Bradlees

[XISMZERO]

Road pilon still up there.

[Caldor1999]

thoughs pictures ar e a good example of how bradlees enevr put in the time to rentvate there stores and such nice pics btw i wana go there soemtime

[d_fife]

Originally posted by Caldor1999
thoughs pictures ar e a good example of how bradlees enevr put in the time to rentvate there stores and such nice pics btw i wana go there soemtime

I agree. I also was at the manchester one a month ago and my pictures where posted a few pages back. the parking lot is terrible and the lettering is in bad shape. bradlees for some stoers only renovated the inside, yet caldor renovated most stores, but bradlees did not and it is surprised for that and other reasons that bradlees outlived caldor by 2 yrs. bradlees should have renovated most store exterior. the best party about that is that they are all different looking instead of the you have seen one you have seen them all.

[Marc82]

If any of ya'll want to see the Manchester Bradlees  you better go soon. The residents have submitted a petition to City Hall to see if the city will buy it rip it down and build a park or library there!

[Caldor1999]

Originally posted by d_fife

Originally posted by Caldor1999
thoughs pictures ar e a good example of how bradlees enevr put in the time to rentvate there stores and such nice pics btw i wana go there soemtime

I agree. I also was at the manchester one a month ago and my pictures where posted a few pages back. the parking lot is terrible and the lettering is in bad shape. bradlees for some stoers only renovated the inside, yet caldor renovated most stores, but bradlees did not and it is surprised for that and other reasons that bradlees outlived caldor by 2 yrs. bradlees should have renovated most store exterior. the best party about that is that they are all different looking instead of the you have seen one you have seen them all.

if u think of the time line caldor was around a big longer then bradlees was and caldor rentvated alot fo there stores before 1995 they even rentvated tsores while they were in ch 11 brasdlees neevr bouthed tpo do it i still think caldor could have satyed around till at leats 2001

[powersbt]

What??? I'm sure the store looked decent in the interior. And yes, Bradlees did put time in to renovate their stores. The ones near me were decent. Sorry if they weren't near you, but not ALL were like that.

Originally posted by Caldor1999
thoughs pictures ar e a good example of how bradlees enevr put in the time to rentvate there stores and such nice pics btw i wana go there soemtime

[Caldor1999]

Originally posted by powersbt
What??? I'm sure the store looked decent in the interior. And yes, Bradlees did put time in to renovate their stores. The ones near me were decent. Sorry if they weren't near you, but not ALL were like that.

Originally posted by Caldor1999
thoughs pictures ar e a good example of how bradlees enevr put in the time to rentvate there stores and such nice pics btw i wana go there soemtime

teh only nice bradlees i have ever seen was the one in stradford ct and teh one in yonkers ooked nice but was really dirty on the insdie and they closed alot of ther emroe nicer locations in 1996 if u look at the manchter location or yje new city location tahs a small exampble of how most bradlees stores look outdated and not really nice looking evenb the one in danbuy ct wasnet all that great compired to caldor which keeped alot of there stores up to date year they had a few odl ones but they were mostley in MA most of teh caldors in NY CT NJ DE MD and PA were newer or odl stores rentvated into newer ones bradlees neevr spent anytime on updateing most of there stores yes bradlees did have some nice ones but alot of them wer runed down and such

[d_fife]

Originally posted by Caldor1999

Originally posted by powersbt
What??? I'm sure the store looked decent in the interior. And yes, Bradlees did put time in to renovate their stores. The ones near me were decent. Sorry if they weren't near you, but not ALL were like that.

Originally posted by Caldor1999
thoughs pictures ar e a good example of how bradlees enevr put in the time to rentvate there stores and such nice pics btw i wana go there soemtime

teh only nice bradlees i have ever seen was the one in stradford ct and teh one in yonkers ooked nice but was really dirty on the insdie and they closed alot of ther emroe nicer locations in 1996 if u look at the manchter location or yje new city location tahs a small exampble of how most bradlees stores look outdated and not really nice looking evenb the one in danbuy ct wasnet all that great compired to caldor which keeped alot of there stores up to date year they had a few odl ones but they were mostley in MA most of teh caldors in NY CT NJ DE MD and PA were newer or odl stores rentvated into newer ones bradlees neevr spent anytime on updateing most of there stores yes bradlees did have some nice ones but alot of them wer runed down and such

chains have a tendancy to close newer stores as they did not work out, catch on or make as much money as they thought and newer stoers tend to have higher rents as the older stores have lower rents and a long establishment in the community or city. all chains have closed many newer stores. yes a lot of bradlees stores wehre run down, like both in nashua, north andover mass, woburn mass, westbrook me, hartford ct and manchester ct, new city ny etc etc. but I know they closed an awful looking east haven CT store in teh first wave and closed the one in lewiston me and lewiston is a dumpy city and that store must have been bad and the store looked old (I never went to the store, but saw where it was yeras after it closed)

[Caldor1999]

Originally posted by d_fife

Originally posted by Caldor1999

Originally posted by powersbt
What??? I'm sure the store looked decent in the interior. And yes, Bradlees did put time in to renovate their stores. The ones near me were decent. Sorry if they weren't near you, but not ALL were like that.

Originally posted by Caldor1999
thoughs pictures ar e a good example of how bradlees enevr put in the time to rentvate there stores and such nice pics btw i wana go there soemtime

teh only nice bradlees i have ever seen was the one in stradford ct and teh one in yonkers ooked nice but was really dirty on the insdie and they closed alot of ther emroe nicer locations in 1996 if u look at the manchter location or yje new city location tahs a small exampble of how most bradlees stores look outdated and not really nice looking evenb the one in danbuy ct wasnet all that great compired to caldor which keeped alot of there stores up to date year they had a few odl ones but they were mostley in MA most of teh caldors in NY CT NJ DE MD and PA were newer or odl stores rentvated into newer ones bradlees neevr spent anytime on updateing most of there stores yes bradlees did have some nice ones but alot of them wer runed down and such

chains have a tendancy to close newer stores as they did not work out, catch on or make as much money as they thought and newer stoers tend to have higher rents as the older stores have lower rents and a long establishment in the community or city. all chains have closed many newer stores. yes a lot of bradlees stores wehre run down, like both in nashua, north andover mass, woburn mass, westbrook me, hartford ct and manchester ct, new city ny etc etc. but I know they closed an awful looking east haven CT store in teh first wave and closed the one in lewiston me and lewiston is a dumpy city and that store must have been bad and the store looked old (I never went to the store, but saw where it was yeras after it closed)

true they did clsoed some ugly locations in 1996 but im gusisng they didnet waan spend lots of money while they wer ein ch 11 from 1995 to 1999 and after that im sure they didnt wanan thats probley why they opend 2 new stores insted to bad it did not last

[dmx10101]

Here's a couple of Bradlees pics I got off of their website I think before they went out of business

[dmx10101]

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[XISMZERO]

Nice rare pictures! Welcome to the forums!

[dmx10101]

Originally posted by XISMZERO
Nice rare pictures! Welcome to the forums!

Thanks, glad to be here, I've been lurking here for a while, just finally decided to register and post.

I can't say much about Bradlees, never been to one as they didn't have them here in the South. But I heard of them and checked out their website some before they closed and decided to save those pics.

[XISMZERO]

Originally posted by dmx10101
I can't say much about Bradlees, never been to one as they didn't have them here in the South. But I heard of them and checked out their website some before they closed and decided to save those pics.

Those pictures barely tell what most Bradlees looked like in their final days. Ones near me were brown/tan and dingy looking until the very end. Store usually smelled like salted, buttered popcorn too near the entrance...

[dmx10101]

Originally posted by XISMZERO

Originally posted by dmx10101
I can't say much about Bradlees, never been to one as they didn't have them here in the South. But I heard of them and checked out their website some before they closed and decided to save those pics.

Those pictures barely tell what most Bradlees looked like in their final days. Ones near me were brown/tan and dingy looking until the very end. Store usually smelled like salted, buttered popcorn too near the entrance...

:insane: um I guess I didnt miss out on much then.

[Caldor1999]

Originally posted by dmx10101

Originally posted by XISMZERO

Originally posted by dmx10101
I can't say much about Bradlees, never been to one as they didn't have them here in the South. But I heard of them and checked out their website some before they closed and decided to save those pics.

Those pictures barely tell what most Bradlees looked like in their final days. Ones near me were brown/tan and dingy looking until the very end. Store usually smelled like salted, buttered popcorn too near the entrance...

:insane: um I guess I didnt miss out on much then.

na u dident miss anything that bradlees was probley one of the few ones that looked good most of tehre stores were locationed in bad parts of towns and citys and alot of there stores were old and yuckey i dont see why they dident gob earyler there were nutten liek tehre competdore Caldor whoch always had alot of tehre stores new cleane and nice

[d_fife]

http://www.connpost.com/news/ci_4298958 says bradlees in stratford will be torn down and rebuilt into bj's.

[beachgal26]

Welcome, new member!  I also have never been to a Bradlees since they never seemed to be located south of VA and I only saw them when we were passing through MD to visit family.

;)  :D  :)

[Caldor1999]

Originally posted by d_fife
http://www.connpost.com/news/ci_4298958 says bradlees in stratford will be torn down and rebuilt into bj's.

it seems to small for a bj's but ehh it would fit well there that was the only nice bradlees i have seen but it says its been tehre for over 7 years so did this bradlees clsoe before 2001???

[Zayre88]

Originally posted by Caldor1999
na u dident miss anything that Bradlees was probabley one of the few ones that looked good most of tehre stores were locationed in bad parts of towns and citys and alot of there stores were old and yuckey i don't see why they dident gob earyler there were nutten like tehre competdore Caldor whoch always had alot of tehre stores new cleane and nice

I never shopped at Caldor but from what i know, the stores were quite nice and modern.  Caldor was often presented as an upscale discount store chain.  Bradlees was not like Caldor like you said but they managed to remain in business a bit longer.  It makes me wonder why Caldor did not GOB later than that if they had better locations and stores?

I know that you had a bad experience with Bradlees but not all stores were old, yucky and located in bad parts of towns.  Kohl's took over many former Bradlees.  :yup:

[d_fife]

Originally posted by Caldor1999

Originally posted by d_fife
http://www.connpost.com/news/ci_4298958 says bradlees in stratford will be torn down and rebuilt into bj's.

it seems to small for a bj's but ehh it would fit well there that was the only nice bradlees i have seen but it says its been tehre for over 7 years so did this bradlees clsoe before 2001???

newspapers sometimes make a mistake and I know this closed in 2001, i kept tabs on which ones closed before 2001 and the ones that closed before 2001 in Ct where in east hartford, east haven, derby, new london, groton, meriden, newington,  and one in west hartford closed long ago

[Caldor1999]

Originally posted by Zayre88

Originally posted by Caldor1999
na u dident miss anything that Bradlees was probabley one of the few ones that looked good most of tehre stores were locationed in bad parts of towns and citys and alot of there stores were old and yuckey i don't see why they dident gob earyler there were nutten like tehre competdore Caldor whoch always had alot of tehre stores new cleane and nice

I never shopped at Caldor but from what i know, the stores were quite nice and modern.  Caldor was often presented as an upscale discount store chain.  Bradlees was not like Caldor like you said but they managed to remain in business a bit longer.  It makes me wonder why Caldor did not GOB later than that if they had better locations and stores?

I know that you had a bad experience with Bradlees but not all stores were old, yucky and located in bad parts of towns.  Kohl's took over many former Bradlees.  :yup:

ohh yea i know i saw tha the stradford one was evrey nice looking also some bradlees that move into some of teh jefferson ward locations looked nice to but there were alot that kida looked old and creppy

[coolbabes]

I don't know what I'd do with it but....

http://cgi.ebay.com/BRADLEES-DEPT-STORE-SCRATCHBUILT-W-LITED-ROADSIDE-SIGN_W0QQitemZ200030987296QQihZ010QQcategoryZ11646QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

[dmx10101]

Originally posted by coolbabes
I don't know what I'd do with it but....

http://cgi.ebay.com/BRADLEES-DEPT-STORE-SCRATCHBUILT-W-LITED-ROADSIDE-SIGN_W0QQitemZ200030987296QQihZ010QQcategoryZ11646QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

wow that thing is pretty sweet, now if only they had an Ames.

[powersbt]

That's awesome!! *Puts on Ebay Watch List*. Great Find!!

Originally posted by coolbabes
I don't know what I'd do with it but....

http://cgi.ebay.com/BRADLEES-DEPT-STORE-SCRATCHBUILT-W-LITED-ROADSIDE-SIGN_W0QQitemZ200030987296QQihZ010QQcategoryZ11646QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

[Caldor1999]

to bad they dont hvae one for caldor

[Ameskid]

Wow! I could bid high on that and get it for my HO train layout! It'd be cool if the inside was actually stocked with merchandise and carts....:boring::saint::o

[XISMZERO]

Originally posted by Ameskid
Wow! I could bid high on that and get it for my HO train layout! It'd be cool if the inside was actually stocked with merchandise and carts....:boring::saint::o

It almost reminded me of a 1970s retail building like my local Caldor stores with the rock/pebble walls.

[Ameskid]

Yeah, we used that type of paint (but green) a few years ago, when repainting our dining room. I think the bumpy/grainy texture is from sand (?) in the paint itself.

[Marc82]

My mom bought this plastic storage container to put her CDs in at a Tag Sale today. It came form Bradlees originally.