Montgomery Ward

Former Montgomery Ward in Augusta, GA. Courtesy Wikimedia Commons.

Mike Kalasnik from Fort Mill, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

 Department Store December continues with Montgomery Ward. It had left Syracuse by the time I could remember, and Utica was the closest. I only got to go in Poughkeepsie (that area could use a post of its own since I picked up so much from that time). Wards survives today as an e-tailer. but that's just too easy, of course. We like to remember a simpler time when you either got out to shop or ordered from the catalogue through the post or even over the phone (I'm getting on now!). Most of these were catalogue stores as opposed to full-fledged locations, especially in smaller plazas and areas (even though the Hudson and Mohawk Valley stores were mall anchors from later years).

Syracuse - Shop City Plaza

Cicero - Marketplace Mall, US 11 & E Circle Dr

Lockport - Lockport Mall, NY 78*

Poughkeepsie - Poughkeepsie Mall, US 9*

Fulton - NY 3?

Utica - Riverside Mall, NY 5/8/12/49

Augusta, GA - Pictured*

Baldwinsville - Tri-County Mall

Johnson City - Oakdale Mall*

Cazenovia - Town & Country Plaza, US 20

North Syracuse - North Plaza, US 11

*Non-CNY

G. Fox & Co.

AI version of G. Fox. Courtesy Meta Platforms, Inc.

 G. Fox & Co. were once the largest department store in New England outside Boston. I heard of them from the Poughkeepsie Galleria since I used to be up US 9, being the main drag on the east bank of the Hudson between Albany and New York. However, I can't remember if I had heard of them in those days since it was no longer there by the time I came to the area. The sister mall in the next county, Galleria at Crystal Run in Walkill outside Middletown seems to be the only other store G. Fox ever had in New York State. They were supposed to be at another Pyramid property I know, Crossgates Mall in Albany County, but by then, G. Fox was folded into Filenes (which left the other mall down river several years earlier only to come back), even though rival mall Colonie Center had them and moved around the corner. Many past G. Fox stores that became Filenes converted to Macys after Federated acquired May Department Stores, but today, Macys are in trouble again with the events of this century and decade.

Since other chains have looked into a comeback, either brick-and-mortar or as an e-tailer only, maybe G. Fox could be next. My drawing has just three locations, but if the legal successor are facing administration and technically own the name, I might as well try with all the defunct chains that haven't confirmed any plans on returning since G. Fox was lost to consolidation and a changing industry, and it would be even harder for such a thing to make it in the current economy, even if some old rivals may have another go, but adapt to the needs of the 2020s. You never know, but G. Fox could be next.

Furry fox fantasy of a relaunch (one can dream)

Department stores in CNY

AI Edwards. Courtesy Meta Platforms, Inc.

    While I have been covering several department store chains this month, I there are more that were in Syracuse, mainly before my time, that are long gone. It's getting more painstaking to even find free photos for each one, let alone find where they even had stores. I will just list the rest in this post. I won't mention the time of year I wrote this so it's not too seasonal in nature. I have heard of these over the years here and there. It'd be hard for them to get on today when some of the larger chains are struggling right now.

AI Flahs that's anything but Flah-less!

E.W. Edwards & Sons (top photo)

Wells & Coverly (painted sign survives in Downtown Syracuse; fantasy version below)

Witheralls

Flah & Co. (above)

Steinbach

Anderson Little

Cohoes (Fayetteville Mall; now Stickley Furniture at Towne Center)

Filenes Basement (never had Filenes proper since it was sister to Kaufmanns, even though Filenes Basement had spun off)

Bonwit Teller (Carousel Center [now Destiny USA newer section; including closed Forever 21])

Macys Closeout (possibly in Penn Can Mall. Smaller Macys proper downtown.)

Denbys (Penn Can)

Montgomery Ward (would have enough stores for its own post)

Channel Home Center (Airport Plaza in North Syracuse which was later P&C and is now Tops)

Zayre (Northern Lights Plaza in North Syracuse; later Ames and Staples; now vacant)

B. Forman & Co.

Wells & Coverly's as they would look now or then

Addis & Dey's

AddIs & Deys of later years (that's not a typo!)

 What started as two department stores in downtown Syracuse, one in the Victorian era founded by ex-pat Scottish brothers Dey Brothers, and another before the Great Depression, the Addis Company, would join forces in 1989 when both were on the way out (I remember seeing the farewell party on the news). Both buildings survive today with new purpose and businesses. Deys and Sibleys were briefly sister chains in 1987 when owned by May Department Stores and were part of the Galleries the following year, only for the latter to close the next year and succeeded by Kaufmann's at Carousel Center in the new decade. Getting back to this, here's where Addis or Deys each or the merged chain were until 1993 when the last of the mall stores just couldn't compete with the bigger names anymore.

The Addis Co. if they never merged and had a rebrand

The Addis Co.

Syracuse (downtown) - S Salina St; flagship, now apartments with replica sign and building on the National Register of Historic Places (mom said she had one of her first jobs there)

deWitt - Shoppingtown Mall, NY 5; mall store later Steinbach, TJ Maxx, Kaufmanns, and Macys; see below (I could go on all day on that lot)

Cicero - Penn Can Mall, E Circle Dr; closed by late '80s; see below

Fairmount  - Fairmount Fair Mall; see below

Dey Brothers

Syracuse (downtown) - S Salina & E Jefferson Sts; flagship; now several businesses and soon apartments (pictured)

Baldwinsville - Tri-County Mall, Downer St; demolished by 2000s; now over-60s housing units

Cicero - Penn Can Mall, E Circle Dr; closed in 1988 for next one; now Burdicks Drivers Village

Clay - Great Northern Mall, NY 31 & 481; can't remember which anchor replaced it; Micron coming

Fairmount - Fairmount Fair Mall; demolished; now power center with several anchors

deWitt - Shoppingtown Mall, NY 5; later store became Sears in 1994; now vacant pending legal action with District East building site (don't get me started!)

Glens Falls - TBD; satellite store according to anonymous tip from the Department Store Museum

Addis & Deys only (Capital Region) [I wonder if my relatives there ever knew or even went back then]

Niskayuna - Mohawk Mall; previously The Boston Store; now Mohawk Commons

Wilton - Wilton Mall at Saratoga; past and present info TBD; one of two non-CNY stores

AI images courtesy Meta Platforms, Inc.

Close enough Deys (tried to prompt the logo)

Lord & Taylor

Later store on Long Island in Manhasset (now NYU Langone Health and SaksWorks)

 Since mostly high-end department stores have become a running theme here lately, my Google algorithm has just told me that one of the very first chains ever opened in the country Lord & Taylor are now the latest one to come back from the dead. They haven't been gone that long, even though COVID had affected them like so many in the past five years. Regal Global Brands now own the IP for what was one of the oldest names from downstate. Lord & Taylor still have vacant stores left behind, including the one they opened thirty years ago just a few miles away from home. Might as well get them all back, but I'd have to see where they are, and stick to this state, but if they're taken, see if someone else has a property to spare instead just as good. Also go to areas that never had Lord & Taylor before. Regal do plan to open brick and mortar in the foreseeable future, and I never expect any company to come here for ideas, but I'm no better than The Simpsons on any of this (although Futurama had the parody Alien Overlord & Taylor!).

Syracuse - Destiny USA (past location still available, even though I wanted close competitors Neiman Marcus or Bloomingdales there before)

Albany (Guilderland) - Crossgates Mall, US 20; empty anchor (last location now Primark)

Colonie (Roesslville) - Colonie Center, NY 5 & Wolf Rd; former Christmas Tree Shops (if above is unavailable)

New Hartford - Sangertown Square, NY 5 & 5A; former Hess's/Kaufmann's/Macy's (although small by Lord & Taylor's standards as is the area, yet their closest rival were last in there)

Victor - Eastview Mall, NY 96; past location, although after legal dispute, something like Wegmans or even Patagonia was suggested by the mall owners in all but name

Henrietta - Marketplace Mall, NY 252 & 15A; former Dicks instead of above (Rochester)

Cheektowaga - Walden Galleria; former store still available (Buffalo)

Watertown - Salmon Run Mall, NY 3 & CR 100; former Dicks or Christmas Tree Shops

Johnson City - Oakdale Commons, NY 201; former Burlington (map unavailable online to check)

Big Flats - Arnot Mall, CR 75 & 35; former Hess's/Bon-Ton or Sears (Twin Tiers is also small towns)

Poughkeepsie - Poughkeepsie Galleria, US 9; former JCPenney (I haven't been over there since 2000)

Kingston - Hudson Valley Mall, US 9W; former Best Buy or Gander Outdoor (Dicks may move soon)

Bay Shore - South Shore Mall; former store (may still be available, but downstate is just too big to get all of the ones that were last open, while another on Long Island was repurposed [see photo])

New York - 5th Ave; flagship (Manhattan)

W.T. Grant Co. in CNY

Nedrow store with replica sign made with my phone

 Now for something entirely before my time, yet I've heard of from the over-60s and historical sources. W.T. Grant Co. were a department store chain that started in the Edwardian era outside Boston that was the next level after the five and dimes, but cheaper than local competitors Filenes and the Boston Store. Grants closed in 1976 after seventy years' time because of bankruptcy, mismanagement, and not keeping up with those times. They were common in Syracuse and around the country, mainly the eastern seaboard. Here's where they were here and two other spots, so I don't binge again, yet people may have taken the store for Grant-ed back then! (I have such cheesy puns!). Because of how long ago the company existed, I can't always put down what came after, even in my own neck of the woods.

North Syracuse - US 11; Northern Lights Plaza

Nedrow - US 11 & Southwood Dr; Green Hills Plaza; later kmart and flea market; now vacant (pictured)

Vails Gate - NY 32; later Caldor and kmart; now Goodwill (non-CNY)

Albany - NY 5, Westgate Shopping Plaza; closed by 1974; TBD (non-CNY)

Camillus - Camillus Plaza (now Camillus Commons)

deWitt - NY 5; Shoppingtown; original plaza demolished by 1975 when converted to mall before chains closure; store replaced by Woolworths in 1978; closed 1993 and replaced by Media Play, which itself closed in 2003 and was later Black Mamba and then vacant again; mall to be levelled for District East

Syracuse (downtown) - S Salina St; demolished in 1985 for the Galleries, which opened in 1988

Of course, this is the only way we'll ever see it now

Sibley's

Irondequoit Mall (had to block lamppost to fit logo)

 Sibleys were a chain from Monroe County which I remember from early days that had been in CNY until they were sold to Kaufmanns in 1990. The flagship in downtown Rochester is in the National Register of Historic Places (our answer to the National Trust in a way). They had absorbed chains like their successors had too. While I can remember much of the CNY stores, WNY and beyond are a return to the time warp (mostly Wikipedia, making Cliffs Notes look like a bill that has to be passed).

Syracuse

Syracuse (downtown) - Previously RKO Keiths; briefly connected to the Galleries by Skybridge; closed 1989; now offices and businesses such as CXTec, Redhouse and Tompkins Savings Bank.

Fayetteville - Fayetteville Mall, NY 5 & N Burdick St; later Kaufmanns; closed and demolished in 1993; replaced by Caldor from 1994-96; mall demolished 2001 for Towne Center

Clay - Great Northern Mall, NY 31 & 481; later Kaufmanns and Macys; now Dunk & Bright, while mall will become power center with Micron on the horizon

Buffalo

West Seneca - Seneca Mall, CR 137 & 91; now demolished

Cheektowaga - Walden Galleria; was only there the first year; later Kaufmanns; now Macys

Amherst - Boulevard Mall, US 62; previously Sattlers; later Kaufmanns; now Macys

Rochester

Victor - Eastview Mall, NY 96; later Kaufmanns; now Macys

Greece - Greece Town Mall (now The Mall at Greece Ridge), NY 104; later Kaufmanns; now Macys

Henrietta - Marketplace Mall, NY 252 & 15A; later Kaufmanns and Macys; now Floor & Décor

Irondequoit - Irondequoit Mall, E Ridge Rd; later Kaufmanns and Macys; now closed (pictured)

Webster - NY 404; demolished; now Breuggers Bagels and Chase Bank

Clarence - Eastern Hills Mall, NY 78; previously Hengerers; later Kaufmanns and Macys; now Niagara Emporium

Hamburg - McKinley Mall, NY 179; later Kaufmanns and Macys; now closed

Rochester (downtown) - NY 96; flagship; now offices (original Granite Building burned down in the Edwardian era)

AI fantasy nuclear option! (my other one has a typo)

Courtesy Meta Platforms, Inc. (fictional store shown)

Kaufmann's

Sangertown Square store with added logo

 Kaufmann's were a chain from Allegheny County whose flagship store in downtown Pittsburgh had a clock that people would meet (it's always easier that way and not just for time). They entered Upstate NY in 1990 after acquiring Rochester-based Sibleys (the downtown stores there [that flagship] and Syracuse [we can look into them later] were both too old and out of date for smaller cities), which brought the chain to CNY as a result. When owner May Department Stores merged with Federated in 2006, Kaufmanns, Marshall-Fields, and Filenes all became Macys. Overlapping stores were sold to other chains if not closed (Albany County's Colonie Center already had both Filenes [which switched ownership from Federated to May] and Macys in the old days, while rival mall Crossgates down I-87 had Jordan Marsh to boot!). Meanwhile, McCurdys were the other chain in Monroe County that Kaufmanns absorbed in 1994 along with B. Forman (I could go on all day with these defunct department stores). I just did Hess's and even some of those were taken. Here's what I can "Kauf" up!

Syracuse - Carousel Center (now Destiny USA); now Macys (last one in area)

deWitt - Shoppingtown Mall, NY 5; previously Addis & Deys; later Macys; soon to be demolished pending court order for District East

Fayetteville - Fayetteville Mall, NY 5 & N Burdick St; previously Sibleys if not Hess's; closed and moved to above in 1993; mall demolished by 2001; now Towne Center

Clay - Great Northern Mall, NY 31 & 481; later Macys; now Dunk & Bright; one of the few mall anchors spared from demolition for future lifestyle center for pending Micron community

New Hartford - Sangertown Square, NY 5 & 5A; previously Hess's; later Macys; now vacant. Also had a Kaufmanns Home store around the corner.

Victor - Eastview Mall, NY 96; previously Sibleys; now Macys

Greece - The Mall at Greece Ridge, NY 104 & CR 261; previously Sibleys; now Macys

Henrietta - Marketplace Mall, NY 252 & 15A; previously Sibleys; later Macys; now Floor & Décor

Cheektowaga - Walden Galleria; previously Sibleys; now Macys

Clarence - Eastern Hills Mall, NY 78; previously Hengerers and Sibleys; later Macys; now Niagara Emporium (local store)

Amherst - Boulevard Mall, US 62; previously Jenns and Sibleys; now Macys (mall becoming Boulevard Place)

Hamburg - McKinley Mall, NY 179; main store previously Sibleys; later Macys; now closed. Home store previously LL Berger.

Big Flats (Fisherville) - Arnot Mall, CR 35; previously Hess's; later Macys; now closed

Johnson City - Oakdale Mall, NY 201; previously Hess's; later Macys; now Dicks House of Sports

Hess's in CNY+

Kitty used instead of someone elses photo

 Hess's Department Stores were a chain from Lehigh Valley dating back to the late Victorian era. The flagship would have A-listers make in-store appearances. They worked their way to Upstate NY from acquiring other chains, but would gradually be bought out from the late '80s through the mid-'90s. They were unrelated to Hess Oil Company. I can remember them being in CNY in the old days.

Clay - Great Northern Mall, NY 31; later Chappells and the Bon-Ton; soon to be redeveloped now that Micron have been approved for their building site a few miles away so the mall is one for a new lifestyle center and modern village (we'll delve further as soon as we know more if others don't already)

Fayetteville - Fayetteville Mall, NY 5; later Sibleys and Kaufmanns; now Towne Center (TBD)

New Hartford - Sangertown Square, NY 5 & 5A; later Kaufmanns and Macys; now vacant (shown below)

Allentown, PA (downtown) - Flagship; later The Bon-Ton; now offices (too many others to list)

Poughkeepsie - South Hills Mall, US 9; later Burlington; TBD (only non-CNY store within the state I'll do because I used to be up the road, but that's for another day)

Camillus - Camillus Mall; previously Witherills; later Chappells and the Bon-Ton; now St Josephs Health, Empire Dermatology and vacancy (last surviving building from mall at Camillus Commons)

AI depiction of sidewalk sale at Lehigh Valley OG store

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If Hess's were in the mall today (AI codswallop underneath)

New Hartford location (not AI for once! Just copy and paste!)

The Bon-Ton

 

deWitt location with superimposed logo (all I could do)

The Bon-Ton came to CNY in the mid-'90s after acquiring Chappells (see earlier post) and Hess's, and had already opened in the Southern Tier/Twin Tiers (ex-McCurdys/Iszurds) with Hess's being from Lehigh Valley, working its way up the then-PA 9 and I-81. Bonton is another name you'd be surprised to know is still around, even online. The current owners only brought back sister chain Carsons in Illinois, but could revive Bonton proper here. For old stores, it's strictly Upstate, you know, so I don't delve into other states or subsidiaries since the blog is supposed to be about New York. The Boston Store were part of Bon-Ton Holdings, giving them honorable mention since I know they had presence in the Mohawk Valley and Capital Region, even though it was acquired in recent memory, and was actually from Milwaukee County (and you thought Chicago Markets were from the Midwest); now an e-tailer.

Syracuse - Destiny USA*

Auburn - NY 5 & US 20; Fingerlakes Mall (had Chappells)

Camillus - Camillus Commons* (although only part of former store is available now)

Albany - US 20; Crossgates Mall; former Caldor and Best Buy

New Hartford - NY 5 & 5A; Sangertown Square; former Macys

Amherst - NY 78; former Best Buy

Former locations

*

deWitt - NY 5; Shoppingtown Mall; previously Chappells; demolition pending for District East (pictured)

Clay - NY 31; Great Northern Mall; previously Chappells; demolition pending for lifestyle center in the wake of Microns arrival

Watertown - Salmon Run Mall, NY 3 & CR 100; previously Chappells; now vacant

Williamsville - Eastern Hills Mall, NY 78; previously AM&As; now Raymour & Flanigan

Wheatfield - The Summit; previously AM&As; now Niagara International Sports & Entertainment

Lockport - Lockport Mall, NY 78; previously AM&As; now demolished

Cheektowaga - Walden Galleria; previously AM&As; now Dave & Busters (moved from above)

Hamburg - McKinley Mall, NY 179; previously AM&As; TBD

Buffalo - Main Place Mall, NY 5; previously AM&As flagship; now a hotel and apartment complex

Johnson City - Oakdale Commons, NY 201; previously McCurdys; now BJs Wholesale Club

Massena - St Lawrence Centre, NY 37; now St Lawrence Industrial Complex

Big Flats - Arnot Mall, NY 35; previously Iszards and McCurdys

Lansing - The Shops at Ithaca Mall, NY 34; previously JW Rhodes; now Cayuga Health

Victor - Eastview Mall, NY 96; absorbed by von Maur expansion in 2012

Henrietta - Marketplace Mall, NY 252 & 15A; previously McCurdys; now vacant

Greece - The Mall at Greece Ridge Mall, former McCurdys, NY 104 & CR 261; now Burlington?

Irondequoit - Irondequoit Mall, former McCurdys; now Skyview on the Ridge

Utica (downtown) - The Boston Store; Bleecker St; long since vacant (original sign survives)

Niskayuna - The Boston Store; Mohawk Mall; later Addis & Deys; now Mohawk Commons

*past location

Chi-Chi's

Chi-Chi's in Luxembourg (which is now closed, with just another in the EU)

 Chi-Chi's was a Tex-Mex restaurant chain I vaguely remember from the old days, and there was one on NY 5 on Syracuses east side, but a Hepatitis outbreak two decades ago ended the chain in this country, while most of the European franchises closed in more recent memory, leaving one in Belgium. The brand was still in the frozen section when sold to Hormel, and they'll licence the name for a revival of the chain. Not sure if this is up to Pati Jinich standards since I can't eat any of this myself, but they hope to regain the publics trust if it's still a fresh memory or they think the name was long gone entirely. Here's where it could go today.

Syracuse - Destiny USA; former Cantina Loredo

Dayton/Springfield/Miami Valley area, OH - former Frischs Big Boy

Latham - US 9; former BurgerFi

Clifton Park - US 9; former BurgerFi

New Hartford - CR 30; former Unos

Watertown - CR 100; former Tilted Kilt

Cortland - NY 13; former Naples Pizza

Auburn - NY 5 & US 20; Fingerlakes Mall

Amherst - NY 78; TBD

Rochester; NY 252; TBD

Hills Department Stores

Hills roadside sign outside of Nashville, TN; courtesy Wikimedia Commons

 I forgot to write about Hills. We've had four in Syracuse. Most of them became Ames by 1999, only for that to close in 2002 (see earlier post). I have the local ones memorised (of course), and three from afar (not going to get too carried away again like I have with the other chains, so just a few for today). I can even remember TVs Brett Butler (Grace Under Fire) in their commercials back in the mid-'90s. 

Economy, PA - now vacant

Ithaca (Lansing) - NY 34; Pyramid Mall (now the Shops at Ithaca Mall); later Ames; now Regal Cinemas

Cortlandville - NY 13; Cortlandville Crossing; now Marshalls

Christiansburg, VA - Bus US 460 & VA 114; now Kohls (happened to come up while looking up the above in Google)

Lockport - Lockport Mall, NY 78; later Ames; now Walmart Supercenter

Syracuse - Carousel Center (now Destiny USA); later At Home; now vacant

deWitt - NY 5; Marshalls Plaza; now Marshalls Homegoods

Cicero - Penn Can Mall; now Drivers Villages Burdick Used Warehouse

Camillus - Camillus Plaza; did not become Ames, which was already down W Genesee St at Fairmount Fair, but closed by 1994 when Caldor opened (see other post); vacant until demolished in 2005 when Walmart Supercenter was built

Hermitage, TN (pictured) - TBD

Fairly close AI fantasy Hills if it was around now

Because of few free photos, I headed for the AI Hills!

AI images courtesy Meta Platforms, Inc. No actual people or buildings are depicted (just sayin').

The Yard

Doggy models what you could find at the Yard!

 I first heard of The Yard through the print edition of The Daily Orange. It's run by Andrew Rainbow and Steve Davis out of their house on Madison Avenue east of Syracuse University around the corner from Thornden Park. It's all used goods from mainly the '90s-'00s, but not strictly SU. Vintage shops are big now, and Syracuse has a few. However, The Yard only runs on weekends, but with the weather we have, they must be looking into a permanent store front and more convenient, central location closer to campus and accessible for students and townies alike, especially those of us who can't drive. Shirt Worlds closure last month left a void, even though they sold new merchandise, and there are still local options (the bookstore at Schine was just sold to Barnes & Noble, like the one at leMoyne a decade ago). Champs & Scholars downtown are The Yards closest competitor since they also specialise in second hand clothes, but primarily old school Orange, and they're not the cheapest, mind. Hungry Chucks last location on Marshall Street would make a great spot since it's available and can fill the vacuum in a way, even though the Yard was a rival to Shirt World too. Even the former Marine Midland Bank/Key Bank on East Adams Street might work since it'd be less red tape than another bank or restaurant. The old Bank of America on Nottingham and Tecumseh Roads past South Campus may be a longshot if right on the hill is not an option, but running it like a car boot sale just doesn't work all year. 

I have read, as well was told by a staff member at 3fifteens Camillus store how at the end of each semester how students may leave behind goodies they only needed for the big game at the Dome (fast fashion CNY style). While the Yard may not want anything too new, it opens the door for finding recent purchases for less, since run of the textile mill clothes wind up getting binned, but ours are as desirable as Comfrt or Armani here. At least whatever's in tatters can be recycled now if it's too much a state to be fixed. Champs and Scholars even have a few things that look like my cats had a go at them (they know better) only because it's otherwise rare, and flaws are part of the charm, perhaps, since repairing it would make it look patchy. It's like on these shows about appraising and flipping everyday items for quick cash (that's more for the sister blog, although I don't care for that kind of show myself).

Two nearby churches have started their own charity shops, and could also have some SU lying around, while competing with the Rescue Missions monopoly that dominates this third of Upstate. To think one would look for this many places in other cities. The Yard isn't a thrift store per se, rather a vintage shop also appealing to bargain hunters and collectors. I just hope I can afford to get something there at some point since I barely got a few from the other place over the past several years before they were gone.

A too-good looking and literal AI prompt pop-up SU sale

More of a nicked photo of a new goods sale on campus.

AI photos courtesy Meta Platforms, Inc. May depict actual people or buildings (my inner solicitor is making me tell you).

Haraz Coffee House

Future Syracuse location

    As I pointed out before, Shirt World on SU Hill will be replaced soon by Haraz Coffee House, a chain based in Dearborn, MI in the Detroit-Windsor area, founded by Yemeni immigrants. Not knowing the first thing about Mid-East coffee myself, this seems interesting, and I know this will do well once it opens. The only current locations in New York are in Buffalo (only one on their site so far) and SoHo downstate. Malls aren't really suited for this kind of place. You know the rule about properties.

New Hartford    NY 5A, former Blaze Pizza, Consumer Square

Rochester            NY 15, Strong URMC Ties Neighborhood (TBD)

Albany            US 20, former CVS/pharmacy if Kinney won't come

Syracuse            Marshall St, former Shirt World (pictured and confirmed)

Stop & Shop: 32 former stores

2014 usual store, likely in Connecticut, courtesy Mike Mozart (we love you, Mike!).

 Stop & Shop have closed a whooping thirty-two locations in the tri-state, New England and New Jersey that were considered underperforming. Others have already closed in the recent past, with a few vacant to this day, while former sister chain Tops* bought several in the Hudson Valley that overlapped with Hannaford after the Ahold Delhaize merger in the Benelux, while Weis acquired some Food Lions in DMV/Delmarva that were too close to Giant (Landover)* and other chains had in the mid-Atlantic (some stores were likely from another former Ahold division, BI-LO, which we covered a while ago). I remember seeing a Food Lion in Maryland leaving DC a couple times heading home from hols on coach trips, which would be a Weis by now. Back up north, only a handful of S&Ss have been taken over by others like Food Bazaar. Here in New York, it's more downstate, with Coram, Long Island being one that became a casualty. It's too exhausting to submit that many closing stores to Bing and Google since it's not automatic, although some locations are already marked, being in a big area.

I've only gone to Stop & Shop when I lived in Dutchess County in the mid-Hudson Valley on occasion, as well as when I last visited. They bought the newer ShopRite in Hyde Park a year after I left, and later built a new Stop & Shop across US 9 where the old ShopRite was. It wasn't right near a Hannaford, yet the Rhinebeck store up the road near the old Grand Union* was considered to be and was sold to Tops (Hannaford was across the bridge in Kingston in the old days, initially as a Shop 'n Save franchise), as was Wappinger Falls going the other way. It was a nice, big store on US 9 (south of Poughkeepsie), while Arlington (east of Poughkeepsie) was a bit smaller. Never went to Stop & Shop on either of my Boston trips since there was no time and Star Market near the Pru (sister to Shaws) was much more convenient since I was on another package bus deal (same group as the beltway stay, as well as WNY and the tri-state, but not for the public), which is much less expensive than a flight to Logan Airport.

The chain are just one of many businesses that have suffered over the past five years. To make it worse, Stop & Shop are a union shop to boot, so it'd be better to come up with another to fill the vacuum if one isn't nearby already. While a new local store would be even greater, it's more uphill to come up with that, especially in an area which you don't know personally, so I'd just have to think of chains that serve each region, whether they're still expanding or not. It's more Stop than Shop now, you could say.

Acme* (tri-state/NJ)

Market Basket (Massachusetts and Connecticut)

Big Y* (Connecticut stores)

ShopRite*/Price Rite (same as Acme)

PathMark* (see earlier post)

Whole Foods/Amazon Fresh/Amazon Go (all areas where one or the other isn't yet)

Wegmans (even though they usually only do up other peoples buildings in big cities with tight infrastructure, only open so many a year, and have recently expanded beyond the Northeast)

Tops* (just the two heading up the Hudson. Carmel is the closest store to the City [post-merger])

Thrift stores (if another supermarket is off the table, then this is a plan B)

Food Bazaar (tri-state indie with multicultural selection)

Indies/local business (missus in Maryland would love that one)

*UFCW Union Shop

Shirt World

One last look at Shirt World on SU Hill

 It's always a right shame when a local business closes, and certainly when one as unique and distinct as Shirt World on Marshall Street on SU Hill. After five decades in business, it has closed. Your one stop shop for all things orange (I despise the "s" word, and I don't mean Syracuse, of course). The owners have decided to retire from retail and transition to renting out the property. It has been confirmed that a chain are letting the space in the coming months, and I will update as soon as we know who they are. While they've had a good run, it seems like selling out when national chains take over college neighborhoods and other areas like this, making them devoid of their charm and personality. I can remember some other big names as well as other indies in the old days that have come and gone, but Shirt World had few peers. There may still be inventory left at the end of the last day, even with a long queue and marked down prices. However, most of the good stuff was still a pretty penny, too nice to be that cheap. I settled for one of those game day wigs I could work into my Halloween costume (story for another post, and that would make this too topical and dated) so I could say goodbye somehow. I still have a couple things I bought there, even though they were expensive. Much of what people got there likely wound up around the block at 3fifteen when they didn't need it anymore since it is a boutique charity shop targeting the Orange Nation if you like. On Game Day, both shops, as well as Mannys, Schine, and others would sell out and eventually replenish before the next one the rest of each season. Anyway, if charity isn't an option for these goods, even for tax purposes, I suppose these places would take it off of them, if it works that way. Dicks and Rally House wouldn't need any of the lot. Champs and Scholars downtown sell used goods from before 2000. Even online is too easy these days.

Schine Student Center in the bookshop; Waverly Ave., main campus on the promenade (recently acquired by Barnes & Noble College, who also run the leMoyne and OCC stores)

Mannys on the Hill, Shirt Worlds former main rival; onetime Charneys satellite store

University Sport Shop; Destiny USA, north side

Charneys; NY 5, deWitt (mostly mens, especially big and tall)

Papas Sports; NY 370, north side (likely anything they made that Shirt World bought wholesale)

Whatever happens, we wish good luck to the owners and staff on what the future may hold.

UPDATE: Haraz Coffee House, a chain from Dearborn, MI with ties to Yemen, will be opening in the space in the coming weeks. I expected something comparable as far as apparel, but this makes sense too, despite more national names on the hill than in the old days. Haraz could get their own post at a later time, even though I'm not familiar with the chain or Middle Eastern coffee myself.

Radio Shack in CNY and Beyond

Later store, possibly in Connecticut; courtesy Mike Mozart (of course)

 Radio Shack seems like another relic of a bygone era. They still had stores in recent memory, even if they were more or less Sprint stores before Sprint were absorbed by T-Mobile. In the UK, they operated under the parent name Tandy. Back here, they were in nearly every town. Realistic was one of their store brands. By the 2000s, the chain became obsolete unable to compete with big box and the internet (go figure). Unicomber in el Salvador now own the name, so you may be surprised that it's still alive and well. I even saw a store last year in the Southern Tier! Here's what I can gather from memory:

Syracuse (downtown) - S Salina St (most likely, but possibly in the Galleries from 1988-2001?)

Syracuse (Lyncourt) - Grant Blvd & Teall Ave, Shop City Plaza

Syracuse (east side) - NY 5, regular store and computer center a few doors down

deWitt - NY 5, Shoppingtown Mall

Fayetteville - NY 5 & N Burdick St, Fayetteville Mall

Cazenovia - NY 13 & US 20; dealer/franchise

Syracuse (north side) - Carousel Center/Destiny USA

Cicero - Penn Can Mall (now Drivers Village)

Clay - NY 31 & 481, Great Northern Mall

Camillus - W Genesee St; Camillus Mall

Utica (Deerfield) - NY 5, 8, 12, & 49; Riverside Mall

New Hartford - NY 5 & 5A; Sangertown Square

Delmar - NY 443; Delaware Plaza

Oswego - NY 104

Fulton - NY 481

Lisle - NY 79 (recent store)

Rochester - NY 96 (later store; now T-Mobile)

Auburn (1) - NY 5 & US 20, Fingerlakes Mall

Auburn (2) - NY 5, Grant Ave Plaza (later store; now T-Mobile)

Pavone's Pizza

Downtown location edited with my phone

 Pavone's Pizza have been part of CNY since 1971 and have had as many as six locations. Founded by Sicilian immigrants, they bring downstate pizza Upstate. I don't go as much as I used to anymore. Here are past and present locations.

Syracuse (downtown) - S Warren St (pictured; edited for privacy reasons)

Manlius - NY 92 & 173 (E Seneca St); related law firm upstairs

Syracuse (Fairmount) - Fairmount Fair Mall, W Genesee St; closed by '90s; original location

Camillus - Camillus Mall, W Genesee St; closed by 2003

Cicero - Penn Can Mall, E Circle Dr; closed by 1993, now Drivers Village

deWitt - Shoppingtown Mall, NY 5; closed by 2019, now vacant

Liverpool - Seneca Mall, CR 57; closed by '90s (TBD)

Utica (Deerfield) - Riverside Mall, NY 5, 8, 12 & 49; now Riverside Center with Walmart and Bass Pro Shops (first location outside Onondaga County)

Syracuse (north side) - Butternut St.; former la Pizzeria

East Syracuse - Chimneys Plaza, Bridge St (successor to deWitt location)

Brewerton/Hastings/Central Square - CR 37; just opened, but no info on official site; first location outside Onondaga County this century and since Oneida County one above closed decades ago

Bed, Bath & Beyond in CNY

deWitt location on NY 5

    Just when you thought Bed, Bath & Beyond were Beyond repair, they're coming back in partnership with Nashville area-based home décor chain Kirklands (which could use a post of its own). While many BB&B locations have now become other chains, some are still available. Former sister chain Buy Buy Baby will now be online only, so that previous post is now in the same boat as Stein Mart. Christmas Tree Shops spun off a few years earlier and just closed themselves. BB&B however will have smaller stores than they used to, even though they seemed small enough as they were. It was unique and online can't replace everything. Was even a target of parody on my shows.

New locations

deWitt    NY 5, Marshalls Homegoods Plaza (past location, pictured)

Syracuse    Destiny USA, former Forever 21

Liverpool    NY 31, Cor Plaza (past location)

New Hartford    NY 5 & 5A, former Macys, Sangertown Square

Cortlandville    NY 281, former kmart

Ithaca    NY 13, 34 & 96, former Hobby Lobby

Rome    NY 46 & 49, former rue 21, Freedom Plaza

Camillus    Camillus Commons, former Bon Ton/Chappells

Old locations

deWitt    See above

Liverpool    See above

New Hartford    NY 5A, now Sierra

Auburn    NY 5, now Michaels

Syracuse (Fairmount)    Fairmount Fair; previously P&C, now Old Navy

Ithaca (1) - NY 13, 34 & 96

Ithaca (2) - Fairgrounds Memorial Pkwy

True Value in CNY

Quintessential small town Central California store in Lone Pine, CA

 True Value Hardware have entered administration being unable to compete with Lowes, Home Depot, Menards (covered earlier and not yet in the Northeast) and Runnings. Many franchises converted to Ace over the years, including in CNY in recent years. True Value were the epitome of the mom and pop hardware store, which isn't entirely dead outside small towns and suburbs. Another competitor Do It Best just bought True Value. DIB are available at Valu (no relation), as well as in Cazenovia, Elbridge,  Constantia, Chittenango, Baldwinsville, Liverpool (at Runnings ironically), Canastota and Tully, while DIB have had affiliates in East Syracuse (Doow Hardware in Oot Park/Fremont on N Burdick St Rd) and Fulton (NY 3, not Burkes on 2nd St). True Value in CNY remain in Manlius (NY 92) and Cazenovia (US 20) to name a few, as well as Taylor Rental (no hardware) on NY 5 in deWitt (not that Taylor!). The merger may possibly make any new True Value franchises unlikely and overlapping ones could even switch over to Ace themselves if one isn't around already. Here's what I can gather from memory or from new research of where one could get tools and such with personal service without the big box behemoth in the old days.

Syracuse (Eastwood) (1) - NY 290 & Marlborough Rd; later dollar store and Pomco; now United HealthCare

Syracuse (Eastwood) (2) - NY 290 between North Ave & Eastwood Rd; Nightingales; former Rite Aid; demolished for Walgreens in 2006

Syracuse (Eastwood) (3) - NY 290; Eastwood Plaza; Nightingales; half of former Sacred Melody; later Hooches, soon to be liquor store according to permit from city

Syracuse (west side) - Calleys City Hardware, 214 S Geddes St (now vacant; no longer listed on site)

Marcellus - South St Rd; Nightingale Mills (same family as Eastwood); now Ace

Syracuse (south side) - NY 173 & US 11; now Bobs Ace

Brewerton - US 11 & Bartell Rd; TBD

Mattydale - US 11; now J&J deSantis Plumbing

Syracuse (east side); Westcott St; Scharfs; TBD

Fursuit Pursuit

My attempt at a tuxie honeyness fursuit

 Furries are a misunderstood community, and I have been spending the past couple months learning about them. For me, it's more about finding a place to belong, only to find like anything, there's baggage there too. I also want to pack mine and go to a convention in the tri-state over the extended Halloween weekend (which is why I put the zip code for the location). I don't necessarily believe in labels, but I learned that only a portion of furries actually own a fursuit. With the economy these days, it's no wonder, and in my case, that goes double. However, I always have had that FOMO bit, and I tried finding places to buy something. Experienced furries say to buy from actual makers or DIY (not in the Home Depot sense). Many original designs have been nicked and sold on amazon, eBay (which also has a couple real things I want), and sites with ties to mainland China like AliExpress or (fill in the blank) Mascot. Etsy has both real and fake. Facebook Marketplace has most of their offerings out of state and pickup only. I wonder if the bin store would even have anything since they get amazon returns. If Switz's still existed, they would probably have some version of these or at least the materials for one to make them from scratch. These pseudo-suits and sites get slated and it's oftentimes fur-gins and younger ones that may make this rookie mistake. In fairness, they're lucky to afford even that. It's not an Armani from Harrods, mind. At least I'd have something for the holiday. Had less trouble finding a place to go on the night back in town this year if going two hundred miles away after fifteen years' time is a long shot. If comic-con events are in town, that would be the closest thing I would be able to do this, while a group are in the area. Even the co-op had a small drawing. I could go to cons in the boys' area, Albany and Allegheny (PA) Counties in future. I just want to have an original cat fursuit so I don't let the side down. If a miracle happens in time, I could just send the other things I ordered back and go all in for the do as well as a show or two. One seller on the app wound up having a dolly (kitty) in my price range that wasn't too effeminate, twee, cheap or exotic looking (a black cat, while my real one's a girl), since I settled on a husky dog character (safer than last years cliché with his "cousin"!). If you're also exploring, do your homework before getting carried away. I wound up with a doggo knockoff one of a fur who shall remain nameless (we even share a birthday), but I will dress him up SU style with a wig to boot since I would rather layer up a cheap fursuit with charity shop finds than tear into one since I'm not at that level at this stage and I wouldn't ruin anything like that. Say hello to Novek, which is an anagram of who this is a clone of and a Serbian word after coding the name in Cyrillic letters. Other people bought similar copies and made them their own, so this is my sona now.

Dedicated to the memory of Dragoneer, founder of FurAffinity. With apologies to Kevon.

Doggy incognito at the Dome!

What the knockoff doggy looks like

"Novek" has the hoodie sorted.so far.

Such a happy good boy who needs hugs!

Still getting used to this. Give us a kiss!

Byrne Dairy Bottlenecked

The last one with milk for a while.

 In a rare move, Byrne Dairy became the latest retailer to be short of something. This time, it's their glass bottles, but rather being able to get milk into them. I went to my two usual locations on Thompson Road (NY 635) and in East Syracuse (NY 290) and they were all out. Even if I went all the way to Gates, Endicott, Central Square or North Utica, it'd be no different. Corporate said the equipment had to undergo maintenance and would not have everything back to normal until the end of the month at best. I enquired as a customer rather than a journalist going into a right panic. We've all learnt the hard way the past five years that things just don't replenish overnight. Pittsford Farms in Monroe County, Stew Leonards (which we just covered), and several others around the country still offer glass. In other areas, people may assume it went away generations ago. Milkmen were even in business in the UK as recently as thirty years ago with the smaller glass bottles that the over-60s grew up with. Also, glass is naturally BPA-free, reusable, washable (dishwasher safe in the bottom rack), and keeps plastic and waxed paper out of the ecosystem, which is Gretas way. I'll have to settle for plastic until it comes back, and maybe even get it at other stores. No one else is reporting this nor are the company themselves. It's up to me.

Stew Leonard's

Newington, CT store (former Caldor); courtesy Mike Mozart (he's a hard act to follow!)

 I heard of Stew Leonards from Inside Edition. It is exclusively in the tri-state. They make it seem like a destination, giving Wegmans, which have few stores in the region compared to back Upstate, a run for their money. Even in the NYC area, there are some spots for Leonards to open. It would mean having to do up or even replace a competitors store into or with respectively into a barn like the one shown here, yet the Paramus, NJ one is in a plaza, so it doesn't have to look so rural. Clifton, NJ is the newest one so far. I can copy some of the Pathmark/Stop & Shop list and leave out towns with existing stores, Upstate, and the city proper (it won't really work there, of course, and too much competition to boot). If it's not a closing Stop & Shop, then I'll put that down. I just wish I could get to Stamford in October and a Leonards could open there by the time I'd be in town since I would only have so long to get around a big area with two or more events and being dependent on mass transit at home and in the metro like most of the locals. I might not have enough suggestions on New York soil, which is letting the side down. It's just easier to retrofit than to scramble in a region you rarely visit or have never even been. Turns out that Stew Leonard Jnr went to Ithaca College of all places (small town). Despite his alma maters location, he might not open past the Palisades, but he may have connections at Cornells east campus across town from IC (an alum once explained). Let's just see what he could do up near home.

Ansonia, CT - Division St

Milford, CT - US 1 & CT 162

Stamford, CT - US 1

Torrington, CT - High St near JCPenney

Carlstadt, NJ - Paterson Ave

Ansonia, CT - Division St

Edison, NJ - Inman Grove Shopping Ctr

Piscataway, NJ - Stelton Rd

Greenvale - NY 25A; Wheatley Plaza

West Haverstraw - US 202; Samsondale Plaza

Coram - NY 25 & 112

Mt Vernon - E Sandford Blvd

Hempstead - NY 102

Wayne, NJ - former ShopRite

West Nyack - former Grand Union/Stop & Shop/MetFresh or ShopRite, NY 59

West Babylon - former ShopRite; NY 109

Montague, NJ - former ShopRite; NJ 23

Cortlandt Manor - former ShopRite; US 9

Ringwood, NJ - CR 692

CNY Hall of Fame

Tom Cruise on the red carpet last year

 Now for something different. Destiny USA are close to entering administration due to a default and getting anchors as well as smaller stores to fill in vacancies is not uncommon across the country these days, so for one anchor that's single level on the first floor, let's get creative and put a museum in there! At least a hundred people who are household names around the world have personal ties to CNY. Some of them are listed on our sister blogs (only SU girl Vanessa Williams appears on both). Celebrities who went to uni, were born, lived, and/or grew up within a 75 mile radius of Syracuse will qualify for the gallery. Since A-lister Tom Cruise has been strictly films for over forty years time, yet left town when he was very young, I could only have him here. When I was the one who was away, I would sometimes tell others that he was born here. Rosie O'Donnell knew just as well (you had to have been around in the mid-to-late '90s). Richard Gere moved to North Syracuse when he was a little older, even though he did some TV in recent memory. We would showcase dozens of notables. Grace Jones's hula hoop can be an exhibit. There's a Walk of Fame downtown in front of the Landmark Theatre, but it's not enough and focuses more on the immediate area, and isn't like the ones back in Hollywood. We don't want it to be another Studio 54 of halls of fame like the one in Cuyahoga County or even Otsego County, so we'd get as many people profiled as possible.

There's a small Sports Hall of Fame inside Drivers Village (former Penn Can Mall) in Cicero, even though many athletes like Breanna Stewart and Dorsey Levens also got their start in our backyard. SU has a NYS Broadcasters Hall of Fame at Dick Clark Studios inside SI Newhouse School of Public Communications (which includes alums Ted Koppel, Marv Albert, Bob Costas and Jeff Glor along with the late Rod Wood and Ron Curtis to name a few). Having this new museum at Destiny brings something original and unique and may be less expensive than trying to convince another chain to come when the economy is up and down.

Orange Julius

Allegany County location with Dairy Queen, other takeaways and Dollar General

Jim.Henderson, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

 Orange Julius is a one-of-a-kind drink no one has ever copied. They used to be in Shoppingtown Mall in deWitt, where I've heard of them in the old days, but I don't think I ever had one. Dairy Queen, who now own Orange Julius through Warren Buffets Berkshire Hathaway, now only have a franchise in my area in Cicero, which is too far for me and does not carry Orange Julius (same with many DQs, since some don't even have Brazier for hot foods). The closest area to have it is WNY with fourteen locations. Some people may assume it doesn't exist anymore since so many have closed over the past few decades as standalones. Because corporate only offer the two chains as a package deal today, we'll have to put the pair of them together and come up with food courts, vacant competitors or even college neighborhoods to satisfy our sweet tooth (don't tell my doctor or dentist, mind!).

Syracuse (east side) - former Hungry Chucks et al; Marshall St (other chains past present have been on SU Hill)

Syracuse (north side) - former Dunkin'; Regional Transportation Center (Destiny USA around the corner has no room right now and have other things to deal with)

Cortland - former Naples Pizza; Riverside Plaza, NY 13

Liverpool - former Arbys; CR 57

Oneida - former KFC?; NY 5

Fairmount - former TJs Big Boy/Good Buddys Pub; W Genesee St

Albany (Delaware Area) former Friendlys; US 9W & NY 443

Binghamton - Broome County Transportation Center; Chenango St

Ithaca - former Starbucks; Collegetown

New Hartford - former Boil Shack; NY 5

Albany (Central Ave) - former Grandmas; NY 5

Auburn - Fingerlakes Mall; NY 5 & US 20

Rochester - former Calios; NY 252

Quality Markets

Flagship Jamestown/Celeron store near Lucys old house

 Quality Markets were P&Cs sister chain in WNY and NW PA. They were originally from Jamestown, so the legendary Lucille Ball would have remembered them from growing up (although she also lived in Montana for a period). Quality were founded in 1913 and sold to Penn Traffic in 1979. They reached Buffalo when they acquired Bells in 1993, a onetime IGA franchise (some Bells became other things, and none in Niagara County became Quality). Most of the Quality chain however went to Tops in 2010, but like P&C, some fell through the cracks, mostly because of overlap with existing stores which was inevitable in the region. There was once a row in Cattaraugus County when Tops wanted to come in on their own, but if you can't beat 'em, join 'em! (Tops won out, but read on).

Now Tops unless indicated

Sheffield, PA - US 6 (borough [PA term] recently profiled in the Washington Post)

Celeron/Jamestown - now construction company near Lucille Balls childhood home (original Tops around the corner; closed store pictured)

Buffalo (Lackawanna) - 1234 Abbott Rd; previously Loblaws and Bells; now Save-a-Lot

Buffalo (Bryant) - 250 Lakewood Ave; previously Loblaws and Bells; later Latinas; now PriceRite

Buffalo (1) - 257 W Ferry St; previously Star Discount Foods, Loblaws and Bells; now Bartons Home Outlet

Buffalo (2) - 499 W Klein Rd; previously Bells, now Dash's (last local only non-regional indie chain)

Cheektowaga - 540 Dick Rd; now Crunch Fitness

Williamsville - NY 5

Erie, PA (1) - 838 E 6th St; previously Loblaws; now closed

Erie, PA (2) - 3712 W 12th St; same as above

Erie, PA (3) - US 20; previously Rudys Super Duper; now Champion Ford

Erie, PA (4) - 712 W 38th St; now Tops

Erie, PA (5) - US 20; now Giant Eagle and Valu King

Erie, PA (6) - PA 8; now vacant

Erie, PA (7) - US 20 & 2708 Legion Rd; now vacant

Erie, PA (8) - US 20; now Walmart

Erie, PA (9) - US 20; Harborcreek; now Pet Supplies Plus

Dunkirk (1) - 3955 Vineyard Dr & NY 60

Dunkirk (2) - 166 E 4th St & NY 60; now Save-a-Lot

Ellicottville - US 219

Lockport - NY 31 & 77; previously Bells (IGA and indie); now Tops

Falconer (1) - NY 394

Falconer (2) - 10 S Work St (NY 394); now CVS

Frewsburg - 20 Center St & US 62

Attica - NY 98 & Prospect St (one of the last new stores opened)

Mayville - NY 394

Olean - NY 417

Silver Creek - NY 5

Tonawanda (Kenmore NW) - NY 324 & 384; closed 2003 (Tops now around the corner, although this was several years before the sale)

Williamsville - NY 5

Cambridge Springs, PA - US 19 & PA 409; TBD

Corry, PA (1) - PA 426; now Sanders Markets

Corry, PA (2) - 100 W South St; now vacant

Corry, PA (3) - 124 W Smith St; now Snap Fitness

Kane, PA - US 6

Lakewood - NY 394; now Michaels

Warren, PA - Business US 6

Union City, PA - US 6

Westfield, PA - PA 49

Youngsville, PA - US 6

Titusville, PA - 110 S Martin St; now Giant Eagle

Waterford, PA - US 19

Meadville, PA (1) - US 6 & 19

Meadville, PA (2) - PA 27; now Walgreens

Jamestown (1) - NY 394; now Salvation Army Family Store

Jamestown (2) - NY 394; now Geer-Dunn (around the corner from Lucys museums)

Jamestown (3) - NY 430; now New Flyer of America

Jamestown (4) - NY 60; previously Loblaws; now Tops

Jamestown (5) - 214 E 3rd St; demolished decades ago; one of the earliest

Jamestown (6) - 703 W 3rd St; previously Nu-Way; now Farm Fresh

Jamestown (7) - 18 S Main St; opened 1942; long gone

Sherman - Church St; now Macks Markets

Randolph - NY 394

Hazeltine - TBD (may just be Jamestown)

Stores dating back from before WWI to the Depression may require some additional research. The WWII-era one is the oldest I could dig up. Since Lucy and I have the same birthday, I dedicate this post to her memory.

You can't spell Quality without AI!

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