What has disappeared from the Jersey landscape ?
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Wild Mouse - Seaside
Sears on Albany St - now on Rt# 1 for many years
Nash Rambler
Skywriting with smoke from planes
Beefalo farm near Quakerbridge (Princeton)
Sears on Albany St - now on Rt# 1 for many years
Nash Rambler
Skywriting with smoke from planes
Beefalo farm near Quakerbridge (Princeton)
There are 2 Stwart Root Beer Stands still around.
One in Denville and One on Route 46 on the Rockaway/Dover Border
Mothers was also called FM Station for a while, and existed under a 3rd name I can't recall. Then it became a NJ Transit Park and Ride.
They just recently tore down that Victoria Station building on Hamburg Turnpike - within the past 6 months. And I'd forgotten all about the Sandwich Pub.
Also in Pompton Lakes was the Firehouse Pub.
I hear you, when I was a kid, driving west on Eagle Rock Ave toward Roseland and Becker Farm or RT 10 toward East Hanover was considered a ride in the country.
How things have changed!
That's right. The Depaul High School fields were adjacent to the rear parking lot of the Sandwich Pub.
I forgot about the Firehouse Pub. I remember going there to see Hot Romance play, my favorite bar band of all time.
To twist this a little bit, one place that seems like it should live only in the world of long forgotten NJ, but is still there, is Bowcraft.
The Pool Bar at the Warren Hotel in Spring Lake. Truely one of the greatest Jersey shore hangouts ever! Sunday afternoons were unbelievable. Nothing fancy just an small in ground pool and an oversized yard shed for a bar. A1 talent all around. I Cry a little bit inside when I drive by and see all the Mc Mansions in its place.
After school paper routes delivered by kids on their bicycles.
Anyone from the Short Hills, Milburn, Livingston area remember the old castle or castle like building at the end of JFK parkway near the Short Hills Mall? It was eventually torn down for the construction of 24 (I believe that was the reason). Would be curious to know the history behind it. I believe I did read an article about it when it was still there but don't remember what was said in the article.
I remember the first time my dad took me to Bowcraft. He just said, "we're going to Bowcraft," and I thought it was some type of craft store. Needless to say, I was surprised in the best possible way when we got there.
With a cute little 9 hole golf course I played built right into the mountain...it's now condo's, what a shock.
Action Park.. of course.. so much blood and fun, but mostly blood.
Arcades...
Those indoor flea markets (North Jersey, not sure they exist anywhere else) Kind of a cross between a flea market and a mall.
Arcades...
Those indoor flea markets (North Jersey, not sure they exist anywhere else) Kind of a cross between a flea market and a mall.
Here's a cool one for any Passaic/Essex County old timers:
Willowbrook mall was a skating rink and a riding stable!
Singac - little falls along the river was fishing camps.
Willowbrook mall was a skating rink and a riding stable!
Singac - little falls along the river was fishing camps.
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Wasn't the Sandwich Pub located in the old Howard Johnson bldg ? If so it should count twice.
Awesome. Is that why the Russian Hall was located there because of an ample supply of sturgeon ?
My grandfather was a milkman and carpenter back in the 20' s according to my dad. He delivered milk in a horse and wagon in NB, house to house.
And Ben Franklin store. Actually sold some nice electric trains for a dept store.
Also the Milk Barn. What was the name of the restaurant just up from the new Quick Check gas station on Hamburg Tpke toward Wayne ? Mom's or momma' s ?
Have never seen another miniature golf with brown fairways and green greens or at least it use to be that way.
RU, did you ever play Stoney Hill near Pennington ? 9 hole course, not long, but could use a wood on a few holes, had lights to play at night. Don't know if it still exists.
Momma Boy? It was the Spindletop before Brother Bruno moved
There use to be a bar across from the Milk Barn that I use to go to.
leaving a can outside your front steps and having Charlie Chips deliver a new can of potato chips
Dam! forgot about Charlies, we had them deliver to us in the round tin. We also used to have the soda guy deliver once a week as well. You would be able to mix and match your flavors, they would give you a plastic tray with glass bottles that had rubber plunger tops on them similar to the top of a Grolsch beer bottle.
I think it was the Green Terrace which later became The Getaway, which now is an Italian Restaurant.
It was Cousin Bruno's - we lived across the street from that in Heritage Manor when we first got married. Brother Bruno's was all the way down Hamburg Turnpike at Ratzer Road. The building for the Swiss Chalet is still there, rotting away. I remember going to a party or two in the building after it had closed down. And it's criminal what they did with the Old Milk Barn - took it down to expand Preakness Chevy, which then closed down.
