Buffalo Lost - the first list!
Dan Tasman
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The following list is the roll call of Buffalo's past ... places, people and
things we grew up with, but are no longer in existence. Even though the listed
losses to buffalo may be gone, they still take a signifigant role in the
collective memories of most Buffalonians.
GUIDELINES
For a place to be added to the Buffalo Lost list, it should meet the followiung
criteria.
1) It would be a place that is familiar to people born between 1955 and 1970
(twentysomething and thirtysomething generation folks). Please, no pining over
the loss of IRC streetcar lines, the Park Towne Whatever Casino Lounge or this
great big band that used to play at Crystal Beach "during the war".
2) It cannot be a one time event (i.e. 1973 Stanley Cup Finals, Blizzard of
'77, Norwood missing the big one, etc). It should be a physical location or a
part of the local culture. If there is enough demand a "Buffalo Memories" list
will be created.
3) It must be a fairly important place, something that a good deal of
Buffalonians would remember. That little deli on Bailey that was torn down for
a CVS might have been around forever, but most people throughout the Niagara
Frontier probably don't remember it.
4) It should preferably be a locally owned establishment, ahthough national
franchises and out-of-town run businesses that play a major role in our
memories can be considered in come cases - Red Barn (Rochester) is fondly
remembered, Stop N' Go (Texas) is not.
The list organizer is open to changes and suggestions for the guidelines, if
they reinforce and frther the intent of the list.
! = recent losses (past five years)
Stores and shopping centers
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! Bells (supermarket) - Various locations (sold, split up)
! LL Berger's (depertment store) - Various locations (bankrupt)
* Burnham's (appliance store) - Various locations (closed with presence of
Silo)
* Century House (catalog store) - Various locations (faded from existence)
* Cricket Ticket (head shop) - Main Street, Buffalo (closed)
* Freddie's Doughnuts (donut shop and bakery) - Main Street, Buffalo (closed)
* Grant's (large 5&10 department store) - Various locations (bankrupt)
* Wm. Hengerer's (department store) - various locations (sold to Sibley's, then
Kauffmann's, downtown store closed)
* Hens & Kelley (department store) - Various locations (bankrupt)
* King's (discount department store) - Various locations (bankrupt)
* Kobacker's (department store) - Main Place Mall in Buffalo, Northtown Plaza
in Amherst (closed)
* Loblaw's (supermarket) - Various locations (consolidated into Bells)
! Sample (department store) - varous locations (bankrupt)
* Sattler's (department store) - 998 Broadway, Main Place Mall in Buffalo,
Boulevard
Mall in Amherst (bankrupt)
* Sears (department store) - Main St at Jefferson, Buffalo (closed)
* Turning Times (head shop) - Eggert Road, Amherst (closed)
Eating and drinking places
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! Carrol's (hamburger chain) - Various locations (corporation still exists, now
a franchisee of Burger King)
* Deco (chain) - Various locations (closed, most demolished)
* Gleason's Drive-In - Niagara Falls Boulevard at (?), Amherst (closed,
demolished)
* Henry's Hamburgers (chain) - Various locations (closed, most demolished)
* Pat's Hot Dogs, Sheridan Drive at Parker, Tonawanda (demolished)
* Red Barn (chain) - various locations (closed, may be some still open?)
* Schoenfield's - Sheridan Drive at Colvin, Tonawanda (demolished, now Rite
Aid)
* Uncle John's Pancake House - Sheridan Drive at Alberta, Amherst (now Alice's
Kitchen)
! White Tower (chain) - Various (seedy) locations (faded from existence)
Special places
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* Christmas Park (Santa theme park) - Medina (closed)
! Crystal Beach - Fort Erie (closed)
* Glen Park Casino - Williamsville (fire)
! Oppenheim Zoo - NFB, Wheatfield (closed)
* Six Corners (kiddie amusement park) - NFB, Wheatfield (closed)
* War Memorial Staduim - Best Street, Buffalo (demolished - urban renewal)
Buffalo's cultural heritage
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* Buffalo Braves (NBA Franchise) - (now San Diego Cavaliers)
* Buffalo Stallions (MISL Franchise) - (folded)
* Channel 29 "Good News Capsule" - (off the air, thank God!)
* Fantasy Island commercials - FUN? WOW!
* Iroquois Beer - (brewery closed)
* Promo the Robot
* Simon Pure Beer - (brewery closed)
* WYSL AM (1400) and FM (103.3) - (now WUFX)
* Q-FM-97 (96.9) - (now 97 Rock - again :)
Endangered species
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* Central Terminal - Paderewski Drive, Buffalo (abandoned)
* Memorial Auditorium - Main Street, Buffalo (future uncertain if new Aud is
built)
* Your Host (restaurant chain) - Various locations (fading)
Special thanks to ran...@microsoft.com, skne...@scf.usc.edu. If you would
like to contribute to this list, or you did but you weren't credited, please
write to dtasmanNMSU.edu.
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Dan Tasman dta...@dante.nmsu.edu
mol...@rever.nmsu.edu
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Indeed, unless the billboards fall, I'll never see a tree at all."
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Steven John Knezevich
new stuff I'll post it okay? This is awesome...thanks DAN!
Steve Knezevich
Daniel B Case
As someone who is a relative newcomer to Buffalo and does not have this past,
let me make a few corrections that reflect Buffalo's present:
>! Bells (supermarket) - Various locations (sold, split up)
There are plenty still around. There's one on Sheridan Drive at Delaware Av.,
on Main St. in Clarence, and in East Amherst, among many other locations.\
If you want to be more accurate try this:
! Super Duper (supermarket) - Now renamed Jubilee, SD survives in a few outlying
areas.
>Boulevard
>Mall in Amherst (bankrupt)
It's still there too. But one of the larger chain stores in it should be on
this list:
! Kleinhans (department store) - bankrupt, closed down.
Under special places add:
! Grand Island casino (I couldn't categorize it properly) - fire
>* Memorial Auditorium - Main Street, Buffalo (future uncertain if new Aud is
>built)
If the Crossroads project is built, it will be on the site of the old Aud
(which would be good-when I went to a Bandits game last spring (my first ever
visit to the Aud) I can honestly say that its age and organization almost make
Madison Square Garden look good. The Aud's saving grace is that, unlike MSG,
the rink/court is at ground level, not five stories up).
>* Your Host (restaurant chain) - Various locations (fading)
I think there's one still left on Sheridan in Tonawanda near the boulevard.
>
>
>Special thanks to ran...@microsoft.com, skne...@scf.usc.edu. If you would
>like to contribute to this list, or you did but you weren't credited, please
>write to dtasmanNMSU.edu.
>
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> Dan Tasman dta...@dante.nmsu.edu
> mol...@rever.nmsu.edu
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> "I think that I shall never see a billboard lovely as a tree
> Indeed, unless the billboards fall, I'll never see a tree at all."
> Ogden Nash
"Fine art and pizza delivery- Dan Case
what we do falls neatly in between!" V140...@ubvms.cc.buffalo.edu
-David Letterman Prodigy: WDNS15D
State University of New York at Buffalo
Sean M O Donnell
> In article <1993Jan25....@nmsu.edu>, dta...@NMSU.edu (Dan Tasman) writes...
>
> As someone who is a relative newcomer to Buffalo and does not have this past,
> let me make a few corrections that reflect Buffalo's present:
>
Stuff deleted...
>
>>* Memorial Auditorium - Main Street, Buffalo (future uncertain if new Aud is
>>built)
>
> If the Crossroads project is built, it will be on the site of the old Aud
> (which would be good-when I went to a Bandits game last spring (my first ever
> visit to the Aud) I can honestly say that its age and organization almost make
> Madison Square Garden look good. The Aud's saving grace is that, unlike MSG,
> the rink/court is at ground level, not five stories up).
The Crossroads project? What's this all about?
Its only been 4 years since I left UB, but it sounds like a lot has happened.
Is the Bluenote jazz club still there (Main St. next to Freddie's) or
the Central Park Grill (further down Main, near the windshield wiper plant)?
Two great places...
What's become of the old psychiatric institution near Buff State?
Oh, here's one... Mighty Taco at the corner of Sheridan and... what's the
name of the road connecting the Main Street campus to Amherst? Anyway,
it was across from Duff's. Passed through there on quite a few late nights as
did about 90% of the dorm residents, the cat even ate their Mexican variation
on the "belly bomber".
Sean
>
Steven John Knezevich
>What's become of the old psychiatric institution near Buff State?
Well West Side psychiatric is still there. My photography teacher
in high school used to tell us stories about how when he used to teach
driver ED at Buf State the patients would bust out of the ward and jump
on the cars. No lie. He said that one time a patient totally pressed his
penis against the windshield. I was laughing pretty hard then.
How about Love Canal? Any liberals out there? I go there every
Christmas to remind myself that it is possible to have hell on earth
Steve Knezevich
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Steven John Knezevich
Who remembers when it was Parkedge? (What park?)
Also, who remembers the Bonanza right there next to Bells and Might Taco
that is now a Rite Aid?
Also, some interesting trivia about those bulidings (maybe all those writing
a FAQ qould be interested)...those buildings were originally aircraft hangars
for Curtis Wright (as in Kitty Hawk and flying the plane) and the street that
I used to live on (Curtis Parkway) is where the runway was. Kind of
interesting. If you're really interested, bust out a map and check it out.
You can totally see the lay of the land as being air strips.
Steve Knezevich
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Steven John Knezevich
>Some other pertinent additions:
>*Gold Circle (supermarket) - My fiancee used to work there, she calls it
>Chrome Circle. What happened to it? when did they go under?
Their Optical Department still exists on Niagra Falls Boulevard next to
Manakins...what used to be the Three Coins? I think....
Anyway...GC went way under....and they were a crappy store anyway. They used
to advertise a certain price when you picked the merchandise up off the shelf
and then charge a higher price when you got to the register. I remember it
used to take a billion years to get out of there too...slow registers. Man,
How many G.I. Joe guys did I buy in there?
Now, a TOPS international exists in it's place.
The Meach
>
>As someone who is a relative newcomer to Buffalo and does not have this past,
>let me make a few corrections that reflect Buffalo's present:
>
>>! Bells (supermarket) - Various locations (sold, split up)
>
>There are plenty still around. There's one on Sheridan Drive at Delaware Av.,
>on Main St. in Clarence, and in East Amherst, among many other locations.\
Better have another look, Dan. . . BTW: that's Sheridan Drive at Delaware Rd...
and although the painted signage on the wall still says 'Bell's Bazaar', there
is *already* a 'Quality Market' sign out front!
Jo
Daniel B Case
Another recent loss, too:
! Gulf/Cumberland Farms (gas stations/convenience stores) - Sold to Noco
(mostly), gradually being renovated into BP/Noco stores.
Daniel B Case
You're absolutely right-last night I went out to Kinko's (near Sheridan and the
Boulevard) and looked across the road and realized I was wrong. I don't shop at
Bell's much anyway (no wonder they went bankrupt) and figured if they still said
"Bell's" on them, they were still Bell's. All three Bell's near the North Campus
have begun changing over (the East Amherst Bell's has the distinction of already
having totally been de-Bell's ized).
God, I feel like such an idiot.
>Jo
Daniel B Case
>From article <C1Fos...@acsu.buffalo.edu>, by v140...@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu (Daniel B Case):
>> In article <1993Jan25....@nmsu.edu>, dta...@NMSU.edu (Dan Tasman) writes...
>>
>> As someone who is a relative newcomer to Buffalo and does not have this past,
>> let me make a few corrections that reflect Buffalo's present:
>>
>
>Stuff deleted...
>>
>>>* Memorial Auditorium - Main Street, Buffalo (future uncertain if new Aud is
>>>built)
>>
>> If the Crossroads project is built, it will be on the site of the old Aud
>> (which would be good-when I went to a Bandits game last spring (my first ever
>> visit to the Aud) I can honestly say that its age and organization almost make
>> Madison Square Garden look good. The Aud's saving grace is that, unlike MSG,
>> the rink/court is at ground level, not five stories up).
>
>The Crossroads project? What's this all about?
The Crossroads project is the new arena plan which isn't definite yet, to be
called, predictably enough, The Crossroads. As far as I know, it's supposed to
be a combination arena/mall, although not in one building, unlike the Hartford
Civic Center.
The big problem is how to pay for it. It only took off recently when the Sabres
offered to sweeten the pot a bit financially and add luxury boxes.
>
>Its only been 4 years since I left UB, but it sounds like a lot has happened.
As it stands, the county holds the cards (the state can only contribute so much)
and that would mean some tax hikes that would not be too popular, given that
property taxes had to go up as is, and the sales tax is already as high as it
can get.
>Is the Bluenote jazz club still there (Main St. next to Freddie's) or
>the Central Park Grill (further down Main, near the windshield wiper plant)?
>Two great places...
>
>What's become of the old psychiatric institution near Buff State?
It's still there and operating.
>
>Oh, here's one... Mighty Taco at the corner of Sheridan and... what's the
>name of the road connecting the Main Street campus to Amherst? Anyway,
Bailey Avenue.
>it was across from Duff's. Passed through there on quite a few late nights as
>did about 90% of the dorm residents, the cat even ate their Mexican variation
>on the "belly bomber".
Hmmm-I think it's still there, although there's another one not too far away at
Maple and North Forest.
>
>Sean
Daniel B Case
William E. Hamilton CS50 CS/50
enter the Buffalo market and failed. Several years later they were
all closed, so far as I know. If you've ever been to a Taco Bell
you know why they didn't go over in Buffalo. Buffalonians have too many
good food choices to bother with the overpriced, tasteless stuff Taco Bell
serves. Unfortunately Michiganders aren't as smart. The presence of
Taco Bells here doesn't bother me - I know to stay away, but
you can't get decent pizza here. Most Michigander pizzarias apparently
think pizza sauce is something you get out of a can of Contadina and put on
with a paint brush. Yech! One of my favorite pizza places in WNY was
Ilio DePaolo's on South Park near Mile Strip (I think. I think it's in
Blasdell. Never mind - I can find it!).
Anyway, did Taco Bell ever try for a comeback?
Bill Hamilton
GM Research
Philip A. Seibel
>Anyway, did Taco Bell ever try for a comeback?
With the advent of the mall, taco bell made it's comeback. In the Walden
Galeria mall,there is a Taco Bell. I don't know if there are any others....
wait, I know, I'll go look in the phone book. Yep, there's two in the buffalo
phone book, the one that I previously mentioned, and there is one in North
Tonawanda.
I can't say that I've ever been to the one in North Tonawanda, but the one at
the mall is always doing good business. I go there often, but the only real
reason that I go there is because they have free refills on the soda and some
of their real cheap foods like a bean burrito aren't bad.
>Bill Hamilton
>GM Research
Philip Seibel
sei...@cs.buffalo.edu
Dan Tasman
: Another recent loss, too:
:
: ! Gulf/Cumberland Farms (gas stations/convenience stores) - Sold to Noco
: (mostly), gradually being renovated into BP/Noco stores.
I don't know if I'd call that the loss of an institution or not ... Cumberland
Farms were only around for about five years. Sorry, but I don't think this is
Buffalo Lost list material.
Dan Tasman
: Speaking of Bells: (God what an intro)
:
: Who remembers when it was Parkedge? (What park?)
I think that was just the one at Eggert and Sheridan in Niagara Falls ... even
after it became a Bells, it was called "Bells Parkedge", with the separate
"Parkedge Liquors". Not to sound politically incorrect, but I remember people
calling that store the "Jewish Supermarket" because of it's _huge_ Kosher
section, the boxes up front asking for store receipts to bebefit various
temples and Hebrew schools, and the many references to Jewish holidays in their
in-store advertising ... "Get ready for Passover with these great deals from
Parkedge...". Funny, because the store wasn't in a location known for a high
Jewish population, like North Buffalo or Williamsville.
: Also, who remembers the Bonanza right there next to Bells and Might Taco
: that is now a Rite Aid?
Unfortunately, I remember the Bonanza. Worst steak house in Buffalo.
: Also, some interesting trivia about those bulidings (maybe all those writing
: a FAQ qould be interested)...those buildings were originally aircraft hangars
: for Curtis Wright (as in Kitty Hawk and flying the plane) and the street that
: I used to live on (Curtis Parkway) is where the runway was. Kind of
: interesting. If you're really interested, bust out a map and check it out.
: You can totally see the lay of the land as being air strips.
That's something I never heard before ... is Curtis Parkway wider than other
streets in the neighborhood? I wondered about the architecture before, but I
just thought it was some bad 1960s attempt at being "mod".
Beth Carol Piatkowski
How about the old Two-Guys store chain? There was one where
Super Flea is on Walden Ave in Cheektowaga and where the Silo/
TJ Maxx/Northtown Fabrics is on Sheridan/Niagara Falls Blvd.
Area. I really don't remember them that well (being a small
child at that point...)
Ok, and here's another- the Colvin Movie theatre on Colvin and
Kenmore Avenue in Tonawanda/Kenmore area? That was torn down
in order to make room for Senior Citizens apartments.
Now, another Supermarket- Loblaw's. They were small neighborhood
supermarkets. I think that they may have been taken over by Bell's.
I know that the smaller one's are now thing's like Fay's...
And re: Bell's on Sheridan and the Delawares. That used to be
a Hengerer's department store.
Also-what about various catholic high schools which have closed in
recent years???
recent years???
(sorry, my computer is doing weird things...)
I can't think of anything else at the moment...
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Beth
ai...@yfn.ysu.edu
Daniel B Case
>v140...@ubvmsd.cc.buffalo.edu (Daniel B Case) writes:
>
>: Another recent loss, too:
>:
>: ! Gulf/Cumberland Farms (gas stations/convenience stores) - Sold to Noco
>: (mostly), gradually being renovated into BP/Noco stores.
>
>I don't know if I'd call that the loss of an institution or not ... Cumberland
>Farms were only around for about five years. Sorry, but I don't think this is
>Buffalo Lost list material.
Well, no wonder they're leaving then-the area is pretty saturated with gas
station/convenience stores as it is, and that's a pretty territorial business.
I guess (a further reason not to put it on the list, come to think of it) that
since the chain's based in Florida they felt they could write Buffalo off easily
enough.
>
>--
> Dan Tasman dta...@dante.nmsu.edu
> mol...@rever.nmsu.edu
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> "I think that I shall never see a billboard lovely as a tree
> Indeed, unless the billboards fall, I'll never see a tree at all."
> Ogden Nash
BTW, you mentioned that you were in the fifth grade at Mt. St. Joe's in '77.
My fiancee was in the third grade at that school (which she still refers to
affectionately as Mt. St. Scum) then and, although she didn't recognize your
name, wondered if you had any common acquaintances in her class. Do you? Just
"Fine art and pizza delivery- Dan Case
what we do falls neatly in between!" V140...@ubvms.cc.buffalo.edu
-David Letterman Prodigy: WDNS15D
State University of New York at Buffalo
checking.
Steven John Knezevich
Does anyone remember the restaurant on Sheridan drive that is inbetween parker
and like...loretta? I think. I remember it being this: (There were several
generations of chains)
The first, and this is my favorite, was called Sambo's. It was a
blatantly racist name. Kind of like a Howard Johnsons place.
Then, surprisingly enough, it became a Howard Johnsons. I think. I
may be wrong about this
Then it was a Pizza Hut. No big deal.
Now? I think it's a doctor's office.
I just had to mention this becuase of Sambo's.
Steve Knezevich
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The music washes over you and you're one with the sound.
Who shall inherit the earth? The meek shall..."
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Dan Tasman
:Well, no wonder they're leaving then-the area is pretty saturated with gas
:station/convenience stores as it is, and that's a pretty territorial business.
:I guess (a further reason not to put it on the list, come to think of it) that
:since the chain's based in Florida they felt they could write Buffalo off
:easily enough.
One strange part about Buffalo is that there's plenty of national chains that
are EBB, or Everywhere But Buffalo, for instance, Marshalls, Taco Bell, Big
Boy, Jack in The Box and Hardee's. However, there are some places that are
BASS (Buffalo and Somewhere Strange), and SSAB (Somewhere Strange and Buffalo.
BASS places are Ted's Red Hots, with many Buffalo locations and a couple
outside of Phoenix, and Santora's Pizza, all over Buffalo with a few locations
in Southern Florida. SSAB places are Stop N' Go (I think they're no more in
WNY), whose only stores outside Texas were in Buffalo, and Atlantic/A+ Mini
Mart, which is a California/Buffalo establishment. Let's not forget all those
Canadian stores that make their only US stores in Buffalo, like Harry Rose,
Barbara Moss and Battery One Stop.
:BTW, you mentioned that you were in the fifth grade at Mt. St. Joe's in '77.
:My fiancee was in the third grade at that school (which she still refers to
:affectionately as Mt. St. Scum) then and, although she didn't recognize your
:name, wondered if you had any common acquaintances in her class. Do you? Just
It might be easier if you e-mail me her name, so I can see if I recall it. I
knew a lot of people from MSJ (whatever happened to most of them, anyhow? :)
and I recall a lot of names, but ....
Daniel B Case
>v140...@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu (Daniel B Case) writes:
>
>:Well, no wonder they're leaving then-the area is pretty saturated with gas
>:station/convenience stores as it is, and that's a pretty territorial business.
>:I guess (a further reason not to put it on the list, come to think of it) that
>:since the chain's based in Florida they felt they could write Buffalo off
>:easily enough.
>
>One strange part about Buffalo is that there's plenty of national chains that
>are EBB, or Everywhere But Buffalo, for instance, Marshalls, Taco Bell, Big
>Boy, Jack in The Box and Hardee's. However, there are some places that are
Taco Bell, as has been noted, has two stores in the area-the Galleria one, and
one in North Tonawanda. Some of those other chains are also limited-I don't
remember any Jack in the Boxes in NJ when I was growing up. You might also add
Roy Rogers to that EBB list-there are *none* here. I miss them. I also thought
Bob's Big Boy was limited to California for the longest time.
Hardee's is owned by the same company that owns Roy Rogers, and in fact has been
turning some RRs into Hardee's since they bought them.
>BASS (Buffalo and Somewhere Strange), and SSAB (Somewhere Strange and Buffalo.
>BASS places are Ted's Red Hots, with many Buffalo locations and a couple
>outside of Phoenix, and Santora's Pizza, all over Buffalo with a few locations
>in Southern Florida. SSAB places are Stop N' Go (I think they're no more in
>WNY), whose only stores outside Texas were in Buffalo, and Atlantic/A+ Mini
>Mart, which is a California/Buffalo establishment. Let's not forget all those
>Canadian stores that make their only US stores in Buffalo, like Harry Rose,
>Barbara Moss and Battery One Stop.
Hmm...There's a Stop 'n' Go in Bricktown, NJ (I heard that Texas police call
them Stop 'n' Rob) and the only Atlantic in NJ along Route 9 near Barnegat.
They also have some stores in the Syracuse area.
And does Tim Horton count as one of those Buffalo-only Canadian chains?
Dan Tasman
Knezevich) writes:
: The first, and this is my favorite, was called Sambo's. It was a
: blatantly racist name. Kind of like a Howard Johnsons place.
:
: Then, surprisingly enough, it became a Howard Johnsons. I think. I
: may be wrong about this
:
: Then it was a Pizza Hut. No big deal.
:
: Now? I think it's a doctor's office.
Sambo's were pretty much everywhere in the United States. They changed their
name to Sam's because of pressure from the NAACP and other civil rights groups.
Shortly after the name change, the chain folded. At one time Sambo's was
bigger than Denny's or any of the other national chains of "family resturants".
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Dan Tasman dta...@dante.nmsu.edu
KB5YMG mol...@rever.nmsu.edu
Dan Tasman
: How about the old Two-Guys store chain? There was one where
: TJ Maxx/Northtown Fabrics is on Sheridan/Niagara Falls Blvd.
: Area. I really don't remember them that well (being a small
: child at that point...)
It's in the list ... but the store that's now the Super Flea used to be GEX, a
membership-only discount department store. Some Cheektowaga old timers still
call Super Flea "GEX". That was the only one in Buffalo.
Incidentally, one "Cheektowagism" I've noticed is to call places by their old
names, if something changed names within the past 20 years. Thus, Super Flea
is GEX, many Bells stores are Loblaws, and the Thruway Mall is called the
Thruway Plaza. My Dad is guilty of the same thing, not knowing where the
Stuffed Mushroom is unless you call it the "Park Casino", even though it hasn't
been that since the 1950s, among other places.
: Now, another Supermarket- Loblaw's. They were small neighborhood
: supermarkets. I think that they may have been taken over by Bell's.
: I know that the smaller one's are now thing's like Fay's...
There were some big Loblaw's stores as well. Loblaw's is on the list, too, and
is alive and well in Metro Toronto and, believe it or not, the Kansas City
area. Go figure.
: Also-what about various catholic high schools which have closed in
: recent years???
To me, one of the few non-Catholics from Buffalo :), it might be easier
creating a list of what's still open. Some were closed, some merged, but the
great majority are still alive and well. The Catholic high schools disn't play
a big role in my life, so it might be a difficult task. Anyone want to make
such a list?
How about a list of old BPS school numbers and the new names for the schools? I
think School 80 and 68, both in the Kensington area, are the only numbered
schools left. Are there any new high schools in the City?
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Dan Tasman dta...@dante.nmsu.edu
