Florida stores

C. Fontaine · March 21, 2006, 11:48:24 PM

Just curious, if you have been able to nab any receiving signs, post them here! The more we have been able to salvage, the better!

My collection is:

Sturbridge, MA
Dudley, MA
Silver Spring St, Providence, RI
Torrington, CT
Rocky Hill, CT (Had another older one glued underneath, also taken.)
Planagram Bulding, Rocky Hill, CT
Dayville, CT
Hartford Ave, Providence, RI

XISMZERO · March 22, 2006, 02:20:57 PM

Went to the Agawam, Massachusetts store this morning and did an updated photo shoot. I found this store to be quite fascinating from your galleries and took quite a bit of the building which still lies vacant. I saw a receiving sign and after a first failed attempt, I went back and got a penny, then a dime to unscrew the rusty screws from off the wall. Five minutes later full of thwanking metal sounds and achy hands and now it's mine :)

Here it is nestled in the safety of my garage (until I wipe it down some more for showcase in my room).

C. Fontaine · March 22, 2006, 07:44:55 PM

Nice dude! I remember seeing it there when I went! Yeah, that is a very interesting location! Is the entire plaza over there still empty as well? I know that the location Ames is in is terrible, it was barely visible from the roadway and everything was overgrown...

Caldor1999 · March 22, 2006, 07:47:47 PM

QuoteOriginally posted by XISMZERO
Went to the Agawam, Massachusetts store this morning and did an updated photo shoot. I found this store to be quite fascinating from your galleries and took quite a bit of the building which still lies vacant. I saw a receiving sign and after a first failed attempt, I went back and got a penny, then a dime to unscrew the rusty screws from off the wall. Five minutes later full of thwanking metal sounds and achy hands and now it's mine :)

Here it is nestled in the safety of my garage (until I wipe it down some more for showcase in my room).

nice find to bad the ames in carmel ny dosent hve one i still wish i coukd find it but any ways nice find

C. Fontaine · July 27, 2007, 08:12:22 PM

Here's an updated list of my receiving signs as of now.

http://www.amesfanclub.com/resource/images/inventory/receiving/receiving.htm

beachgal26 · July 28, 2007, 07:38:01 PM

What great finds for your collection! What is the difference as to when Ames had the teal color and the red? (I remember the teal as the "official" Ames color more than any other.)

BTW - have you ever been able to find any information on any of the FL stores?

:)

dmx10101 · July 29, 2007, 10:21:24 PM

I would contribute the Jacksonville, FL store to the locater but I don't know the address of it.

C. Fontaine · July 29, 2007, 11:27:42 PM

No, unfortunately no real complete information. I wish we did. I've kind of been hoping for an ex-executive or something from Ames to come across the site and provide us with a full list of stores, but it doesn't seem that will be happening anytime soon!

beachgal26 · July 30, 2007, 09:01:32 PM

All that I can remember about the Ames in Kissimmee is that it was located off Irlo Bronson Hwy (which also went by several other names depending on what part you were on) in a shopping center that also contained a camera shop, printers, Hallmark, etc. (It has been so long that I don't remember the name of the cross street anymore, but it was right on the corner and had a good deal of traffic every day.)

One funny note that I will never forget is that while I worked for a small security company in 1986, one of our security guards had that store as their assigned post for the evening. Since he knew that a shipment of TVs, VCRs, etc. was scheduled to come in, he alerted some of his friends and when the cops arrived, they were all busted for placing the inventory in their cars instead of the store. Boy, was he in a world of trouble!

:insane: :insane: :insane:

dmx10101 · August 18, 2007, 01:40:09 AM

Ok I finally have the Ames info for Jacksonville, FL. Based on reasearch from businesses located in the old Ames building, it was located at

11000 Beach Blvd
Jacksonville, FL 32246

It was a former Zayre's location and had a Zayre's Auto service center attached to it. IT was a very large Ames/Zayre's store. Ames closed it only a couple of years after it was changed to an Ames.

This was the Zayre's my dad worked at when he was younger. It was at that location for a long time.

The original building is still standing as is the road sign and parking lot lights. The building was gutted and turned into a strip shopping center.

I will try and take pictures of it when I visit FLA next month.

While searching for info online I came across this on a website- "Renovation, expansion and re-merchandising activity was recently completed at Sun Plaza in West Orlando, FL. The 125,235 sq.ft. project, which was the former home of Zayre/Ames store, now has Bally's Fitness, Home Shopping Club, Discovery Zone, Party City, Jennifer Convertible and Pet Supermarket as anchor tenants."
I guess there was an Ames/Zayre's in Orlando also.

C. Fontaine · August 18, 2007, 08:45:17 AM

Nice, thanks! I am also planning to grab some pictures of the Ames in Hollywood, FL next week when I go down there.

beachgal26 · August 21, 2007, 07:33:54 PM

If you will be in the Hollywood area, please see if you can find out anything about the Kissimmee location. I can't remember the intersecting street name, but it is located in a shopping center on Irlo Bronson Hwy. (also known by Vine Street and several other names depending on how far out toward Disney you were going).

Pics would be great, too!!

;)

C. Fontaine · August 21, 2007, 08:40:40 PM

No problem, will do!

dmx10101 · September 27, 2007, 11:22:23 PM

I found out from my dad there was another Zayre's, (I'm not sure if it was an Ames too) that was in Jacksonville. It was located at 5800 Beach Blvd Jacksonville, FL 32207.

C. Fontaine · September 28, 2007, 05:40:02 PM

QuoteOriginally posted by beachgal26
If you will be in the Hollywood area, please see if you can find out anything about the Kissimmee location. I can't remember the intersecting street name, but it is located in a shopping center on Irlo Bronson Hwy. (also known by Vine Street and several other names depending on how far out toward Disney you were going).

Pics would be great, too!!

;)

Alright, I looked up area Hallmark stores in my work system and I came up with one in this plaza, which is in Kissimmee on the corner of Irlo Bronson Hwy... Does this look like the former location, Beachgal?

beachgal26 · October 19, 2007, 10:05:27 PM

Now that I think about it, there was a Hallmark store in the same shopping center on the far right side. I don't why I remember that there was also a drug store, printer and camera repair shop (circa 1988) in there as well.

Could it be that since the Ames was the only store located to the far left, that they leveled the area after the store closed? It would seem odd that they couldn't fill it with something else, but who knows what these developers are thinking at times??

Do you happen to have any details on the store (when it opened, how long it was a Zayre and an Ames), etc.??

:tumble:

beachgal26 · March 01, 2008, 11:30:45 PM

Just curious, Chris, if you were ever able to find out any updated info on the Kissimmee, FL store? (If it helps, I do remember that it used to be a Zayre.)

:yup:

dmx10101 · March 02, 2008, 03:14:30 PM

QuoteOriginally posted by dmx10101
Ok I finally have the Ames info for Jacksonville, FL. Based on reasearch from businesses located in the old Ames building, it was located at

11000 Beach Blvd
Jacksonville, FL 32246

It was a former Zayre's location and had a Zayre's Auto service center attached to it. IT was a very large Ames/Zayre's store. Ames closed it only a couple of years after it was changed to an Ames.

This was the Zayre's my dad worked at when he was younger. It was at that location for a long time.

The original building is still standing as is the road sign and parking lot lights. The building was gutted and turned into a strip shopping center.

Here's the Zayre's/Ames that I was talking about in Jacksonville. It is still the original building of when it was zayres/Ames but its now a strip center. The part that juts out on the left was the Zayre Auto center. It was only an Ames for a couple of years and then they close it. It was the only Zayres/Ames I've ever been to when they were still in business.

dmx10101 · March 02, 2008, 03:32:39 PM

QuoteOriginally posted by dmx10101
I found out from my dad there was another Zayre's, (I'm not sure if it was an Ames too) that was in Jacksonville. It was located at 5800 Beach Blvd Jacksonville, FL 32207.

Here is this location. I'm not positive this was a Zayre but my dad thinks this was where it was located.

C. Fontaine · March 02, 2008, 06:20:56 PM

That facade there definitely has the signs of a former Zayre's.

C. Fontaine · March 02, 2008, 06:23:00 PM

As far as I know, beachgal, this is the only thing I could find! It's hard to find any info on older locations :-(

jmcnamara96 · November 24, 2008, 07:58:37 PM

i will be going to bridge street Lowell mass sunrise plaza in a few weeks ill c if its there maybe get some pics 4 the website i use to go there every week with my mom and grand mother till its final day:yup:

nomeus · July 11, 2009, 03:30:32 PM

you guys are close but no cigar....that image above is albertsons....zayre/ames used to sit here, see image. the front of the store faced north and has been completely gone since the mid 90s?

nomeus · July 11, 2009, 03:31:58 PM

also that wasnt always an albertsons. it was a food world followed by publix and now albertsons.

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