Closed places that I miss. (Jersey City, Plainfield: auction, shopping mall, warehouse)

[CaptainNJ]

Originally Posted by Ninjahedge

The dog that has a better pedigree than the owners!!!!

thats my baby. she is an impressive beast.

[EEEPNJ]

Originally Posted by Alex07860

I miss been a kid, when the summer days were long and time lasted forever. I miss laying on the grass and looking up at the clouds and see the different shapes they would take. I miss sitting around w/ my friends or playing ball all day long. I miss my mom calling me to come home because it was dinner time. I miss riding bikes or taking a walk to the local music store and check out the latest albums. I miss sleepovers in the yard w/ my friends and looking up at the night skies and seeing all the stars and telling stories. I miss snow days from school and having snow fights w/ my brothers and my mom yelling at us to come get a cup of hot chocolate and to get rid of our wet clothes before we catch a cold. Yeah, that's what I miss.

[EEEPNJ]

Originally Posted by Ninjahedge

Forgive my poor memory, but was that anywhere near Abma's, or am I thinking of another "farm" in NJ that went the way of the Dodo.....



I remember that there were two, I think, in Wayne? Right across from each other. One serving fresh cinnamon donuts and apple cider (before pasteurization cooked all the flavor out of it). I think they took one out and made it into condos or something. Now you have to drive an hour out to go to a farm and pay more to pick your own than you would get it at the store.

Sad sad stuff.




BTW, I was driving through Pompton the other day and thought I missed the Dairy Barn! I guess they did get rid of it... I wonder why.

Abma's is still there. Dairy Barn is gone, sadly.

[gawalisjr]

Bowlero, Route 3 and 46 in Clifton (now Fette auto dealerships)

[EEEPNJ]

Ah and ECLIPSE in Hasbrouck Heights where the TGI Friday's and Wendy's is now.....

[perthamboy62]

OLD Menlo Park Mall Stores
Bambergers
Arcadian Gardens
Woolworths

OLD Woodbridge Shopping Center Stores
Ohrbachs
Abraham and Strauss
Sterns
World Imports
The Cellar
The Paper Tiger (now that's REALLY OLD)
Tha Arcade at Woodbridge Center

Miscellaneous
Farrells Ice Cream - Rt 18
Great Eastern Dept. Store
Grants Dept. Store - Middlesex NJ
E.J. Korvettes
S.K. Kleins
Fox Theatre - Rt. 1
Menlo Park Cinema
Rickels
Channels

Clubs and Bars
The Bedroom - Rt 35
Close Encounters
The Goose and Gander
Captain G's

Rustlers Steak House - Pertha Amboy
Gino's (before it was KFC)
The shack that used to sell Christmas Trees of Rt. 1 by Roosevelt Park

Sterling Forest Gardens
Jungle Habitat
The Original Great Adventure

[badurl]

What a great topic...it's like walking down memory lane. ~sniff~

I miss Geigers restaurant on Springfield Avenue Westfield -- after eating dinner we'd walk through the store and purchase apples and apple pie. It became B.G. Fields and they are also closed (they had good shnitzel right down to the egg and capers).

I miss all the farms and how kitschy Route 1 used to be (giant chairs and bowling pins). How about Chock Full O' Nuts on Route 1 around Woodbridge? The toilet seats used to close and glow blue, supposed to sanitize them, even though they still were dirty. But what a cute building and great coffee.

It was great to be a kid in NJ during the 60s. Friendly, safe. We'd go away for the weekend and leave our house unlocked.

[EEEPNJ]

Originally Posted by perthamboy62

OLD Menlo Park Mall Stores

Arcadian Gardens

OLD Woodbridge Shopping Center Stores
Ohrbachs
Abraham and Strauss
Sterns
World Imports
The Cellar
The Paper Tiger (now that's REALLY OLD)
Tha Arcade at Woodbridge Center

Sterling Forest Gardens
Jungle Habitat
The Original Great Adventure

WOW - your post brought back memories - first I did not know there was an Arcadian Gardens in Menlo, I used to go to the one in Garden State Mall when I was a kid.

I liked all of those Woodbridge Center Stores... I remember the Paper Tiger WELL! Do you know what else I miss from there, the restaurant "The Tree House" we used to go there all the time and I loved it.

I also miss Sterling Forrest, Jungle Habitat and GA. It will ALWAYS be GA.

[BrianH1970]

Originally Posted by EEEPNJ

The "old" Journal Square in Jersey City. When it was so nice and had quality stores, not junk store central. And the beautiful Lowes and Stanley theaters. Lord's Children's Store where Mom would buy all my "special" dresses and Girl Scout Gear.

I think the only movies I saw there were 2001 and the remake of King Kong. That Lowes had the grand feel of a great, old timey theater. Almost like you should dress up a little classier to see a movie there.

[EEEPNJ]

Originally Posted by BrianH1970

I think the only movies I saw there were 2001 and the remake of King Kong. That Lowes had the grand feel of a great, old timey theater. Almost like you should dress up a little classier to see a movie there.

Exactly! When I was little in the 70's they used to have a summer festival of Disney movies (Dumbo, Cinderella, Jungle Book, etc..) remember, this was the days of no VCRs or DVDs so it was a HUGE treat. And you felt like you were royalty going there.