Thursday, August 17, 2017

Former Acme – Old 2nd Street, Philadelphia

Acme/ Rite Aid - Philadelphia, PA (North)
Photo courtesy of JoshAustin610's flickr photostream

Location: 5734 Old 2nd Street, Philadelphia, PA

Josh happened to pass this building while work was being done to the exterior and spotted this remnants of the fish-eye sign! Strange that the wood used to mount the sign is in the actual shape of the fish-eye logo. We've only ever seen the sign as a plain old rectangle. There is an artistic rendition of a pitched-roof store on the blog which shows the sign in the shape of the logo itself which you can see below. I've also seen a photo of the fish-eye sign made of route iron mounted to the facade of a very old store in Maryland. I thought the photo had been emailed in by someone but I can't locate it.


For more pictures of this illustration, please click here.


This Acme opened October 20, 1948 and Josh reports that it closed in the 70's.

3 comments:

  1. Likely thinking of this old store in Baltimore on Eager St. http://baltimoresun.imagefortress.com/search/asset_details/377063?adv%5Bquery%5D=acme&page=1&results_index=20

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    1. Exactly the one! Couldn't remember where to find it. Thanks!!

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    2. A quick Google search shows the former Eager St. Acme is still standing,as another establishment: http://www.baltimoreeats.com/restaurant.php?id=149

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