Monday, December 7, 2015

Signs are up at Ortley Beach Acme!

Acme/Former A&P Ortley Beach, NJ
Photos courtesy of Dan Asnis' flickr collection

Location: 5 Ortley Plaza, Ortley Beach, NJ

Acme/Former A&P Ortley Beach, NJ
The temporary banner has been taken down and the permanent sign has been installed! The former A&P sign is still just covered over.

Acme/Former A&P Ortley Beach, NJ
Interesting green stripe along the side. Leftover over from the "Sav-a-center" days?

Acme/Former A&P Ortley Beach, NJ
Hmmmm... ACME is not centered on the building.

Acme/Former A&P Ortley Beach, NJ

Acme/Former A&P Ortley Beach, NJ
Started off as an Acme sign in 1959, switched to A&P sometime in the 80s and BACK to Acme in 2015!

For full coverage of the Ortley Beach store, please click here.

9 comments:

  1. mtnDecember 7, 2015 at 4:41 PM

    I'm a little OCD. Why the heck isn't the ACME sign centered on the store? Why do you suppose they would hang it so off center?

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    1. JoshAustin610December 7, 2015 at 5:02 PM

      Since it's above the old logo, it's most likely where the existing electrical wiring was; that was the place that required the least amount of effort to plug it in.

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  2. GaryDecember 7, 2015 at 10:01 PM

    That tiny sign looks silly on top of that big sign holder. It looks like it was meant to hold a big sign in the upper third (it is boxed in). Acme should have went big on that sign instead of using the old A&P signholder.

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  3. AnonymousDecember 7, 2015 at 10:06 PM

    I wonder of at some of the newly-converted stores Acme is doing minimal work to the exterior for the moment because they intend to do more extensive remodeling at a later date.

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  4. dougbaltDecember 7, 2015 at 11:23 PM

    The other day when I was driving over the bridge to go to my new Acme, I could see the sign from a far distance. When I got closer and saw that the Acme letters were back in their original sign....at the risk of sounding corny, I almost broke into tears. I have pics of the A&P on there still, if anyone is interested.

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  5. Chris pDecember 8, 2015 at 1:04 AM

    I haven't seen that many shelf tags since A&P in the 1980s.

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  6. UnknownDecember 8, 2015 at 2:50 AM

    If I remember correctly shopping there as a kid when we were on vacation, the sign tower had the typical Acme Markets 50's/60's era logo with the white letters on the blue background. I believe it took up the space between the top 2 crossbeams. It was visible for a long distance. Wish I had some pictures of the sign and the old building before it was demolished.

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    1. dougbaltDecember 28, 2015 at 5:51 PM

      I imagine the sign back in the day must have looked a little like this one from the abandoned Egg Harbor City location. http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_246OMBI86f8/SdpCMVoqFEI/AAAAAAAAApw/5TxdYe05ADc/s1600-h/acme_market_egg_harbor_19.jpg

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  7. RobbyCoughJuly 25, 2016 at 2:25 PM

    You're probably right about that. I wish Acme would do a little more with these exteriors, especially if a remodel isn't happening in the immediate future. It's been almost a year, now the honeymoon is kinda over.

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