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by Ampersand
31 Oct 2015 22:37
Forum: History: USA Northeast
Topic: Gloversville Loblaw's finally getting demolished
Replies: 11
Views: 12728

Re: Gloversville Loblaw's finally getting demolished

http://frontpagegloversville.com/pictoral-history/gloversville-1950-1999/ This Loblaws was replaced when the one in the plaza downtown opened.. After Loblaws.. i think it was a smaller chain.. then a Great American, then Frontier had it then it was a different call center, now i don't know what it i...
by Ampersand
29 Oct 2015 20:55
Forum: History: USA Northeast
Topic: Gloversville Loblaw's finally getting demolished
Replies: 11
Views: 12728

Gloversville Loblaw's finally getting demolished

This building is finally getting demolished to make way for a new Stewarts... here is a pic of the grand opening back in 1955. Admittedly I wouldn't mind owning some of the signage. http://www.dailygazette.com/news/2015/aug/10/0810_loblaws/ http://frontpagegloversville.com/picture/loblaw%27s%20super...
by Ampersand
13 Jan 2015 17:38
Forum: History: Shopping Centers
Topic: Rotterdam Mall
Replies: 0
Views: 7543

Rotterdam Mall

I used to go to this mall a lot and I even worked in the sears for a while, I just heard that Macy's was going to be going out of business in there and I am really not sure if the mall could attract a new anchor. With this closing i believe that the mall's fortunes are very much entwined with that o...
by Ampersand
07 Jan 2015 13:26
Forum: History: Restaurant Chains
Topic: White Tower
Replies: 6
Views: 10279

Re: White Tower

wow that is a real shame since now it is a vacant lot next to a chinese restaurant
by Ampersand
06 Jan 2015 21:18
Forum: History: Restaurant Chains
Topic: White Tower
Replies: 6
Views: 10279

Re: White Tower

wow you mean right by the Chinese restaurant where people wait to catch the 370? I walk by there every day and that would have been awesome to see since now it is a vacant lot... was it a traditional art-deco designed white tower or just a standard building and when was it last operating? Now there ...
by Ampersand
04 Jan 2015 21:38
Forum: History: Restaurant Chains
Topic: old White Castle in Chicago
Replies: 0
Views: 7535

old White Castle in Chicago

I was in Chicago by the McCormick center and I noticed across from the takeout white castle was an older style White Castle that is now part of a chicken restaurant Is that the old White Castle or an older styled White Tower?
by Ampersand
04 Jan 2015 21:32
Forum: History: Restaurant Chains
Topic: White Tower
Replies: 6
Views: 10279

White Tower

Does anybody remember this old restaurant? They were a white castle ripoff that focused more on being a diner I know there is one here in Albany that is now a dance club. The one operating in Amsterdam NY was a victim of the urban renewal plan to build a mall which was a total fail. There are a lot ...
by Ampersand
04 Jan 2015 21:26
Forum: History: Restaurant Chains
Topic: Former IHOP locations
Replies: 33
Views: 31795

Re: Former IHOP locations

the Ihop in Johnstown NY is now Traver's Diner, and the Ihop in Schenectady closed a few months ago..
by Ampersand
04 Jan 2015 21:18
Forum: History: Department Store Chains
Topic: KMart Cafeteria and Other Restaurants
Replies: 72
Views: 96344

Re: KMart Cafeteria and Other Restaurants

The last i seen of K-Cafe was in the Herkimer NY KMart which closed a long time ago but remained sitting unused for a long time before they finally walled it off... I suspect it might still be used as a breakroom for employees or just storage
by Ampersand
25 Dec 2014 22:25
Forum: History: Department Store Chains
Topic: Barker's Department Stores
Replies: 46
Views: 52861

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 medic...
by Ampersand
02 Dec 2013 21:54
Forum: History: USA Northeast
Topic: Big M
Replies: 3
Views: 7385

Big M

I know very little about this chain other than the fact that they were the supermarket in my hometown that everyone avoided. The average Big M is like taking a trip back in time to the 70s just dank and depressing. It seems to follow the Grand Union business plan (open in place where there is no com...
by Ampersand
02 Dec 2013 02:23
Forum: History: USA Northeast
Topic: Grand Union
Replies: 76
Views: 79815

Re: Grand Union

there was a Grand Union in the middle of nowhere over by Amsterdam NY that now houses a wildlife museum.
http://www.wildlifesportsmuseum.com/
There also was one in the Ames plaza in Palatine Bridge NY that became hot dot before dying out completely...
by Ampersand
02 Dec 2013 02:02
Forum: History: USA Northeast
Topic: megasave logo?
Replies: 0
Views: 7341

megasave logo?

does anybody have a image of the megasave logo? it was Grand Union's last ditch effort there was one in Albany...
by Ampersand
03 Nov 2013 05:33
Forum: History: USA Northeast
Topic: Great American
Replies: 71
Views: 59206

Re: Great American

Gloversville, NY-began life as a Loblaws and was most recently a call center. Closed in 1995. Gloversville NY Great American.jpg I worked at the call center I had no idea it was ever a Loblaws though... was it relocated from somewhere else? I kinda recall seeing the corpse of another loblaws beside...
by Ampersand
03 Nov 2013 05:25
Forum: History: USA Northeast
Topic: Great American
Replies: 71
Views: 59206

Re: Great American

I think the Great American in Canajoharie is still standing being used as storage or something. The flood kinda hurt it though.. so it might just be a decrepit building.