Montgomery Ward/Lechemere/Electric Avenue/Electric Avenue

[Caldor1999]

Originally posted by 76BraldorZayKamesfanBBTB

Originally posted by Caldor1999
hears it being gutted

NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:(:no::no::no:


LOL:insane:

it happnes

[amesman]

The Poughkeepsie New York store had an Electric Ave built into it. The store is now occupied by a Dicks Sporting Goods on the upper level, and a DSW Shoe Warehouse on the lower level.

Also, Albany had about 4 Montgomery Ward stores, plus 1 Lechmere store. They all closed in 1997. Here's the list:

Montgomery Ward

Menands: Regional Flagship store: Built in the 30's. 4 floors I believe. Now offices.

Colonie: Northway Mall: 1440 Central Avenue(State Route 5). Mall has been demolished(except for Davids Bridal, Staples, old cinemas, and old Lechmere), and replaced by a plaza with Target, Jo Ann ETC, Linens and Things, Marshalls, Dress Barn, Eddie Bauer, Thomasville Home Furnishings, Petco, Supercuts, EB Games, and Citezins Bank.

Mohawk Mall: Central Avenue at Balltown Road: Mall now demolished. Replaced with Mohawk Commons. Contains: Price Chopper, Marshalls, Bed Bath and Beyond, Payless Shoes, Maurices, Supermarket of Shoes, Target, Party City, Lowes, Old Navy, Petsmart, Cingular Wireless #1, Barnes and Noble, Verizon Wireless, Cingular Wireless #2, Supercuts, Blockbuster Video, Eastern Mountain Sports, EB Games, Panera Bread, Ruby Tuesday, Empire Vision, and Cold Stone Creamery.

Saratoga Springs: Saratoga Mall: Route 50 at I-87(Northway): Mall now demolished. Replaced by Wilton Square Plaza. Contains: Home Depot, Eckerd, Barnes and Noble, Target, Petsmart, Staples, A.C Moore, Empire Vision, Supercuts, EB Games,  and other small stores.

[amesman]

Also, there was a Montgomery Ward store here in Kingston as well. It opened in the 60's, and was the first store to open on the U.S 9W retail strip(ShopRite opened a supermarket next to MW the following year. It is now an Office Depot). The Montgomery Ward closed in 2001, when the chain went bankrupt, and the building was demolished. It is now a plaza called Ulster Crossing, and it houses Bed Bath and Beyond, Barnes and Noble, Sports Authority, Peir 1 Imports, Ann Taylor Loft, Coldwater Creek, Chico's, Panera Bread, Cingular Wireless, Talbots, and Applebees.

[storehistoryguy]

Mont's

EDIT: Picture size too big. Sorry.

[storehistoryguy]

A closed one.

EDIT: Picture size too big. Sorry.

[d_fife]

Originally posted by Caldor1999
hears a Lechmere Store:)

that looks like the one that was in the maine mall.

[d_fife]

I saw this LEchmere vacant 2 days ago. The lettering was off and a lot of grass was in the parking lot, and the parking lot was in bad shape.

[Caldor1999]

inside wards

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more wards

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electrons dept

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Funature

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beds

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and the service desk

[Caldor1999]

a montgomery ward new logo ehh i think it came out ok but it could be better

[d_fife]

this was the Lechmere in cambridgeside galleria. IT WAS THE FIRST STORE and the flagship store. they even have a place near the mall called lechmere rug. the store is now best  buy and the bottom floor is filene's furniture or men or something like that. and a borders is in near.

[Zayre88]

Two Montgomery Ward pylon sign.  At left:  in Newington NH, still used by Best Buy and B&N.  At right: the rusty one in Nashua NH, probably used by Ames until it closed...

[Caldor1999]

Originally posted by Zayre88
Two Montgomery Ward pylon sign.  At left:  in Newington NH, still used by Best Buy and B&N.  At right: the rusty one in Nashua NH, probably used by Ames until it closed...

do u have a picture of teh old Montgomery ward im supries it became a ames ive never heard of such a thing lol

[Zayre88]

Here is the former Montgomery Ward in Nashua.  It closed in 1997 when Ward closed 48 stores nationwide.  Ames opened there in 2000 and closed in 2002.

[Caldor1999]

Originally posted by Zayre88
Here is the former Montgomery Ward in Nashua.  It closed in 1997 when Ward closed 48 stores nationwide.  Ames opened there in 2000 and closed in 2002.

cool picture so ames has been in fomrer Caldors Bradlees Jamesway Hills Zayre Kings and even a Montgomery ward

[Caldor1999]

hears a old Mountgomery Ward

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same store from a diffrebt angel

[Caldor1999]

hears another cool MW

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and hears whatthey tured it into

[Caldor1999]

and hears another mw

[Ames303]

The Montgomery Ward in Utica, N.Y. made headlines in 1994 when the entire western wall caved inwards into the store, blowing out all the television screens in the "pre-Electric Ave" area and cash registers. The caved in area was partitioned off in about two weeks and the store re-opened,. About a year later, a new store was built adjacent to the site and still stands (actually only about 2/3 of it, the front third was ripped down for the Wal*Mart supercenter parking lot expansion), though it's a Linens and Things in the front half.  The back half still has the "Montgomery Wards" labels on the doors and the "Electric Ave" marks above the doors.

[storehistoryguy]

Heres a sketch of the Monty Wards once in Apache Mall in St. Anthony Village Minnesota in 1961.



And here is that same corner today, well a few years ago. The building no longer stands.



Here is where it was.


http://apacheplaza.com/wards.html

[storehistoryguy]

The entrance/exit inside the mall.


http://apacheplaza.com/wards.html

[storehistoryguy]

A Monty Ward's Auto Center in Denver, Colorado.


http://www.ffgeeks.net/malls/Lakeside/lakeside.htm

[storehistoryguy]

Mission Valley Mall, San Diego, CA. 1961.

http://mallsofamerica.blogspot.com/

[Caldor1999]

hears a wards store in North Caorlina