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Acme – Voorhees, New Jersey

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Location: 700 Haddonfield Berlin Road, Voorhees, NJ


Down to the final four in New Jersey! Only three left to go after our stop here in Voorhees. This location is the very last 90's stores in the state to be covered on the blog. Personally, I think this is the best looking model used during the 90's. Much more attractive than the more often seen "fortress" model. The exterior of Voorhees is very similar to Acmes in Runnemede, Sewell and Yardville.

Acme's first store here was a 70's era store located at the opposite end of this shopping center. That building is now home to Office Depot. We'll have a closer look down below.


The interior has the Alberstsons Marketplace decor package along with some nice upgrades that were done during the SuperValu years. We'll head in on the right side...


Real windows in Produce were not an option as the Acme is joined on this side to the store next door.




The salad bar now wraps around the corner of the Bakery. These were added to higher volume stores during the Alberstons Marketplace remodels, often being relocated from free-standing salad bars in the Produce department.


The 90's Bakery panel was left on the wall here. Runnemede has a similar treatment with the panel having been removed. You can take a look by clicking here.


Alberstons' leaf spotted on the muffin boxes!




Ala Carte station with seating area has been added to the rear of the store. Cinnaminson had one as well in the very same spot. In Medford the station was located closer to the front of the store while in Randolph it was added right inside the entrance.






Nice upgrades in the Wild Harvest department! Both Medford and Cinnaminson had similar upgrades.




One thing we didn't see in Medford and Cinnaminson is a gigantic deals aisle.


Great Deals may have come along after ShopRite took over a nearby Stop and Shop location in the mid 2000's.


Scars left from the aisle that was removed to make room for the deals.


The keystones remain from the 90's Red/White/Blue package. Apparently these buggers are really hard to take off of the walls.


New cases back by the Deli for wings, olives and other fresh food offerings.






Nicely stocked store! Premium Fresh and Healthy aisle signs throughout.


Center aisle of the store looking over toward the Bakery.


Looking over toward Dairy. The center aisle can get a little junky looking with all sorts of random displays. Voorhees keeps the aisle nicely streamlined.




Floral has been moved from the corner of the store out into the aisles.










Pharmacy is located in the front corner of the store. In the 90's models, this corner was often used for Floral with the Pharmacy being located along the front wall.


A look across the front-end.





Heading over to the former Acme in Eagle Plaza...






You can see where Acme's windows were replaced by brick. Pretty surprising how well the brick matches from above to below.


Scars left from Acme's entrance?


Magic carpet and railings scars here.

A look around back...







Aerial Views


The 70's Acme all the way to the right and the 90's Acme all the way to the left.


Delivery doors located on the right side rather than at the back of the store.






No delivery doors along the back.


Aerial views of the 70's Acme. You can see remnants of the sign that used to be on the side of the building. Nearly identical to the one on the Morris Plains building (seen below).




The addition to the right side of the building happened sometime after 1995, most certainly after the Acme jumped to the other end.




The above image shows the proximity of the ShopRite which is located in the former SuperG/Stop and Shop. The ShopRite doesn't get much love from yelp reviewers.

Historic Views


2007


2002


1995


1995


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Former Acme – Washington D.C.

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 Photos courtesy of Michael of Fairfax, VA

Location:  45 L St SW, Washington, D.C. 



Michael shared some information on the history of this former Acme...

Here's what I remember: This Acme was a part of the redevelopment of Southwest Washington, DC. It was open for only about a year in the very early 1970s (1971-1972 I believe). The store just wasn't in a good location and the area wasn't (and still isn't) a great area of town. Acme pulled out of this store which I believe was the beginning of the end or the end of Acme in the District. Acme had a number of smaller storefront locations around town prior to this store opening. This is the only A-Frame style store that was built in the District. The address is 45 L Street SW Washington, DC 20024. Cross street is Half Street SW. The building has been a US Post Office for many years. The interior has a drop ceiling in the customer areas. I couldn't get a clear view into the mail processing areas to see if that area still has the high ceiling open. Sorry I don't have more pictures. As I said this isn't the greatest part of town. It is between the area around Nationals Stadium and the Southwest Waterfront. This area hasn't seen the improvements that those areas have seen. Incidentally Safeway was part of the same redevelopment that brought Acme in. However Safeway located further west at 4th and M Streets SW which is now also at the entrance to the Waterfront Metro Station. Safeway ended up with the better location and remains there to this day. 

The Safeway has moved to a new location just behind its original spot. It is now located on the first floor of an eight story building. You can actually switch in progress by zooming in and out on the address on bing maps.


Rather unusual Acme here. Very small. The front windows extend across the front of there building indicating there is no back room space running along either side.




Doesn't looking anything like an Acme in the back. Since the building is not very wide, the pitch doesn't go up high enough to allow for a second floor. None of the usual scars along the back either. We can see that the area where the white door is located used to be wider. The delivery bays on the left were probably original to to the Acme. Unfortunately it can't be confirmed in the historic images.


The Acme fish-eye sign was most likely mounted to the front of the store similar to how it was done at the Hallstead location...


The two stores are very similar in design and size although Hallstead did have a large addition to the left side which just about doubled the size of the store.

Aerial Views











Historic Images


2002


1980


1964

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Acme store closings:


New Britain/Chalfont, PA
Warminster, PA

Aerial images of both stores are included below. Neither store currently appears on the blog. I was quite sure I had Warminster photographed but unfortunately I'm not finding any pictures. I have been to the store several times, and will return prior to it closing. I have never been to New Britain, which is often referred to as Chalfont. Both stores are set to close in November. Some comments have come in the last day about the news but have not been posted. Acme confirmed the news on their Facebook page just hours ago so it's safe for Acme Style to now pass on the unfortunate news. 



Location: 505 W Butler Ave, Chalfont, PA

A classic 90's superstore location. I'm not terribly familiar with the competition in the area. A former Genuardi's very close by is now a Giant. I've never gotten word that this store was in danger so this one came as a surprise. Did the relatively new Giant run Acme into the ground? All indications are the new owners are have significant success in turning around Acme's fortunes but apparently there are locations that are just too far gone. 



Location: 808 E Street Rd Warminster, PA

Not sure if this store was ever successful. Opened sometime in the early 2000's. I have been told repeated for years that this store would be closing. Well, the day has finally arrived. Particularly sad to see such a new Acme dying off although Alberstons didn't have the best track record for picking new store locations during their first round of running the company. 

Former Acme – Mantua, New Jersey

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Photos courtesy of Erica R.

 Location: 222 Bridgeton Pike, Mantua, New Jersey


Erica has returned once again to the former  Mantua Acme to photograph its transformation into a Wine Warehouse and Planet Fitness. This classic 33M Acme was located next to a Kmart, which continues to remain open. The Acme closed on February 28, 2013.


Erica took photos back in 2013 when the building was abandoned. Acme had yet to clean out the interior. You can check out those pictures by clicking here. Planet Fitness' entrance is right where Acme emergency exit was located.






Scar left from Acme's cart corral.






The Wine Warehouse entrance....






Looks like it could be a grocery store but there is absolutely nothing left from the Acme.



Some scars left on the sidewalk...



The ghosts of the magic carpets will live on here for decades to come!



The sign back when Acme was open...




For a look at the full coverage of the Mantua Acme, please click here.

The Fate of the Former Morrisville Acme

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Photo courtesy of Charles T.

The former 90's-era Acme in Morrisville will be torn down to make way for new businesses. An article on Levittownnow.com details residents opposition to the project. A sitemap is included showing the new layout of the property which includes a "super" Wawa. Set to join Wawa is A Rite Aid and an unnamed fast food restaurant.


For full coverage of the former Morrisville Acme, please click here.

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As you may have noticed, there have not been a lot of store posts lately. This trend will unfortunately continue this week. I hope to be back to the regular schedule starting next week.

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 Running a little late with November's Discussions post.
As you have noticed, operations at Acme Style have been
unexpectedly suspended for the past few weeks.
I am pleased to announce the blog will be
up and running beginning this week. 

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News Break:
ACME STYLE IS NOW OPEN!

Apologies for the unexpected hiatus. I had to put the blog on the back burner for a few weeks due to an avalanche of projects at my day job. I also accepted some freelance work which turned into more work than anticipated, which is usually how those projects go. With things finally getting back to normal here, Acme Style will be returning to it's regularly scheduled programming, for the most part. There may be some additional interruptions going forward but I assure you, they will always be temporary. Now to recap some news that has been kicking around for the past few weeks...

KMART CLOSINGS

Oh they keep on coming! And if you spend anytime on flickr looking at Kmart pictures, you'd swear the whole chain is going under. While that isn't the case... just yet, Kmart is shutting down tons of stores. Seems like they are in a big rush to unload a bunch by year's end. (A full list of Kmart and Sears closings can be viewed at InvestCorrectly.com by clicking here.) Two of the locations set to close in December have previously appeared on the blog. While one doesn't come as much of a surprise, I have to say the other one sure does! 

FIRST UP, RANDOLPH, NEW JERSEY...


Location: 140 Route 10, Randolph, NJ

The Dover Kmart was included in a Bonus Store post featuring the abandoned Pathmark just next door. For the record, that post is one of the most visited posts to ever appear on Acme Style! Guess folks love an abandoned Pathmark. I have only a couple of exterior shots of this store. Haven't been inside in many years.


According to comments left under the Pathmark post, the Kmart has been in bad shape for a while. I believe the whole shopping center has been in serious decline for years now. I do have some fond memories of this store as it is the very first Kmart I ever stepped foot in. I vividly remember coming here as a kid with my parents. Even back then, the place was not appealingl. I was happier going to Two Guys.


Aerial view of the Kmart and Pathmark, which is now an LA Fitness. Future of the Kmart... unknown.

NEXT UP... PARAMUS, NEW JERSEY



Location: 859 New Jersey 17, Paramus, NJ

This one is pretty shocking to me. If there was any Kmart that was going to last until the very end, I would have put my money on this one. As Kmarts go, this one always seems busy. In fact, it has been remodeled two times over in the past few years! It was first given the retro orange and brown remodel in the late 2000's. You can see a peek of that below. Personally, I loved this look. It felt like Kmart was taking it's past and making it cool for the present. Sometime in the past few years, the store was given the new, painfully generic, red and white look. The picture below was taken back in 2010 and was included in the recent Bonus Store coverage of the former Grand Union/Stop and Shop in the same shopping center. The store has since been fully photographed and will going up on the blog next week.


The Paramus Kmart has a very unique interior thanks to the building starting out as a Grand Way. The building appears to have had a couple of additions over the years.


Some additional photos of this Kmart can bee seen in the Bonus Store post of the Paramus Stop and Shop. Check back next week for a more extensive look at the interior.

SHOPRITE TAKES OVER
 ABANDONED BURLINGTON KMART


Uh oh. More bad news for the Burlington Acme. After weathering the storm of an expanded Walmart, ShopRite is now in the process of converting the abandoned Kmart into a new store which is expected to open in January. You can read more about the news at the courierpostonline.com by clicking here.

NEW BRITAIN ACME CLOSES
FOR GOOD ON THURSDAY!
CAN ANYONE TAKE SOME PICTURES?


Location: 505 W Butler Ave, Chalfont, PA

This came sooner than expected. I was planning on getting to the store this coming weekend to photograph it. Looks like I won't make it. Anyone out there who can get us some interior photos? I've had some offers but so far no pictures have arrived. I would hate to see this place close and not make it to the blog. If anyone could help out, I would greatly appreciate it! You can send photos to acmestyleblog@gmail.com

BOTTOM DOLLAR BOTTOMS OUT!


Photos courtesy of Billy F.

Throwing in some news about Bottom Dollar, although I'm sure most of you have heard by now. All stores have been sold to Aldi. The store above is located in the former Bordertown Acme building. It is unknown at this time how many locations will be converted to Aldi and how many will be sold off. 

AND FINALLY,
A NEW BLOG TO CHECK OUT...


Spinning off from Brazos Buildings & Businesses, I present to you: Safeway Albertsons Texas, the new blog to explore the legacy of stores that Albertsons, Safeway, and their companies left behind, but in Texas. 

Last Call for New Britain and Warminster!

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HELP WANTED

Looks like BOTH stores are set to close in just a little over 24 hours. Is there anyone out there how could snap just a couple of interior photos of either store? I will not be making it to these stores before they close. Warminster has a relatively deluxe version of Albertsons Marketplace decor. I have been there several times and have no idea why I don't have pictures. They may have been lost. I don't know about the interior of New Britain but would guess it has the standard Albertsons Marketplace remodel. I will be getting exterior shots of both stores this coming weekend.

UPDATE:
Photos of New Britain have arrived and they are... 
AWESOME!!!

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The following Acmes have now closed for good…

New Britain, PA
Warminster, PA

Additional coverage of each store will be coming to the blog soon. 

Acme – 19th and Oregon Ave, Philadelphia

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Location: 1901 Johnston St, Philadelphia, PA

The first big store post in quite a while has us at this Albertsons built store in South Philly. This location opened in the early 2000's and has been very successful despite being blocks away from an established ShopRite. Acme had a presence in this part of the city until the late 90's. After taking a break for a few years, the chain returned bigger and better than ever.

19th and Oregon is a virtual twin to the store in Clifton, New Jersey. Aside from the styling of the exterior, the building itself and interior layout is nearly identical. I was even getting a little freaked when I was inside. Thought I may have been teleported to Clifton when I walked through the front doors!

One significant difference between the two stores was the location of Customer Service. In Clifton, the service counter is on the opposite side of the front-end near the Pharmacy. As you will see down below, Customer Service is just left of the entrance but that is not the case anymore. These photos were taken back in May before the arrival of the Frosted Mug Café! 19th and Oregon now has a beer department. It was added right where Customer Service once stood, bumping that department over to the Pharmacy side. Work had just begun on the transition when I here but at the time, I had no idea what was going on.

As you may know, these beer cafés are going into several Acmes including Devon, Granite Run, Glen Mills and Bala Cynwyd. Flourtown was the very first Acme to have the beer café. For a look at the newly added department at this Acme, click here.


A quick look at the delivery bays on the right side of the store. Like Clifton, this is the only area of the store for receiving. Notice the scar on the trailer from the red-oval logo. Thanks SuperValu.




"ACME" was moved up to make way for Sav-on. 




Can I get a P? It's there. Didn't realize it wasn't in the shot until I was preparing the photos for posting.


The original location of Customer Service just to the left of the entrance. The Frosted Mug Café is now located here.


The Photo department had been removed from this store and replaced with lottery ticket dispensers. The mural on the wall painted over in brown. You can see what it used to look like the photo below...


This shot is from the failed Alberstons built store in Moorestown, New Jersey.


I've said it before and I'm going to say it again, Acme has a great selection of breads in their bakeries. They've got ShopRite and Pathmark/A&P/SuperFresh all beat by a mile. I'm fascinated that with all of ShopRite's success and market dominance, they can continue to run the absolute worst in-store bakeries. Even when things look good, they don't taste good.


The Deli is in the very front of the store just to the right of the entrance.




A major flaw with this decor package are the leaning department signs. A little too top heavy.


Looking toward the front of the store.


Meat and Seafood all the way in the back.


No Wild Harvest in the first aisle. I believe that trend was started with the SuperValu stores and remodels. I didn't see a dedicated natural foods section in this store.


Aisle 5 and 6 form a double-wide for seasonal.


I was pleasantly surprised how clean and organized it was here for being a city store. Having opened around the same time as Clifton, this store has held up a bit better over the years.








Looking along the back wall down to Produce. The Dairy alcove is to the left...






Sav-on still going strong. It's been shut down and abandoned in Clifton.


A look across the front-end. Not sure if the self-checkouts are still there. The registers have been given the "Quality Built" lights. In the far corner, you can see sections of the wall have been removed. I suspect this was happening to prep the area for the Customer Service department. The work had just begun when I was here. I thought they might have been addressing a water a leak or some other type of malfunction in the wall.


AERIAL VIEWS...


Healthy crowd here for sure. I was surprised how busy the store was when I was here. The ShopRite is within walking distance, although it is by no means an inviting ShopRite.








A former Penn Fruit just across the street...




Another Penn Fruit was located very nearby on 24th Street. Not sure if they were both in operation at the same time or if this store relocated to the other location. 




An aerial look at the surrounding area. The 19th and Oregon Acme is in the bottom right-hand corner of the image. A pitched-roof store was located over on Passyunk and may have been a relatively short-lived store. According to information on Josh Austin's flickr collection, Acme left the piched-roof store to take over the Penn Fruit building on 24th street when he company went under. That Acme remained open until he late 90's.


Taking a look at the former pitched-roof store. Exact opening date is unknown. The Acme would have moved over to the Penn Fruit building around 1978 when the chain went under.




A drop ceiling has been added inside.








Interesting to see the break room and bathroom windows on the first floor instead of the second floor.


Acme signs still going strong.










Over to the former 24th Street Penn Fruit...


This building does not appear to be significantly larger than the pitched-roof. Acme may have figured this was a better location overall since it was part of a shopping center.









HISTORIC IMAGES...


2008


2006


2002


2008


1999


1992


1970


1967

Kmart – Paramus, New Jersey

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Location: 859 Route 17, Paramus, NJ 

As mentioned in last week's News Break, the Paramus Kmart is shutting down in December. Liquidation sales are well underway. I could not let the store fade into oblivion without an exhaustive tour of its very unique interior. Featuring a non-gocery store locations on the blog is certainly not the norm here on Acme Style. This particular location actually does qualify as a former grocery store as it was originally home to Grand Way, which combined a discount store with a supermarket. When Grand Way came to an end, the supermarket portion of the business opened at the other end of the shopping center as a Grand Union. Kmart moved into the space as the new discount retailer for this shopping center. By all accounts, it has been very successful over the years.The Paramus Kmart has always been located a very comfortable distance from other discounters like Walmart and Target. Well, that was until 2010 when Target opened in the Bergen Town Center which is about 15 minutes away. Thing is... with the traffic in Paramus, you would rarely get there in 15 minutes, especially on a Saturday. The area still observes Blue Laws so all non-food retailers are closed in Sundays which makes Saturdays absolute mayhem in the area.

We'll have to wait and see what happens here to really know the reason why Kmart is closing. As speculated on the blog and elsewhere on the internet, Stop and Shop may be interested in building a replacement store on this portion of the property. Sears and Kmart are more than happy to give up a store, regardless of profitability, if someone else shows interest. The company is even leasing space in their stores to other retailers who are willing to move in and share the space.


Very limited "Store Closing Sale" exterior signage. The main portion of the building here is very similar to Penn Fruit locations we've seen on the blog. The arched area of the store houses the clothing departments and front-end. We're going to enter from the other side in order to save the best of the interior for last.


If you look closely, you can see the "Big Kmart" scar. The store has had two significant remodels in recent years. First, the brown and orange retro look with an internet café being added to the front of the store. This remodel also saw the unusual relocation of the grocery department to the very back corner of the store. I believe that change was reversed for the last remodel which had the it moved back to it's original spot. Hard to tell as the back corner of the store is completely emptied out now.








The Garden Shop is in this corner.






Long hallway heading in on this side, normally stocked with seasonally and sale items.


Quick look across the front-end. Nearly every register is open.


The original home to Customer Service. Remember the "Big Kmart" service counters with the giant TV screen built in? Those things went dark not long after they were put in. Seemed like a big expense at the time which did absolutely nothing for the stores.


Looking towards the back of the store with a preview of the arched ceiling. The ceiling did not look this good in the early 2000's when I shopped here regularly. It was very gray and lifeless.


Looking towards the back after a few more steps in.


Turning to the left we see greeting cards and heath & beauty which back up to the hallway that we entered through.


Love that random rake just standing there! I'll take it!!


Across from heath and beauty is where groceries where located during liquidation. With the refrigerators here as well, I'm assuming the department was returned to its original spot after the last remodel. I nearly laughed when I saw the refrigerated cases. About 6 doors in total. Sad comparison to Target's extensive refrigerated departments.


Looking over to the Garden Shop. Several different ceiling heights and lightning styles throughout the store.


The "K" on the wall is leftover from the orange and brown remodel.


Looking along the far left wall all the way to the back. Notice another ceiling height in the back corner...






Looking from the garden shop over to the right side of the store.


Facing the back once again. You'll see these huge support columns that would indicate an addition have been done to the store.




The rear section of the store...






And time to head to apparel where things get really interesting!


Tons of  pictures of for this portion of the store. I just love this architecture here.




Spot lights running along the back are not in use.












Another "K" left over from the orange and brown remodel.




Seriously old school security lights and intercom speaker!










Heading to the front of the store...




Not sure if Customer Service lost its signage or never had any to begin with.


That's the way to make your logo stand out.


Now leaving on of the most unique Kmarts of all time...






For coverage of the former Grand Union/Stop and Shop in this shopping center, please click here.

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News Break: 
FORMER PAULSBORO ACME
TO BE SAVED!


Plans to tear down the former pitched-roof Acme have been officially scrapped! Save A Lot will be moving in to the space and making very little changes to the exterior. An article on nj.com has all the details and includes a rendering of how the store will look in the very near future. You can jump over to the article by clicking here. Thanks to Judy for sending in the information! For full coverage of the Paulsboro Acme, please click here.

Former Acme – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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Photos courtesy of dougbalt

Location: 2132 East Lehigh Ave, Philadelphia, PA

Today we're visiting yet another former Acme that is now a Save A Lot. The pictures come to us courtesy of dougbalt. Help with covering former stores in Philadelphia is always appreciated as there are a ton waiting to make their way to the blog.

This location opened December 2, 1964 and closed in 1990, long before SuperValu took over Acme in 2006. Save A Lot currently operates in numerous former Acme stores. I don't believe any Acme was closed for the sole purpose of being converted to a Save A Lot. I'm actually not even sure how many stores SuperValu closed prior to 2009 when Acme Style launched. Below is the complete list of closings from 2009 until Cerberus took over in 2013...

Mantua, PA
Glassboro, NJ
Morrisville, PA
Sharon Hill, PA
Stevensville, MD
Cinnaminson, NJ
Fallston, MD 
Limerick, PA
Millville, NJ
Moorestown, NJ
Wayne, PA
Rockaway, NJ
Jersey City, NJ
Princeton Junction, NJ
Newton, NJ
Ambler, PA
West Chester, PA
Collegeville, PA
Newton, NJ 
Abescon, NJ
Freehold, NJ
Marlboro, NJ

The other stores I can pull up from memory which SuperValu closed are Harve de Grace and Quakertown. Does anyone know of others? I would like to put together a definitive list at some point. Another list I would love to make is all the stores that were closed under Albertsons leadership from 1999 to 2006. Not even sure where to start as I know a lot of stores were closed during those years and tracking down articles online from that long ago is not an easy task.

Update: Two more stores closed under SuperValu include Freehold and Marlboro. Thanks to Albertsons Florida Blog for pointing them out! And one more added to the list... Abescon, NJ!


Back to the Lehigh Ave Save A Lot... interesting store built next door. Looks like a mini-Acme! According the historic images, this building arrived sometime after the Acme had left.




Naturally a drop ceiling has been added inside. Doug noted that most aisles run perpendicular to the front of the store.


Customer Service is in about the same spot as it would have been in the Acme.


A look around back. The awning has been removed at this end. Very small air vent cover at the top of the pithed-roof. If you look closely to the left of the air vent cover you can see the 4 second floor windows are bricked over.








The newer building next door is on the left.


Doug took a picture of Trenton Avenue and all of its cobblestone glory!

AERIAL VIEWS...


A wide-shot of the former Acme's location.









HISTORIC IMAGES...


2008


2002


1995

1995 is the first year we see the building next door. 

1992
The next available image shows the former Acme standing alone. 


1967
About 3 years old here.


1957

Thanks to Doug for the photos of this former Acme! 

Winter Storm Panic at Bala Cynwyd Acme!

Happy Thanksgiving!

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THANKSGIVING SPECIALS AT ACME!
NOVEMBER 13 - 19, 1994



Classic Acme circular courtesy of John from WISL1480.com








To view all sorts of cool Acme memorabilia,
please click here

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Former Acme – Orange, New Jersey

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Location: 53 South Jefferson St, City of Orange, NJ

I ventured to the former Orange Acme back in September 2013. Wound up throwing the pictures in the vault since it didn't prove to be very exciting. I was hoping the interior retained a good amount of of the former Acme's attributes. It does not. While it is painfully dated inside, there isn't much of anything left over from Acme. We'll have a brief tour of the inside of the store down below. The photos are pretty blurry which is another reason this store got sent to the Acme Style vault.


Acme opened here January 29, 1957. Closing date unknown. My guess would be sometime in the 80's. Acme pulled the plug on lots of North Jersey Acmes as the 80's Remodel was rolled out. There is one historic image available from 1987 but, unfortunately, it is not very clear. The next earliest image is from 1979 and the script logo across the awning can be seen in the image. Funny how the more recent historic images can't hold a candle to the one from 1979!


One thing that is still very much intact here is the giant Acme sign! The store is now a Super Supermarket with nothing super about it. Wait until you see how the ripped off ShopRite's logo.


Looks like there's a chimney on the back corner. Not often seen on a 50's store. There may be a basement here. I can't find any signs of a second floor in the aerial images.



Heading inside...


The layout is completely flipped from what would have been here in the 50's. Produce is now along the left wall where the entrance is located and Dairy is along the right wall. All signs are this place was mostly gutted after Acme left with very little updating having been done since then. No sign of any Acme flooring and the florescent tube lights that would have been on the ceiling have been removed. The store is now plastered with neon lights, many of which are not working.


Looking up toward the entrance. The Deli is to the right.


Looking along the back wall. I don't believe the meat cases are left over from the Acme. While these cases are similar to the ones from the 80's Remodel, they're not exactly the same. I do think this place was remodeled in the 80's, just not by Acme.


Some old school frozen food cases....




Dairy along the right wall...




A look across the front-end. The registers are just beyond the displays on the left. The store doesn't really have an Acme feel to it anymore. I think this is partially due to the fact that the place is absolutely packed with inventory.


The Acme clock is still here!


Now with ShopRite inspired logos.

AERIAL VIEWS...




A liquor store runs along the side of the building. The structure exists as far back as the 1966 historic aerial image which is the earliest available.





HISTORIC IMAGES...


2002


1995
1995 was a rough year for satellite imagery. It's not helping that the historic aerial website is now chopping up images on a regular basis.


1987


1979
Now in color! If you look closely along the awning you can see the shadows from the "Acme Markets" script logo.


1970


1966
Looking crisp and clean in 1966!


1954

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