What has disappeared from the Jersey landscape ?

[RUtrumpet92]

CRAZY EDDIE'S. His prices were insane.

 

[RUBand]

I remember HiFi Haven well.

Awesome place, bought an amazing system there in the 80's - QLN speakers, Hafler Amp, NAD preamp

 

[RUBand]

The first thing that came to mind this morning when I saw the thread was, recently, our Gov. We saw him during his first term, then "poof"

 

[DJ Spanky]

Awesome place, bought an amazing system there in the 80's - QLN speakers, Hafler Amp, NAD preamp

That's funny - I almost bought a Hafler amp from them for my DJ business back in the mid-80's.

 

[RAA-1]

The Melody & The Roxy in New Brunswick.
Sports Authority
Circuit City
A & P
Rotary Phones
Grand Union
Montgomery Wards
The Spinning Wheel Diner near Douglas
PJ Youngs
Charlie Browns
Newspaper Stands in New brunswick

 

[miketd1]

I miss when shopping malls weren't ghost towns.

 

[Blitz8RUCrazy]

The Mafia

And Tony Soprano

 

[FELONIOUSMONK]

T-Rex? Pterodactyl? Two Guys from Harrison? E.J. Korvettes?

 

[RUinPinehurst]

Front Street in Plainfield. Mid 60s. Bustling shops. Clean. Orderly. Prosperous. Rockwellian. Remember fondly the tradition of lighting the town Christmas tree, complete with live music. And then, "Poof!" All gone. Forever.

 

[Rutgers85]

The huge Santa with one leg in the chimney outside the Garden State Plaza.

 

[TMCB]

Capitol theater, rt 3 drivein, fat mikes, tradewinds,

 

[MADHAT1]

Newark Evening News

 

[RU in IM]

Another Stewarts on 22 in the Clinton/Readington area.

My 1st job was there; I was the tray man (I would bring the food to the car and hook the tray onto the driver side window). I made some good tips for basically doing nothing.

 

[Abro1975]

Girls wearing 'hot pants'

 

[cRURah]

Carvels
2 guys
Rt 18 Drive-in in East Brunswick
Harry's clothing on Albany Street
Mom and Dad

 

[mal359]

There's a Carvel in Hamilton.

 

[pepper44]

That's #1

2. The back 9 at Orchard Hills Golf Course, now the campus of Bergen County Community College

3. The farm stands on Paramus Road near Orchard Hills where you could pick up fresh corn and tomatoes.

i was a caddy at orchard hills cc, walked the back nine more times than i can remember. after caddying we went across to the farm stand for refreshing, fresh and cold black cherries.

 

[Scarlet Pride]

You could get killed going through the Green St. Circle in Woodbridge. If I remember correctly the Circles in NJ and the Rotaries in Massachusetts have/had completely different rules of right-of-way.

The rotaries and roundabouts in pretty much every place in the world give right of way to those already in the circle. In NJ there are basically no rules.

 

[Turtle31]

Brunswick drive-in (rt 18)
Buxton's ice cream parlor (near Forsgate, I believe)
Local mom and pop delis
Arnold Palmer mini golf course
Jungle Habitat

 

[njdirt]

Cheap Johns in New Brunswick

 

[CERU00]

Hazlet drive in theatre.

 

[KingHigh]

Some childhood memories of Belmar that are gone:

Belmar Playland

The McDonald's on the boardwalk across the street:

The really cappy weed I would buy there:

 

[Scarlet4Shore]

The Alexander's mural on Route 4.
The pig farms (and their smell) in the Meadowlands.

My cousin had one of those pig farms in Secaucus.

Prown's in Red Bank.

 

[ddsmugs]

Hermans sporting goods and Arthur Treachers Fish and Chips .

 

[ddsmugs]

Space Port Woodbridge center

 

[herdof3]

Giant golf ball in Moorestown

The cruiser in the cornfield!

 

[JoeRU]

Asbury Park boat rides in the lake

Georkes and Levy in Elizabeth

Jahns in Union

Spiritos and DeCosmos - wait a sec they're still there and I'm going soon

 

[bac2therac]

virtually everything at the Somerville Circle..

Somerville Bowlerama..later Nobody Beats The Wiz
Somerville General Cinemas
Dennys
Popeyes
Mr Bee's
Surprise Store
Sears
Grand Union
Reynolds

 

[bac2therac]

lining up at the back of a clothing or record store to purchase tickets for a concert..Ticketron outlets

 

[B0ski]

there are Stewarts Root Beers still in Jersey and the Somerville Circle still exists

I am missing my Mr Bee's though at the Somerville Circle

Yes, a little bastardized, but the circle still exists. Might as well throw in the Raritan Manor while on the circle. ,

 

[mal359]

Some childhood memories of Belmar that are gone:

The really cappy weed I would buy there:

YIKES. At least you were just in high school when you were buying this..right?

 

[Plum Street]

Smoking sections in restaurants and diners . If you were cool you always sat in the smoking section on late night diner outings after the bars

 

[bac2therac]

Ship in the road of Rt 22

Jimmy Buffs Rt 22

Tico Taco Rt 22

Ponderosa Steakhouse Rt 22, also Easton Ave and Woodbridge Mall

Leaning Tower of Pizza Rt 22

Texas Weiner Rt 22

Jack in the Box near Woodbridge Mall

Moms Peppermill Restaurant just past the Turnpike exit Windsor?

Sweetwater Casino Restaurant near AC

The Villa Restaurant Bridgewater

Jolly Ox Rt 206 Hillsborough

County Line Inn Rt 206 Montgomery

Jerry Lewis Cinema Rt 206 Hillsborough

Court Theater Somerville on Main Street...movies for 77cents

virtually every family run farm and flower stand...Hillsborough used to have Joes, Venis Bros, Sunhaven Farms, Fenns, and a few more

Ground Round
Goodtime Charlies
Charlie Browns
Lone Star Steakhouse

Hahnes
Sterns
Steinbachs
Orbachs
Bamburgers
Corvettes
Caldor
Laneco
Two Guys
Rickells
Drug Fair
R&S Manville
Foodtown
A&P

 

[bac2therac]

smoking lounge in high schools in the 70s into the early 80s

 

[CornerTavern]

Roy Rogers

Ground Round

Jason Kidd and Vince Carter

Newbees

Cafe Newz

Pattys

 

[bac2therac]

small local banks..poof gone...local pharmacies....they are virtually gone...everything now is a chain..so sad...ditto for the local shoe store or army navy...virtually every small mom and pop store is done..so sad to see all at the expense of so called progress from corporations eating every thing up

 

[bac2therac]

Owls Roost
Fuddruckers
Pizzeria Uno

Packards Market Rt 206 Hillsborough

 

[KingHigh]

YIKES. At least you were just in high school when you were buying this..right?

The guy was such a shade ball.

 

[bac2therac]

Woolworth's -- recall going to one in Somerville and eating at the counter a bunch of times.

Arcades at malls.....spent countless hours at the one in Flemington Mall back in the 80's.

yes spent many a day with my mom shopping at Woolworth and Marty Orshan Army Navy Store

the Woolworth building is still there...now an antique store but its virtually unchanged structure wise.two floors

 

[CornerTavern]

Caldor

Woolworths