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Whole Foods Market - Jamaica Plain, MA

Whole Foods Market Opened: 2011 Owner:  Amazon Previous Tenants:  Hi-Lo Foods (1964-2011) Cooperative:  none Location:  413 Centre St, Jamaica Plain, MA Photographed:  June 29, 2019 I mentioned in the "coming soon" section that Jamaica Plain has gentrified very significantly over the last several years, and this Whole Foods is the perfect example. As an independent called Hi-Lo Foods, the supermarket became a center of the Cuban community that lives (or, increasingly lived ) in the Hyde Square area. And naturally, its closure and replacement by Whole Foods sparked significant controversy . As for the wonderful midcentury modern exterior of the store, it's apparently original to Hi-Lo . Whole Foods has added several large murals to the building on all sides. It's a largely residential area, and this supermarket is set slightly away from the business district. You enter on the left side of the store to the produce department. Meat and seafood are in the back-lef...