Tuesday, August 23, 2022

A Grand Union With No Groceries

As part of the August 6, 2022 block, our next stop is to a store that somehow managed to get repurposed.

This, my friends, is the former Grand Union in Middleburgh, New York. The interior was destroyed from heavy winds and floodwaters as a result of Hurricane Irene in 2011. The store did not reopen, though it is not clear what the fate of this store would have been even if it was not destroyed.

For whatever reason, it was repurposed with minimal conversion to an antique store, affectionately titled "A Shop With No Name."

Apparently the former exit door has become an entry door while the second entry door was blocked off. Also the service desk is fully enclosed.

Random ex-Dollar Tree Technibilt #1336 in the store, for some reason labeled "not for sale". Is there any Dollar Tree that even uses these?

Two of the three aisle signs have remained intact. It appears these are from the mid-2000s "Family Markets" era.

Some department signs, such as "Butcher's Block" (rear) and "The Big Freezer" (left) have remained intact all these years.

1 comment:

  1. Pretty cool place! It's fun to see the old décor and exterior signage still up, and the name of the store is fitting and fun.

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