Original Grocery Tenant: A&P
Address: 499 Montgomery St, Chicopee, MA
Opened: 1958
Closed: unknown
Later Tenants: U-Haul storage
Photographed: November 20, 2023
That's a centennial A&P peeking out from behind the rows of U-Haul storage bays! This store, of around 14,500 square feet, was built in 1958, making it one of the earliest centennial stores. I don't believe anyone has an accurate count of just how many centennial stores there were across the country, but it must have been in the hundreds. There are so many still standing, although relatively few are still supermarkets. One, in the Indian Orchard section of Springfield just five miles southeast, is today a Key Food. We're in the northern section of Chicopee, where there are multiple chain supermarkets on Memorial Drive (a Price Rite, a Big Y, and a Stop & Shop), but our next two stops are in downtown Chicopee!
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