ive nodiced latley that some of the remaning Ames locations are going fast and turning into outher stores the one near me stayed Vacant fior only 2 years and is now gonna be Hannaford:mad::(
They are going fast ! I started to count the remaining vacant Ames stores and the list is shorter.
I was able to catch the 1/3 left from the original store in Bangor in december. Now the ones in Sanford and Saco are demolished and replaced by Shaw's. Most stores have been converted now.
It's like Bradlees... since 2001, most stores are gone.
Fortunately, this Ames in Lewiston ME is still there as of april 23, 2005. That evening i was surprised to see the Ames logo lighted on. :)
With those cars and the lights, it almost looks like if the store was open as usual !
QuoteOriginally posted by Zayre88
They are going fast ! I started to count the remaining vacant Ames stores and the list is shorter.
I was able to catch the 1/3 left from the original store in Bangor in december. Now the ones in Sanford and Saco are demolished and replaced by Shaw's. Most stores have been converted now.
It's like Bradlees... since 2001, most stores are gone.
the one chain that gobbled up really fast was Caldor in NOV 1999 11 Caldors were already Kmarts
and in 2000 and 2001 a huge portan of them became Kohls
and Bradlees went fast to but they were small then Caldor so i wouldent be spurissed
Well, this goes for a lot of the Ames stores in New York State in Albany, and the Hudson Valley. Here's the status:
Albany: 6 stores originally. 1 is a Big Lots, 1 is an RV
Dealer, 1 is a Bon Ton store, and one is a
Dollar Tree. The other three are still vacant.
Hudson Divided in 3 spaces with a Peebles, Yankee
One Dollar, and a little piece of origianlity.
Catskill Still Vacant, but it will soon be replaced with
a Wal Mart Supercenter.
Kingston Still vacant, but for how long? heh
Hyde Park Still vacant...
Highland Half of the store is a Tractor Supply Company
store.
New Paltz Soon to be demolished for a Super Stop and
Shop.
Well, there you go. Out of all those stores, only 6 are still vacant.
Hills Store #43 before Ames took over, is now becoming a Grandview outlet.. a local Goodwill of sorts. They are opening their doors in June. I am going to try and get pictures of course. That only leaves me with 3 Ames stores untouched.
You guys are lucky you still have your ames at all. Ours was demolished last month.
i wanted to see the one in pawling NY but it became some stupit hardwere store:mad:
and teh carmel ames is now a hannfored :mad:
The Portland, ME Ames is now gone. It was one of the first Zayre stores to open decades ago. They demolished it along with the former Shaw's to make way for a new Lowe's...
Ames locations are going fast... i thought i would be there soon enough to get a few pics but too late !
QuoteOriginally posted by Zayre88
The Portland, ME Ames is now gone. It was one of the first Zayre stores to open decades ago. They demolished it along with the former Shaw's to make way for a new Lowe's...
Ames locations are going fast... i thought i would be there soon enough to get a few pics but too late !
the one in my town plymouth NH will become a marshalls this fall
they (vacant ames) are slowly going though.
Yeah some locations are not going that fast.
Waterville, Augusta, Orono, Rumford, and Nashua, Manchester, Conway, Dover, Milford, Seabrook and probably more... still vacant.
QuoteOriginally posted by Zayre88
Yeah some locations are not going that fast.
Waterville, Augusta, Orono, Rumford, and Nashua, Manchester, Conway, Dover, Milford, Seabrook and probably more... still vacant.
Thank god!
QuoteOriginally posted by C. Fontaine
QuoteOriginally posted by Zayre88
Yeah some locations are not going that fast.
Waterville, Augusta, Orono, Rumford, and Nashua, Manchester, Conway, Dover, Milford, Seabrook and probably more... still vacant.
Thank god!
the resion to that is because many former ames stores were located in the middle of know werethe same tghing hap[pen to jamesway too there qare even jamesways still vacant to this day :yup:
I understand that you guys do not want to "loose" your former Ames stores, but I personally would rather these former vacant buildings be used for something. So often here in the midwest they just sit and rot away while other new structures take the place of open fields or other undeveloped natural areas. We have 3 or 4 former K-Mart buildings here in my hometown that have been sitting empty since the early 1990's.
Store #1097 in Williamsville, NY was just torn down a few weeks ago. I know there's a Bed Bath & Beyond going into the plaza, but I think it's going into the old Burlington Coat Factory building. As for what's going to be built where Child World and Hills/Ames were, I have no idea.
QuoteOriginally posted by Zayre88
They are going fast ! I started to count the remaining vacant Ames stores and the list is shorter.
I was able to catch the 1/3 left from the original store in Bangor in december. Now the ones in Sanford and Saco are demolished and replaced by Shaw's. Most stores have been converted now.
It's like Bradlees... since 2001, most stores are gone.
Actually, the
original Bangor Ames, store 2120, was in the Broadway Shopping Center where TJ Maxx & More is. (I was employed there.)
The Morning Sentinel
Thursday, October 06, 2005
Dollar Tree to open in old Waterville Ames building
WATERVILLE -- Dollar Tree Stores Inc. plans to open a store in Waterville this year, apparently in the former Ames Department Store located on The Concourse."Yes, Dollar Tree is planning an opening in Waterville, Maine, this year, but I cannot provide you with details until it gets closer to the grand opening," said the woman, who asked that she be identified only as a company spokesperson.
But Code Enforcement Officer Garth Collins said Bailey Signs of Westbrook applied for and received a permit from the city to install a 30-by-30-foot Dollar Tree sign on the former Ames building. "They're going to be moving in," Collins said.
"They're going to take the Ames sign down." :hurt:
this locator is so post to becoem a hannaford i hound that out after i came hjear in december 2004 i came back in septemebr 2005 for an update i though hannaford was already there but i was rong ames was still there logo and all it was also easy to take pics through the window cause teh sun was reflcting on teh titted windows and light was going in teh store so it made it easy heh
hears teh inside alredy teh victom of hannaford
The Ames That I worked at has now become a Outlet Marketplace
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v671/jdb2001/Store%20Pics/OldParmaAmes.jpg)
The Ames in Millinocket, ME is vacant and likely will be for a long time. I just want to go back into the building, I miss it. I wish SOMETHING would go in there, but keep the same format as Ames had.
QuoteOriginally posted by digidino
The Ames in Millinocket, ME is vacant and likely will be for a long time. I just want to go back into the building, I miss it. I wish SOMETHING would go in there, but keep the same format as Ames had.
sHow a pictuure of it. In a town like that It may stay vacant for a while, I have never been north of Bangor, but know it is a papermill town and a Wal-mart is a half mile away in Lincoln. maybe it will be a place like MArden's or something like that. it is probably too smart for a Wal-mart.
The Ames in My town (Plymouth NH) just became a Marshalls. The one in Groveton NH will probably stay vacant for many more years as it is out in the middle of nowehre and in a plaza where only a liquor store is left. The one in Nroth conway is still vacant.
Ames in Ashland Kentucky was turned into a Hobby Lobby
QuoteOriginally posted by Zayre88
The Morning Sentinel
Thursday, October 06, 2005
Dollar Tree to open in old Waterville Ames building
WATERVILLE -- Dollar Tree Stores Inc. plans to open a store in Waterville this year, apparently in the former Ames Department Store located on The Concourse."Yes, Dollar Tree is planning an opening in Waterville, Maine, this year, but I cannot provide you with details until it gets closer to the grand opening," said the woman, who asked that she be identified only as a company spokesperson.
But Code Enforcement Officer Garth Collins said Bailey Signs of Westbrook applied for and received a permit from the city to install a 30-by-30-foot Dollar Tree sign on the former Ames building. "They're going to be moving in," Collins said.
"They're going to take the Ames sign down." :hurt:
I saw this ames in waterville maine vacant as of january 4, 2006
this ames in augusta maine as of january 4, 2006 was still vacant.
QuoteOriginally posted by Zayre88
The Portland, ME Ames is now gone. It was one of the first Zayre stores to open decades ago. They demolished it along with the former Shaw's to make way for a new Lowe's...
Ames locations are going fast... i thought i would be there soon enough to get a few pics but too late !
a night picture of where ames was as of january 4, 2006. The shell of the building on lowe's was barley up and the color was not on the building and the triangle for lowe's was only wooden.
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
this ames in augusta maine as of january 4, 2006 was still vacant.
here is what may happen to former ames in augusta.
http://morningsentinel.mainetoday.com/news/local/2371645.shtml
Friday, January 27, 2006
New tenants coming for Turnpike?
By GARY REMAL
Staff Writer
Copyright ? 2005 Blethen Maine Newspapers Inc.
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AUGUSTA -- Turnpike Mall is poised to lure two major retailers to the former Ames department store building.
Peter Carbone -- managing partner of Taurus New England Investments LLC, the Boston investment company that owns the Western Avenue shopping center -- said he hopes to make an announcement on the tenants in coming weeks, and to have the stores open for holiday shopping later this year.
He refused to identify the stores now, saying that would jeopardize final negotiations.
"We have been meeting with city officials for a rather large tenant to come in and occupy the former Ames space," Carbone said Thursday. "It's a large, regional retailer everybody will be familiar with. They would actually be splitting the store in two with another retailer that owns them, and completely redoing the space."
Carbone anticipates the popular, large stores would encourage other, smaller retailers to fill in the mall's few vacancies.
Once full, he said, the size of the shopping center would not increase, but a restaurant could be built within the parking area.
Carbone said the 460,000-square-foot Augusta Crossing, planned just across Interstate 95 from Turnpike Mall, may have helped persuade the new retailers to take a look at Augusta.
"I'd say that has something to do with it, because there's evidence that Augusta is underutilized by retailers and there's enough demand coming from in and around the city of Augusta that more retailers can come in," he said. "Retail likes retail. It's no secret retailers like to have others around them, then they try to outperform each other."
Augusta Crossing -- with Lowe's and Target as anchors -- is scheduled to open in fall 2007.
Augusta Code Enforcement Director Richard Dolby confirmed that he has had meetings with Taurus officials. He, too, declined to name the stores.
"They were looking at whe ther to refurbish that building -- or to take it down to the slab and cut holes in it for new piping then building new," Dolby said. "But I don't think the footprint (of the building) would change."
The new tenants Carbone hopes to sign were attracted to the chance to move in quickly to an existing shopping center and taking advantage of established traffic patterns, he said.
He said 50 to 60 percent of his firm's business ventures are within the metropolitan Boston area. But he said Taurus recently completed a large development deal in Vermont and the firm is looking more at investments in northern New England now.
"We've been keeping an eye on Augusta and places like Bangor and other places in Maine," Carbone said. "I think we all look very favorably on doing business in Maine whenever there's an opportunity."
Turnpike Mall currently offers major retailers Sears, TJ Maxx, Petco, Sam Goody and Olympia Sports.
; a host of smaller shops including Maine Made & More, Cardsmart and GameDay; and a number of specialty kiosks.
Gary Remal -- 623-3811, Ext. 518
gremal@centralmaine.com
The Augusta Ames was not going fast but it finally will.
I really don't know what will be the two stores coming to the 60,000 sf. Ames. The keywords are:
...a rather large tenant to come in and occupy the former Ames space
It's a large, regional retailer everybody will be familiar with.
They would actually be splitting the store in two with another retailer that owns them
Carbone anticipates the popular, large stores would encourage other...
"But I don't think the footprint (of the building) would change."
Hi, Thought I would let you know what happen to three Ames Stores, 1)The Concord NH Ames Store Is Burgltin Coat. 2) The Tilton, NH Ames is A Doller Tree Discount Store. 3) The Belmont, NH Ames is turned into 4 different stores, they are Big Lots, Pepples, Finest Planet, and one more on the way. As soon as I know I'll post it.
QuoteOriginally posted by Zayre88
Fortunately, this Ames in Lewiston ME is still there as of april 23, 2005. That evening i was surprised to see the Ames logo lighted on. :)
With those cars and the lights, it almost looks like if the store was open as usual !
Unfortunately, the Lewiston Ames is almost gone. I have not seen it since april but they say a large chineese buffet opened in part of it. The remaining part is up for lease and they are in the process of finding a new tenant. L.L.Bean also used it as a temporary liquidation store and removed the Ames sign off the mall pylon.
QuoteOriginally posted by Zayre88
QuoteOriginally posted by Zayre88
Fortunately, this Ames in Lewiston ME is still there as of april 23, 2005. That evening i was surprised to see the Ames logo lighted on. :)
With those cars and the lights, it almost looks like if the store was open as usual !
Unfortunately, the Lewiston Ames is almost gone. I have not seen it since april but they say a large chineese buffet opened in part of it. The remaining part is up for lease and they are in the process of finding a new tenant. L.L.Bean also used it as a temporary liquidation store and removed the Ames sign off the mall pylon.
im really confused about my ames in carlem ny in dec hannaford wanted to move there store in tehre and it was set to open in eaerly 2006 and yet i see nothing there
QuoteOriginally posted by Caldor1999
QuoteOriginally posted by Zayre88
QuoteOriginally posted by Zayre88
Fortunately, this Ames in Lewiston ME is still there as of april 23, 2005. That evening i was surprised to see the Ames logo lighted on. :)
With those cars and the lights, it almost looks like if the store was open as usual !
Unfortunately, the Lewiston Ames is almost gone. I have not seen it since april but they say a large chineese buffet opened in part of it. The remaining part is up for lease and they are in the process of finding a new tenant. L.L.Bean also used it as a temporary liquidation store and removed the Ames sign off the mall pylon.
im really confused about my ames in carlem ny in dec hannaford wanted to move there store in tehre and it was set to open in eaerly 2006 and yet i see nothing there
maybe they changed their minds. I have a friend named Andrea Schiavo, she is a freshman and graduated from there in 2005, from my college from carmel new york and I could ask her. maybe there are delays to hannaford. we will find out soon. what was the ames there before Ames?
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
QuoteOriginally posted by Caldor1999
QuoteOriginally posted by Zayre88
QuoteOriginally posted by Zayre88
Fortunately, this Ames in Lewiston ME is still there as of april 23, 2005. That evening i was surprised to see the Ames logo lighted on. :)
With those cars and the lights, it almost looks like if the store was open as usual !
Unfortunately, the Lewiston Ames is almost gone. I have not seen it since april but they say a large chineese buffet opened in part of it. The remaining part is up for lease and they are in the process of finding a new tenant. L.L.Bean also used it as a temporary liquidation store and removed the Ames sign off the mall pylon.
im really confused about my ames in carlem ny in dec hannaford wanted to move there store in tehre and it was set to open in eaerly 2006 and yet i see nothing there
maybe they changed their minds. I have a friend named Andrea Schiavo, she is a freshman and graduated from there in 2005, from my college from carmel new york and I could ask her. maybe there are delays to hannaford. we will find out soon. what was the ames there before Ames?
thhey did work on teh inside alot but i dont see why hannaford would wanan move in there whne the plazza have anouther store avable there witch is grand union so i dont see why they dont wanan move in there and btw the awser to our qustion this ames was a kings before it also had its own auto center to thats all i know i could be rong though about it being a kings
here is waht ames is now in brunswick maine. the whole plaza got torn down., this was next to wal-mart, that just got expanded into super wal-mart.
from Ron Elmma http://www.newplanexcel.com/leasing/storeTraxDetails.asp?ID=661®ion=2
Does anyone know the STATUS on 4 Connecticut Ames stores? They are:
1) East Hartford -- In the Putnam Bridge Plaza (TJ MAXX, Home Depot and Shaws are tennants)
2) Manchester - Burr Corner's (empty Walbaum's and Ames)
3) Rocky Hill - the hometown of Ames.
4) Newington -- I heard it is a stew leonard's or a Price chopper!
QuoteOriginally posted by Anonymous
Does anyone know the STATUS on 4 Connecticut Ames stores? They are:
1) East Hartford -- In the Putnam Bridge Plaza (TJ MAXX, Home Depot and Shaws are tennants)
2) Manchester - Burr Corner's (empty Walbaum's and Ames)
3) Rocky Hill - the hometown of Ames.
4) Newington -- I heard it is a stew leonard's or a Price chopper!
the ames is in newington as well as vernon are price chopper. stew leonard is going in the caldor.
I thought the ames in manchester was repolaced by a junk store.
QuoteOriginally posted by Anonymous
Does anyone know the STATUS on 4 Connecticut Ames stores? They are:
1) East Hartford -- In the Putnam Bridge Plaza (TJ MAXX, Home Depot and Shaws are tennants)
2) Manchester - Burr Corner's (empty Walbaum's and Ames)
3) Rocky Hill - the hometown of Ames.
4) Newington -- I heard it is a stew leonard's or a Price chopper!
the Manchster ames was a caldor before as seen in this picture and now is some junkey supermarket or something
here is ames in lewiston maine!!1 it was 73,000 sf and was zayre
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
here is ames in lewiston maine!!1 it was 73,000 sf and was zayre
more ames in lewiston. it is now a big china buffet and soon planet fitness
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
here is ames in lewiston maine!!1 it was 73,000 sf and was zayre
more ames in lewiston. it is now a big china buffet and soon planet fitness
here is the side of the ames in lewiston
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
here is ames in lewiston maine!!1 it was 73,000 sf and was zayre
This is ugly. The Ames logo gone and small stores taking the former Ames space. It does not look good because they kept the old building style without new storefronts... I just hope they can find a large anchor for the rest of the building instead of filling it with more small stores. That mall is losing it's former appeal.
Hi! I have been able to find out that the store that used to be in Willimantic was turned into a Kohl's store.
I don't know Zayre, that "New China Super Buffet" is pretty appealing! Hehe, just kidding. I thought I had posted earlier but I guess it didn't go through... I agree, it would be very unfortunate to line the remaining storefront with small businesses. Thanks for the info Beachgal!
For the record
Does anyone know the STATUS on 4 Connecticut Ames stores? They are:
1) East Hartford -- In the Putnam Bridge Plaza (TJ MAXX, Home Depot and Shaws are tennants) Still vacant and nothing planned.
2) Manchester - Burr Corner's (empty Walbaum's and Ames) Outlet Marketplace. Finished
3) Rocky Hill - the hometown of Ames. Still vacant along with corporate headquarters and planagram building
4) Newington -- I heard it is a stew leonard's or a Price chopper! Price Chopper. Finished
The East Hartford Ames, I noticed was actually the Ames used on Ames's last website design, I attached it to the bottom of the post. -
http://www.amesfanclub.com/imageserver/connecticut/east.hartford/east.hartford.htm
Here's the Manchester Ames as Outlet Marketplace -
http://www.amesfanclub.com/imageserver/connecticut/manchester/02.12.05/index.htm
Here's a picture of the new Price Chopper replacing Ames in Newington! -
http://www.amesfanclub.com/imageserver/connecticut/newington/newington.htm
Something is happening with our Ames in Glenmont, NY. Ever since the Ames closed, the whole plaza is going downhill. Now the building seems as if it has been gutted. The Grand Union next to it also closed, but the Kmart is still hanging on. The Kmart, at one time when I was there, had only one person working at the registers. Considering that there were only two other people in the store, the employee might have been making more than the store was earning in profits. Kmart might be giong down the same road Ames went down. It's ashame that places like Ames (that actually had quality products) were shut down while places like Walmart (who only undersell their conpetitors just enough to put them out of business and only offer expensive crap) thrive. I think what we should do (as in everyone who cares about the environment they shop in and the products they buy and the way the employees are treated) is make an Ames Cooperative. It would offer all the things Ames once offered. Alot of people go to this site and alot more miss the convenience of Ames, so someone (not me: I'm too unorganized) needs to help bring back Ames to its former glory.
Hi! I cannot get the links with the updated info to open. I have Internet Explorer and wonder if that is the problem since it seems that others can get them open without any problem.;)
QuoteOriginally posted by Zayre88
The Augusta Ames was not going fast but it finally will.
I really don't know what will be the two stores coming to the 60,000 sf. Ames. The keywords are:
...a rather large tenant to come in and occupy the former Ames space
It's a large, regional retailer everybody will be familiar with.
They would actually be splitting the store in two with another retailer that owns them
It's now confirmed, Christmas Tree Shops and Bed,Bath & beyond will open in the former Ames. The stores will be 36,000 and 24,000 sf.
QuoteOriginally posted by Zayre88
QuoteOriginally posted by Zayre88
The Augusta Ames was not going fast but it finally will.
I really don't know what will be the two stores coming to the 60,000 sf. Ames. The keywords are:
...a rather large tenant to come in and occupy the former Ames space
It's a large, regional retailer everybody will be familiar with.
They would actually be splitting the store in two with another retailer that owns them
It's now confirmed, Christmas Tree Shops and Bed,Bath & beyond will open in the former Ames. The stores will be 36,000 and 24,000 sf.
that 36,000 sf is small for christmas tree shops. IT IS ABOUT TIME THEY GOT SOMEONE THERE!!!!!! Teh plaza is still on prime land and that is a way to breath life into the mall. Bed bath and beyond is no surprise to me.
here is the article for it http://kennebecjournal.mainetoday.com/news/local/2660388.shtml
Christmas Tree Shops bound for Turnpike Mall
By GARY REMAL
AUGUSTA -- Local fans of Christmas Tree Shops won't have to travel to Scarborough to shop their favorite store -- the chain is scheduled to open a new store at the Turnpike Mall this fall.
The Christmas Tree Shops will join Bed Bath & Beyond -- parent company for both retailers -- in the former Ames department store building, said Peter Carbone III, managing partner for Taurus New England Investments LLC, the shopping center's owner and manager.
Bari Fagin, spokeswoman for Bed Bath and Beyond Inc., said Friday the lease with Taurus was signed earlier this week, but she declined to share projections for sales or employment, citing company policy.
"Bed Bath & Beyond and Christmas Tree Shops are coming to Maine to serve our customers, seeing how excited they are that we're coming," Fagin said. "Both companies are happy that the community is anxious to welcome us and we will do our best to match their excitement."
Christmas Tree Shops sells bargain household goods and knickknacks.
Rumors about Christmas Tree Shops' plans for the building have been bouncing around Augusta for some time. Carbone said his firm has been in negotiations with officials of both retail firms and the city for months.
Christmas Tree Shops will use about 36,000 square feet of the 60,000-square-foot former department store building, with the remaining 24,000 square feet devoted to a Bed Bath & Beyond store, said Michele Watkins, spokeswoman for Christmas Tree Shops.
"We are obviously very excited we will be locating in Augusta," Watkins said. "We understand it's highly anticipated."
The retailers will renovate the former Ames building to their own standards, gutting the structure and installing a new roof, interior, heating and air-condition systems, and exterior, Carbone said.
"Christmas Tree Shops will create a classic and unique facade. I don't know what it will look like. But it will be distinctive," Carbone said.
Taurus plans to upgrade the parking lot pavement and stripes and improve the shopping center's signs, he said.
Carbone said the retailers will bring a new vibrancy to the mall his company bought about 18 months ago, complementing a new shopping center -- Augusta Crossing -- still awaiting final regulatory approval on the other side of Interstate 95.
"I think it's going mean large changes for the rest of the mall from the quality of the look of the mall to the use of it. Every aspect of it will change," Carbone said. "I would think it should significantly increase not only traffic to the mall, but increase business to the existing tenants as well. I think it's just going to substantially increase the overall appreciation of the center itself."
He said he expects vacancies at the shopping center to fill up quickly with word that new tenants are coming.
Some 130,000 to 140,000 square feet of the 207,000-square-foot mall has been rented for the past two years since Ames left, Carbone said.
"Taurus has additional plans for additional improvements at the center likely to occur well after Chrismas Tree Shops and Bed Bath & Beyond occupy the facility," he said.
Carbone said his firm has rented space recently to another 54,000-square-foot Christmas Tree Shops store in Somerville, Mass., so he said the Augusta store will be moderately sized compared to others in the chain.
"I think Christmas Tree Shops would be coming to Augusta with or without the future shopping center (east of I-95) because they believe Augusta is an up-and-coming retail area in New England and there's enough traffic on I-95 to support its own store" without taking away from the chain's other Maine location, in Scarborough, Carbone said.
He praised the city's technical and regulatory staff for their cooperation.
Augusta Economic Development Director Michael Duguay acknowledged the unique cachet brought by the Christmas Tree Shops franchise and said the store will join other retail developments to reinvigorate the Turnpike Mall and its section of Western Avenue.
"There is a magic formula there. Every store they own really does well," Duguay said. "People lately have been asking my office two to three times a week when Christmas Tree Shops are going to come here. That really does not happen in volume with any other retailer."
With improvements to the Turnpike Mall and the prospect of the new 460,000-square-foot Augusta Crossing, Duguay is anticipating a new boost to business all along Western Avenue.
But the demand for Christmas Tree Shops could also affect traffic, and Duguay said municipal officials will be monitoring its impact on city streets closely.
Gary Remal -- 623-3811, Ext. 518
QuoteOriginally posted by Anonymous
Something is happening with our Ames in Glenmont, NY. Ever since the Ames closed, the whole plaza is going downhill. Now the building seems as if it has been gutted. The Grand Union next to it also closed, but the Kmart is still hanging on. The Kmart, at one time when I was there, had only one person working at the registers. Considering that there were only two other people in the store, the employee might have been making more than the store was earning in profits. Kmart might be giong down the same road Ames went down. It's ashame that places like Ames (that actually had quality products) were shut down while places like Walmart (who only undersell their conpetitors just enough to put them out of business and only offer expensive crap) thrive. I think what we should do (as in everyone who cares about the environment they shop in and the products they buy and the way the employees are treated) is make an Ames Cooperative. It would offer all the things Ames once offered. Alot of people go to this site and alot more miss the convenience of Ames, so someone (not me: I'm too unorganized) needs to help bring back Ames to its former glory.
I went there a month ago and there was a yellow wooden over where the Ames was!
hears whats left of the pawling NY ames for some resion i rememebr this store looking diffrent but i know that this is a style that ames used i have no idea on whats going to be put there but any ways i have to ay this store clsoed in 2002 like all teh rest cause pawling is not that big of a town its bacley hicks vill
front of the store
back of the store nodice teh dore is open but there doing alot of work in there
hears werre teh sign use to be idk if im righjt about this location but idk lol
and one final view
look at what is now the one in bennington vt
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
look at what is now the one in bennington vt
more benningto one.
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
QuoteOriginally posted by d_fife
look at what is now the one in bennington vt
more benningto one.
more bennington one
QuoteOriginally posted by Ames#1171
The Ames That I worked at has now become a Outlet Marketplace
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v671/jdb2001/Store%20Pics/OldParmaAmes.jpg)
Just wanted to post an updated picture of the Ames that I worked at. The name of the store has changed from Outlet Marketplace to VF Outlets:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v671/jdb2001/Store%20Pics/DSCN0171.jpg)
I love Ames! Hooray!
The former Ames in Middletown, NY is now divided up into three stores: AC Moore, Michael's, and Steve & Barry's.
I live in Allegany County Maryland there 3 Ames stores back in the day
1 is still empty
1 has a bingo hall, Insurance company, Inside Yard Sale and a Tool Store
1 store is now a Peebles
The former Ames in Medford, MA is now a brand new Stop and shop