Lewiston: 791 Center Street- a virtually untouched Centennial A&P store
Lockport: 64 Chestnut Street- there is no hiding the A&P roots of this building
Niagara Falls
South End: 421 Niagara Street. Now a parking garage for the Seneca Niagara Casino.
Pine Avenue: 1916 Pine Avenue:
Pine/LaSalle: 8460 Pine Avenue. This one was a pain to find- at some point the street east of the 190 was changed from Pine to Niagara Falls Blvd. Finally I found an ad that indicated the Plaza being the Mil (Military)-Pine Plaza. The street view is from Military Road.
North Tonawanda: 98 Manhatten Street- FYI the autozone in the background is an old Top Supermarket.
A&P (Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company) filed (again) for bankruptcy. It sadly looks to be the end of the company that started in 1859. A&P has been out of the Buffalo & Western New York market for many years but the buildings often remain. This list dates from 1968 and I have included the most recent Google Street views. Today’s installment consists of A&Ps in the suburbs of Buffalo but still within Erie County.
One interesting thing I noticed about the list is that in a few cases it indicates a store is in one town but the address is actually in a different town. I’ve attempted to note these inconsistencies.
Amherst, NY
1561 Niagara Falls Blvd- this is a correction to my previous address of 1566 which is across the street in the town of Tonawanda. The Famous Footwear building has since been torn down and Trader Joe’s sits in its place.
6880 Main Street
2375 Sheridan Drive. This location is another one the lottery ad claims to be in Amherst but is really in the Town of Tonawanda. It opened in May 1958 and I love that one of the gifts given out was Cigars for the men- try doing that today. The location later became a Sunview Nursery Center and would be the location of a massive fire in July, 1999. A Dollar General stands there now.
In 2007 there was no mistaking the building had been an A & P store.
By 2012 the store was under the ownership of Tops Supermarkets. They tore down the old A&P building for a new modern (but mini) Tops. The architects did keep a nod to the past history of A&P.
