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If you thought Grand Union coming back from retail heaven was unexpected, now Ames are reportedly returning from the dead. I can list selected past locations that I remember in CNY and beyond, and possible new ones. A real article suggested Syracuse, so that's a good sign. The chain closed in 2002 unable to compete with Walmart (Target had yet to grow in the Northeast, and Connecticut competitor Caldor had closed a few years before). I still have one of the last things I ever bought there. Writing this before the window closes on the anniversary. The new owners have also bought Bradlees, which I never got to visit. Not associated with the Ames in Cumberland County in the PA Capital Region.
Past locations:
Syracuse (Lyncourt) - Shop City; later Chinese buffet and Eckerd (after former Fays closed); now Dollar Tree (since 2002), Rite Aid and Powerhouse Gym
Syracuse (north side) - Destiny USA; previously Hills; later Sports Authority, now At Home
North Syracuse - Northern Lights, US 11; previously Zayre, later Staples, now vacant
Chittenango - Chittenango Plaza, NY 5; later Name Brand Deals, now YBR Casino
deWitt - Marshalls Plaza, NY 5; previously Hills, became Marshalls Homegoods by 2003
Cicero - Penn Can Mall; previously Hills, now Roger Burdicks Drivers Village Used Car Warehouse
Baldwinsville - Downer St.; now Thrifty Shopper, Real Deals and Family Dollar
Auburn - NY 5; closed mid-'80s, later Nichols (no relation to Liverpool store)
West Seneca - South Gate Plaza, NY 277; previously Brand Names and Grants
Cheektowaga - Garden View Plaza, NY 277; previously Hills (not as familiar with WNY)
Pulaski - NY 13; previously Zayre, now demolished?
Rome - NY 46 (Freedom Plaza or Black River Blvd.?)
Glenmont - US 9W & Fuera Bush Rd; now Marshalls and other stores (the one Capital Region location I can remember)
Kingston - Kingston Plaza, US 9W; previously Jamesway (not going to put all the Hudson Valley ones up)
New Paltz - US 9W & NY 299 (haven't been to Ulster County since 2000)
Hyde Park - US 9; previously Jamesway, vacant for years (may have gone to this one when I lived up the road and even tried getting a job there)
Palatine Bridge - Dutchtown Plaza, NY 5 & 10; vacant (visible from Thruway in small town)
Fairmount - Fairmount Fair; closed when chain acquired Hills in 1998 and absorbed Camillus store, now various stores like Five Below, Famous Footwear and Ulta Beauty
Camillus - Camillus Plaza; previously Hills, demolished in 2006 for Walmart Supercenter
Cortland - NY 13 or 281? (even small towns can be hard to dig up information straight away)
Ithaca - The Shops at Ithaca Mall, NY 34; previously Hills; now Regal Cinemas
Horseheads - Lake Rd (old NY 17?) & CR 51; now vacant (pictured)
Future locations:
Syracuse - Destiny USA; former JCPenney or Lord & Taylor (a source said that the new chain wanted a two-storey flagship anchor there, and one of these is fish in a barrel)
New Hartford - Sangertown Square, NY 5 & 5A; former Macys (even though Target are there) or New Hartford Shopping Center; former Herb Phillipsons
Auburn - Fingerlakes Mall, US 20 & NY 5; former Sears
Albany - Crossgates Mall, US 20.; former Caldor/Best Buy
Victor - Eastview Mall, NY 96; former Lord & Taylor
Amherst/Williamsville/Clarence - Shops at Main (and) Transit, NY 78; former Best Buy
Watertown - Salmon Run Mall, NY 3; former Bon-Ton
Massena - St Lawrence Centre, NY 37; former Sears
Johnson City - Oakdale Mall, NY 201; former Burlington
Ithaca - NY 13/34/96; former Tops
Fulton - River Glen Plaza, NY 481; former kmart
Cortland - Riverside Plaza, NY 13; former flea market
Herkimer - former kmart
Horseheads - see above
Palatine Bridge - see above
North Syracuse - see above
