Tendercrop Farm Opened: 2015 Owner: Matthew Kozazcki Previous Tenants: Canaan Farm Cooperative: none Location: 93 Main St, Wenham, MA Photographed: May 14, 2022 Ever heard of Wenham, MA? I'm sure most haven't -- it's a town of less than 5000 people over eight square miles, a bit over 20 miles northeast of Boston. I certainly wouldn't know about the town, save for a friend who grew up here. The town is home to Gordon College, a small school, and a small museum. It's also home to the Wenham Tea House , the only restaurant in town. This is where the suburbs start to give way to farmland and forests, and there are a number of nature preserves and other protected land around here. Tendercrop Farm , which opened here in 2015 (it was previously a different farm), has opened a farm market and food store in a building on the farm property, which as you can see is scenic and quaint. The main event is the produce, much of which is grown on-site (or at other farms own...
Stop & Shop Opened: 1989 Owner: Ahold Delhaize Previous Tenants: none Cooperative: none Location: 37 Enon St, Beverly, MA Photographed: May 14, 2022 Take a good look at this Stop & Shop's exterior. Well, this is an easy store to tell the history of -- a mid-00s build Super Stop & Shop, much like this one , right? Wrong. Would you believe this store actually opened in 1989? Granted, it's been extensively renovated, and probably most recently was redone around the mid-00s when the neighboring Star Market moved into a former Ames . That also explains why it's a bit smaller than the type of store Stop & Shop was typically building around the mid-00s. It's around 57,000 square feet -- plenty large, but much smaller than the 76,000 square foot South Bay one I linked above. Some digging on Newspapers.com brought me to the following article... The Daily Item, March 1, 1989 Quite a few interesting observations here, including the incredible picture...