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| 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 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. Another competitor Do It Best bought True Value. DIB are available at Valu (no relation), while DIB have had affiliates in East Syracuse and Fulton. True Value in CNY remain on Syracuses west side, Manlius and Cazenovia to name a few. Here's what I can gather from memory 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; half of Sacred Melody; later Hooches, soon to be liquor store
Marcellus - NY 174?; Nightingales; now Ace
Syracuse (south side) - NY 173 & US 11; now Ace
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