Acme Style: PA: New Britain

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Thursday, June 2, 2016

Abandoned Acme — Chalfont/New Britain, PA

Location: 505 West Butler Avenue Chalfont, PA
Opened October 3, 1997
Closed November 13, 2014

Another round of photos has been sent in of the still abandoned New Britain Acme. An auction of the fixtures was held in May, a year and a half after the stores closed! Some observations from our New Britain correspondent...

I drove past the old new Britain acme a few days ago to find the parking lot to be full of vehicles. there was an auction and selling of fixtures inside a few weeks ago. many u-haul vans parked outside but when I was there yesterday there was nobody to be found. the store is literally empty. there are two fairly large dumpsters in the back. the green one seems to have broken and destroyed fixtures and displays, but I was unable to look into the blue one, but you could tell that it was full of stuff.

For additional coverage of the New Britain Acme, please click here.

Wednesday, April 8, 2015

New Britain Continued...

Location: 505 West Butler Avenue, New Britain, PA

Exterior photos have arrived of the New Britain store! The same person who treated us to an spectacular tour of the interior, returned recently to the property to take these photos. In a couple of weeks, I am going to move these photos over to the original post so we have one, comprehensive post of the store. For now they'll live here to make sure no one misses out on them.

In addition to the exterior photos, there are also some additional interior photos that were not included in the original post. That was completely my fault. The photos were sent in groups stretching over numerous emails and I unfortunately lost track of some of them.

The exterior signs have been removed but the interior appears to be untouched since closing.

Below are the interior photos that weren't included in the original post...

The Salad Bar was not replaced during the during the Alberstons Marketplace remodel. The original remains standing on the right side of the Produce Department. It was usually moved to the Fruit Bar area when these 90's stores were remodeled.

The keystones from the 90's Red/White/Blue package remained until the end.

Very interesting site here... the 90's tiles were not completely replaced along the back wall. I assume something was located along the wall that blocked the old tile but had been removed when the store closed.

A look inside the Pharmacy side vestibule.

Friday, January 16, 2015

Former Acme – New Britain, Pennsylvania

Photo courtesy of JoshAustin610's flickr photostream

Location: 505 West Butler Avenue Chalfont, PA

Opened in 1998 and closed November 13, 2014. New Britain joined Warminster in the round of closing this past Fall. Regretfully, I did not make it to either store before they were closed. The photo above is from Josh's flickr collection for now and the awesome interior photos below were sent in by from a helpful volunteer.

Update 1.31.15: It's been reported in the comments section that the store opened October 3,1997.

The photos you are about to see were taken at the end of the store's very last day. There is not a scrap of merchandise to be seen anywhere. The Acme letters were promptly removed from the lobby. Possibly taken as a souvenir by an employee.