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Black Friday 1978
BLACK FRIDAY is here again.Fresh on the minds of those who dozed off from turkey (not tofurky) at the early noon hours of Thursday, they were caching up on sleep, ready to cash in on the dawn-breaking...
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Retro Toys "R" Us Round-Up
It's been too long since we've featured a Toys "R" Us related update, and thanks to plenty of badgering by our own reader Jonah Norason, a regular who always provides worthwhile feedback in our mall...
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Retro Toys "R" Us In Tallahassee
The Caldor Rainbow reader and fellow retail enthusiast who traverses the circuit of mall-related blogs, Jack Thomas, has provided wonderful on-site pictures of a known, old-school Toys "R" Us in...
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Retro Toys "R" Us; Bowling Green, Kentucky
Reader Jessica Nielsen threw us an e-mail and accompanied gallery of photos of yet another left-behind Toys "R" Us located in Bowling Green, Kentucky. It would appear apart from the stripped-away...
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Everything Must Go At Circuit City
Say goodbye to yet another retail electronics giant, Circuit City. As you've heard, the chain has announced everything must go, announcing chainwide liquidation this past Friday January 16, 2009.Yes,...
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Roy Rogers Rides No More In Manchester
Like a sepia sunset, The old-fashioned burger-n-fries chain Roy Rogers is done in Manchester. Over done (bad joke?). The franchise-operated quick-serve restaurant well known for its roast beef, chicken...
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"Friday Knights" Look Back On Toys "R" Us
Plug time! Most of you may be unaware of my buddy Nick Fusari and I's talkshow or "podcast" (for neo-media aged folks) Friday Knights of the Round Table.We began this endeavor a few months ago whereby...
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Agawam Ames Becomes Dave's Pet And Soda City
It's been a while since we've discussed Ames.Yes, Ames, the late green (once red)-clad discounter that ended its decades' run succeeding the troubled Framingham, Mass.-based Zayre chain to which it...
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Dayville Ames Remains After Six Years of Vacancy
Residents of the Killingly area might know it well as a common dilapidated site on the Hartford Turnpike, shortly off Exit 93 along I-395 of one post-mortem Ames. The Dayville location, a small town...
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22-Year "Danbury Fair" Mall Neon Sign Replaced
Welcome to the new Danbury Fair Mall.As we've mused before, the emblematic vintage neon "Danbury Fair" sign is now gone.The funky sign, which was erected (shortly after this preview sign) at the...
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Keep Ahead!
Hello all.I want to assure you I'm still here though much of my activity has diverted away from doing stories on The Caldor Rainbow as of late. Fear not. I'm not going anywhere. Lately, I've been...
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Roslindale Bradlees To Become New Stop & Shop
We're in the throws of losing yet another vacancy left by the late New London-based discounter Bradlees -- in the state of Massachusetts.As previously reported, there was only two vacant Bradlees sites...
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Ames Updates, Vacancy In Lowell
Ames may have closed back in 2003, but that doesn't mean the chain has been completely forgotten. How could it when there are still a handful of empty buildings leftover all across the Northeast and...
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Bradlees Still Lingers In The Garden State
I'm not too familiar with the state of New Jersey.As a lifelong Connecticut native, I've been here the amount of times I can count on one hand (that didn't include Six Flags, at least), mainly because...
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Silver Lane 'Pizza Hut' Back From 7-Year Silence, Flaming Doom
For the past many years, plenty have seen that vacant Pizza Hut on Silver Lane. Or perhaps you've taken the diamond lane before Exit 58 on I-84 Eastbound, glanced over and witnessed that familiar...
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Toys "R" Us (Finally) Opens In North Haven, Closes Hamden
Remember that story we did over a year ago about Toys "R" Us putting a store in North Haven? Remember when we breached the story early? So early, in fact, we had doubts it would ever come to fruition,...
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Shirley Not Mistaken: A Free-Standing Roy Rogers
Roy Rogers himself may be dead and I think his burgers, chicken and roast beef chain seems to be following down that road. In fact, I was ready to accept Roy Rogers restaurant as an endangered specie,...
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New Britain Walmart Closure And Aftermath
Well, that's all folks!That's pretty much what the Bentonville, AK-based juggernaut big box retailer Walmart said to its entire staff and patrons of the nearly ten-year Farmington Ave., New Britain...
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Krispy Kreme Klosed
At 1440 Boston Post Road in Milford, the red-glazed neon once signaling freshly-made glazed donuts right off the conveyor belt lights no more.Driving up and down the ever-bustling US-1, Boston Post...
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Timewarped Stop & Shop Remains In West Springfield
Check those expiration dates! Roll that cart back down that aisle! Way back...The Caldor Rainbow has uncovered a true gem of chain supermarket-dom somewhat rare, even around these parts, an old-school...
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Caldor Rainbow Returns
Steely Dan took almost 20 years to come back with Two Against Nature. Supertramp lost the high-pitched guy and still came back. Sure, they haven't put out an album in almost ten years but I digress....
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Around Plainedge; circa 1976
Who doesn't love historic photos? Furthermore, who doesn't love historic photos of shopping centers? From the mid-70s? Jackpot! Luckilly, the Plainedge Public Library of working class town Plainedge,...
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40-Year KFCs Closed In Old Saybrook and New London
The corner street fried-chicken fixture for almost 40 years sits vacantly, just down the road from the busy business epicenter of US-1 in Old Saybrook. Longtime owner Douglas J. Beach sold his...
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What Was Riverview Plaza?
A friend of mine recently stumbled on an oddball site known as The Manchester Mall on Main St. in Manchester, CT. It's not a mall, really. Instead, it was a limited indoor retail space that may have...
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Take Me Back To Holyoke Mall '82
Wood you like to take a ride on the Ingleside? Turn the time circuits on, we're going back to 1982!Last month, The Caldor Rainbow has been out-of-the-blue obsessive about the Holyoke Mall's history in...
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