantic
- Topic: Old central Maryland / southern central Pennsylvania retail?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2780
Re: Old central Maryland / southern central Pennsylvania retail?
And, as a side note. There's still a former marina (I didn't know that was the term they used) Safeway in Frederick as well. It's now home to a big Dollar Tree. Sorry, I don't have any pictures of it. It's easy to find, it's right on South Jefferson Street/340 East off of US 15/40. I saw that store...
- 21 Apr 2009 09:43
- Forum: History: Department Store Chains
- Topic: Early 90s-build Kmarts with auto centers?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 11873
Re: Early 90s-build Kmarts with auto centers?
I know of one right near me that was in Amsterdam, NY that opened in September or October '94. It was a Super K which was built as a replacement store for a smaller one right up the road located in a former Grants. It was integrated right into the side of the building and was much larger than the on...
- 10 Dec 2008 20:58
- Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
- Topic: Supermarket jingles
- Replies: 15
- Views: 15888
Re: Supermarket jingles
"Quality Still Dominates Where Economy Originates" for A+P WEO from the early '70's. When set to music, it was quite catchy. A later A+P WEO one was "WEO, WEO, We Won't Stop Trying 'Till You Say WEO"
- 18 Oct 2008 21:34
- Forum: History: USA Northeast
- Topic: Packanack center in Wayne
- Replies: 7
- Views: 5739
Re: Packanack center in Wayne
Just a quick update on this: If this is indeed the address in question, I was in the area yesterday and today and that location is now home to a Super Foodtown store which is currently celebrating its grand opening.
- 05 Aug 2008 19:37
- Forum: History: USA Mid-Atlantic
- Topic: Summer Road Trip to Philadelphia and Suburbs
- Replies: 32
- Views: 28448
Re: Summer Road Trip to Philadelphia and Suburbs
I didn't think there was a connection between the NE Pa. Giant stores of that era and Giant Carlisle. Ironically, Giant Carlisle has come into the Scranton Wilkes-Barre market over the last few years. I've got a Giant shopping bag from the mid 70's which maybe someday I'll scan the logo and put it u...