Remember When These Used to Be Here in NYC
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Ray, I was in store #83 in the Bronx, Concourse Village West & E. 156 St from 1969-1973.raybrag said:fdce54 said:
Me too, Frank. The A&P paid for my college education. I worked there for 6 years, from 1958 thru 1963, in stores 811, 812 and 816 (Long Beach, Rockville Centre, and the new [in 1960] Long Beach store).
Also, for Long Islanders . . . the Bee Line Bus Co. (not the one that runs to Westchester now). I took it from Lynbrook to Jamaica all the time I was in High School and college (to switch to the E train). Mostly they ran GMC "Old Look" busses, but early in my riding career, they also ran some stick shift 1941 White Motors rigs during the rush hours, and also a few big Macks. Then in 1959 they began to buy the "new" GMC Fishbowl bus. All of their busses were red and white (with no ads n them).
GMC "Old Look"
1941 White
It was sometimes gut-wrenching to hear (and feel) the gears grinding as the driver of one of these hulks tried to upshift (I'm guessing they didn't know how to double clutch)
Mid-50s Mack
GMC "Fishbowl"
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t123ken said:mack said:Neighborhood A&Ps:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Atlantic_%26_Pacific_Tea_Company
The photo above looks like Fresh Pond Road at Putnam Avenue.........Yes t123ken correct....the Box location is Fresh Pond Road opposite Putnam Ave.
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"THE ORANGE HUT" ....old school burger joint formerly a "White Tower" http://gothamist.com/2008/07/30/under_an_orange_awning_burger_histo.php ....BUT still there & upgraded to more types of food... http://lostnewyorkcity.blogspot.com/2008/12/orange-hut.html
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Gone - neighborhood hardware stores - now we have Home Depot and Lowes
Gone - Bohack - now we have Sams Club, Costco, BJs
https://placesnomore.wordpress.com/2010/09/06/bohack/
Gone - Bohack - now we have Sams Club, Costco, BJs
https://placesnomore.wordpress.com/2010/09/06/bohack/
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I remember when the A&P decided that the Dilberts, Waldbaum & other super markets were drawing too many customers with their S&H Green stamps, so they fought back, with Plaid Stamps:
Plaid stamps were new and exciting! They had THREE denominations (1, 10, 50) instead of just one! And what a royal pain in the a$$ they were to the cashiers.
Plaid stamps were new and exciting! They had THREE denominations (1, 10, 50) instead of just one! And what a royal pain in the a$$ they were to the cashiers.
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Gone -gas stations with mechanics who could fix something broken on your car.
Gas stations were not food stores with junk food and Subways. They were for gas and car repairs. Someone pumped your gas and checked your oil and washed your windows - and gas was not $3 or more a gallon. Air for tires was free. Bottles of soda were 10 cents in soda machines that had ice and water. No $2 bottled water.
Gas station attendants could speak to you - and give directions if you were lost.
Gas stations had these things called "maps" that people could look at or buy to get where they were going. They did not rely on Garmins and TomToms which always seem to lose GPS signals when you need them and leave you lost.
Gas stations had these things called "phone booths" where you could make a call for 10 cents - and the phones worked.
Gas stations had bathrooms with toilets that worked and cleaned once in a while.
Remember Sinclair and ESSO gas stations? Texaco - "You can trust your car to the man who wears the star"
Gas stations were not food stores with junk food and Subways. They were for gas and car repairs. Someone pumped your gas and checked your oil and washed your windows - and gas was not $3 or more a gallon. Air for tires was free. Bottles of soda were 10 cents in soda machines that had ice and water. No $2 bottled water.
Gas station attendants could speak to you - and give directions if you were lost.
Gas stations had these things called "maps" that people could look at or buy to get where they were going. They did not rely on Garmins and TomToms which always seem to lose GPS signals when you need them and leave you lost.
Gas stations had these things called "phone booths" where you could make a call for 10 cents - and the phones worked.
Gas stations had bathrooms with toilets that worked and cleaned once in a while.
Remember Sinclair and ESSO gas stations? Texaco - "You can trust your car to the man who wears the star"
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Remember the old glass bottle deposits - we collected Coke and Pepsi and 7 Up bottles for 2 cents and brown beer bottles for 5 cents and turned them in at the local candy store to get some change for baseball cards and 10 cent ice cream cones.
raybrag said:I remember when the A&P decided that the Dilberts, Waldbaum & other super markets were drawing too many customers with their S&H Green stamps, so they fought back, with Plaid Stamps:
Plaid stamps were new and exciting! They had THREE denominations (1, 10, 50) instead of just one! And what a royal pain in the a$$ they were to the cashiers.
Other stores had S&H Green stamps, Ray.
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We got a new pair of shoes at the start of every school year at local Tom McAn or Miles shoestores.
No Amazon or Zappos. Firemen did not make much - shoes had to last - whatever size fit we got 1/2 size larger so they would last. We could grow into them. One pair was good enough. We had our Cons sneakers to wear most of the time.
No Amazon or Zappos. Firemen did not make much - shoes had to last - whatever size fit we got 1/2 size larger so they would last. We could grow into them. One pair was good enough. We had our Cons sneakers to wear most of the time.
Some FDNY memories -
Gone: the Superpumper and Supertender; water towers; rubber coats and boots; canvas coats; company second sections; many hard working fire companies; many firehouses; boro communication offices; fireboats; company matrons; telegraph system (bells); voice alarm; open doors at firehouses when companies responded; classic helmet front pieces; auxiliaries; Model Cities Program (salvage units); Red Caps (arson); all red fire apparatus; green engine companies; Mack/Ward LaFrance/Ahren Fox/ALF fire apparatus; searchlight units; bells on apparatus; and fire alarm boxes that always worked.
No: computers; bunker gear; SOC squads; CIDS; FAST truck; safety chiefs; HAZMAT units; EMS runs; shorts; company t-shirts; company patches; cell phones.
Gone: the Superpumper and Supertender; water towers; rubber coats and boots; canvas coats; company second sections; many hard working fire companies; many firehouses; boro communication offices; fireboats; company matrons; telegraph system (bells); voice alarm; open doors at firehouses when companies responded; classic helmet front pieces; auxiliaries; Model Cities Program (salvage units); Red Caps (arson); all red fire apparatus; green engine companies; Mack/Ward LaFrance/Ahren Fox/ALF fire apparatus; searchlight units; bells on apparatus; and fire alarm boxes that always worked.
No: computers; bunker gear; SOC squads; CIDS; FAST truck; safety chiefs; HAZMAT units; EMS runs; shorts; company t-shirts; company patches; cell phones.
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Polks hobby store. Was that the place on 5th Avenue in Manhattan?