Selden Thrift Store (Selden, LI, NY) What was this before?!?

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Selden Thrift Store (Selden, LI, NY) What was this before?!?

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Any ideas what store once occupied what is now the Selden Thift Store in Westfield plaza in Selden, NY?!?!? I have asked around town but all people can tell me is that it was a Cheap John's back in the 80's... The building looks like it may have been an old Finast, as it bears a resemblance to the Finast (now S&S) in East Setauket... Any ideas?!?!?!?!
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Re: Selden Thrift Store (Selden, LI, NY) What was this before?!?

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It might help if you posted a picture or at least a link to something like a Google Maps view...
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I guess maps would help :)

The first is the store in question (selden), the second is the store that I am comparing to (East Setauket).
Selden:
http://www.bing.com/maps/default.aspx?v ... &encType=1


East Setauket: The black roof on this building was from an add-on done about 1998-99ish
http://www.bing.com/maps/default.aspx?v ... &encType=1

thanks for all your help!
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This (http://www.co.suffolk.ny.us/upload/plan ... il2006.pdf) says the Selden Thrift shopping center was built in 1972, and the East Setauket Finast (now S&S) in 1973. You may be onto something.
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Re: Selden Thrift Store (Selden, LI, NY) What was this before?!?

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Does Suffolk county have a tax assessment website where you can do lookups? Might be able to find the information you seek there (what the property was originally).
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Post by RoleModel »

I just saw this post on another topic (skip down to Jared's post):

http://www.groceteria.com/board/viewtop ... 8&start=15

Mystery solved. It was a Hill's.
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Re: Selden Thrift Store (Selden, LI, NY) What was this before?!?

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Thank you everybody for your help! I was also able to find an article in the NY Times about Hill's being in East Setauket where the Stop and Shop now is!
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