Friday, February 10, 2017

Former Acme – Amboy Avenue, Edison, New Jersey



Location: 1199 Amboy Ave, Edison, NJ 08837 


Not much to see here anymore. The entire building has been resurfaced so there are no Acme scars to see, even along the back. Exact opening date unknown but the store was open by 1957.

Update 2.11.17: Opening day was June 18, 1957. Acme considered this store to be in Metuchen while Walgreens address is Edison.







AERIAL VIEWS


Former A&P to the rear with the former Acme in the foreground. There are no crossovers between the two parking lots.





HISTORIC IMAGES


2002


1995


1987
While the current building offers us no Acme clues, the satellite photos sure do! You can clearly see the script logo along the awning in the above photo. Surprising the sign remained until 1987. The store was probably in its final days at this point.


1979


1969


1963


1957


1954

Edison had two other Acmes. A small pitched-roof store was located on Woodbridge Avenue and will be covered on the blog next week. A third location was along Route 27 but the exact location is unknown.

Update: The Route 27 location has been confirmed in the comments. I will be wrapping up coverage of the remaining former Acmes in Edison on Tuesday.

7 comments:

  1. I have the former Edison store at the following address, although I'm not sure where I got it or how accurate it is:

    Festival Plaza
    1761 NJ-27
    Edison, NJ 08817

    There's an HMart in the same plaza but I think the Acme could have been the last unit on the east side. I have this location as the former Metuchen store but again, I might be way off.

    Didn't know there was another one in Edison, either.

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    1. Yeah, if there was an Acme in that plaza it looks like it would have been the building you mentioned. That's what I can gather through the historic aerials. One view even seems to show a shadow of the fish-eye sign mounted on the awning. The building is now home to Island Spa and Sauna and is completely unrecognizable.

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    2. So there were three Acmes in Edison?

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    3. Appears to be. I can't confirm the Route 27 location but Amboy Ave and Woodbridge Ave locations are confirmed.

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  2. I can confirm that the Acme was where the Island Spa and Sauna is now. I remember shopping there as a youngster. If the exact address was the same as it is now, then it would be 1769 Lincoln Highway (Route 27).

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    1. Thanks for the confirmation, Mike!

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    2. I remember this store being open. I think it closed around 1992.

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