Questions Answered
On Sunday, Gossips published these two pictures, found among the new scans at PhotobyGibson.com, and identified them based on the captions provided there: "Razing buildings for new Grand Union Warren St. Hudson 1955."
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| PhotobyGibson.com |
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| PhotobyGibson.com |
A reader who follows Gossips on Facebook claimed there never was a Grand Union on Warren Street, which prompted further discoveries. Paul Barrett directed Gossips' attention to the photograph below, also from the collection at PhotobyGibson.com, which shows the buildings right after they had been damaged by fire in December 1954.
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Gossips published the picture on Monday, in a post that included an item from The Knickerbocker News that identified the market where the fire originated as the Grand Union-Sunkist Market. So, there was the Grand Union connection.
In that post, I wondered about the original use of the new building constructed on the site. My musings were answered by another photograph from PhotobyGibson.com, this one provided by Bruce Mitchinson, showing the Memorial Day Parade in 1960.
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The fire occurred in December 1954. The buildings were demolished sometime in 1955. In 1960, there was a new single story building on the site, with three storefronts that housed Sears, The Boot Shop, and a new Sunkist Market.
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