Former Grand Unions in, Queens, Weschester & Nassau NY
Posted: 21 Oct 2007 10:09
10/21: Added one more store to original post
Former Grand Union supermarkets.
Main Street and Union Turnpike, Flushing Queens, NY This original Grand Union store survived until the 1990's. Other than paint, there has been little done to modify the exterior. It has a small front exterior but was the standard size for supermarkets of the 1950's through the 1970's. It became a Key Food store in the 1990's
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This store had a mix of vintage 1950's lettering on the pylon and 1970's lettering on the front awning.
This store had an entrance from the rear parking lot.
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Northern Blvd, Douglaston Queens NY
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This was a Grand Union store right to the end. Became a Stop and Shop store and the FRONT exterior has been heavily modified and there are no hints of the original Grand Union exterior.
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Hillside Avenue near Francis Lewis Blvd, Jamaica/Fresh Meadows? Queens NY
Site of former Grand Union store at least into the 1990's. This site was taken over by FOODTOWN, who either heavily remodeled it or they may have rebuilt it completely.
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Another totally unrecognizable former Grand Union is this Barnes and Noble store at Bay Terrace Shopping Center in Bayside Queens.
Front: http://edricfloyd.com/038.JPG
The Bay Terrace Grand Union was open into the 1990's and briefly shared the shopping center with a new Waldbaums that was built on the site of an adjacent bowling alley in the late 1980's.
There was a covered walkway that ran between the Grand Union and other shops where locals could walk from the shopping center to the neighborhood behind it. The entrance to the Grand Union was inside that walkway.
Rear of former Grand Union where covered walkway was (where White car and Truck are parked)
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When Bay Terrace was remodeled, the walkway was built in to add more retail space. You now enter the Barnes and Noble from the front.
And the Waldbaums in this shopping center is now "Waldbaums Fresh" and it appears to have been remodeled since its opening.
The Waldbaums at Bay Terrace
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Grand Union in Pleasantville (Westchester County) New York.
Now a Key Food Marketplace.
This is a free standing store in "Downtown" Pleasantville
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This building has most of the "original" Grand Union facade. I remember in the 1980's when the building was white and the Grand Union lettering was on the right. It was updated by Grand Union in the 1980's with the brick arches and the red dot Grand Union logo sinage in the center. I last saw this store as a Grand Union about 10 years ago. It is the only supermarket in the town limits, so it may have survived until the demise of Grand Union after 2000.
Former Grand Union in Great Neck (Nassau County) New York. Not recognizable after renovations that transformed this drab shopping center into a upscale marketplace fitting with the surrounding community.
http://edricfloyd.com/GreatNeckGU.JPG
This was a small Grand Union that closed in the mid 1980's. It became a PATHMARK DRUG STORE- The PathMark supermarket chain once operated separate drug stores. Most of them are now Rite Aid stores, just as this one is in Great Neck.
Former Grand Union supermarkets.
Main Street and Union Turnpike, Flushing Queens, NY This original Grand Union store survived until the 1990's. Other than paint, there has been little done to modify the exterior. It has a small front exterior but was the standard size for supermarkets of the 1950's through the 1970's. It became a Key Food store in the 1990's
http://edricfloyd.com/006.JPG
http://edricfloyd.com/007.JPG
http://edricfloyd.com/008.JPG
This store had a mix of vintage 1950's lettering on the pylon and 1970's lettering on the front awning.
This store had an entrance from the rear parking lot.
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Northern Blvd, Douglaston Queens NY
http://edricfloyd.com/044.JPG
This was a Grand Union store right to the end. Became a Stop and Shop store and the FRONT exterior has been heavily modified and there are no hints of the original Grand Union exterior.
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Hillside Avenue near Francis Lewis Blvd, Jamaica/Fresh Meadows? Queens NY
Site of former Grand Union store at least into the 1990's. This site was taken over by FOODTOWN, who either heavily remodeled it or they may have rebuilt it completely.
http://edricfloyd.com/023.JPG
http://edricfloyd.com/024.JPG
http://edricfloyd.com/025.JPG
Another totally unrecognizable former Grand Union is this Barnes and Noble store at Bay Terrace Shopping Center in Bayside Queens.
Front: http://edricfloyd.com/038.JPG
The Bay Terrace Grand Union was open into the 1990's and briefly shared the shopping center with a new Waldbaums that was built on the site of an adjacent bowling alley in the late 1980's.
There was a covered walkway that ran between the Grand Union and other shops where locals could walk from the shopping center to the neighborhood behind it. The entrance to the Grand Union was inside that walkway.
Rear of former Grand Union where covered walkway was (where White car and Truck are parked)
http://edricfloyd.com/040.JPG
When Bay Terrace was remodeled, the walkway was built in to add more retail space. You now enter the Barnes and Noble from the front.
And the Waldbaums in this shopping center is now "Waldbaums Fresh" and it appears to have been remodeled since its opening.
The Waldbaums at Bay Terrace
http://edricfloyd.com/039.JPG
Grand Union in Pleasantville (Westchester County) New York.
Now a Key Food Marketplace.
This is a free standing store in "Downtown" Pleasantville
http://edricfloyd.com/045a.JPG
http://edricfloyd.com/046.JPG
This building has most of the "original" Grand Union facade. I remember in the 1980's when the building was white and the Grand Union lettering was on the right. It was updated by Grand Union in the 1980's with the brick arches and the red dot Grand Union logo sinage in the center. I last saw this store as a Grand Union about 10 years ago. It is the only supermarket in the town limits, so it may have survived until the demise of Grand Union after 2000.
Former Grand Union in Great Neck (Nassau County) New York. Not recognizable after renovations that transformed this drab shopping center into a upscale marketplace fitting with the surrounding community.
http://edricfloyd.com/GreatNeckGU.JPG
This was a small Grand Union that closed in the mid 1980's. It became a PATHMARK DRUG STORE- The PathMark supermarket chain once operated separate drug stores. Most of them are now Rite Aid stores, just as this one is in Great Neck.