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Original Tenant:  A&P Address:  82 E 15th St, Bunker Hill, Paterson, NJ Opened:  1960s Closed:  1980s Later Tenants:  US Post Office > Dollar General Photographed:  August 2019 Today's former A&P is at the other end of a small strip mall from a  Bravo  we're touring on The Market Report today. Thanks to JoshAustin610 for the historical info! Until around 2012, this building was a post office, with Dollar General opening in part of it then. But most importantly, if you click on the picture to zoom in, you can see a circle in the center of the facade. This is where A&P's older logo would've been, and it's a pretty safe assumption that this store never got the sunrise treatment . Interesting that this 15,000 square foot store wasn't a Centennial model, given its construction during that period, though it's clearly similar. It's also obvious where the windows along the front wall have been bricked over, probably ...

Bravo Supermarkets Owner:  Cesar Rodriguez Opened:  1996 Previous Tenants:  unknown Cooperative:  Krasdale Foods Location:  74-76 E 15th St, Bunker Hill, Paterson, NJ Photographed:  August 2019 This 5800 square foot space at the end of a small strip mall  in the northern part of Paterson is one of two Bravo Supermarkets that Paterson has had, the other being downtown  in a very tough location, just two blocks south of the new-build Super Supermarket and five blocks north of the new Center City Mall Price Rite; that Bravo closed in 2019. Although Paterson is one of the largest cities in New Jersey, it's also been for decades one of the lowest-income and highest-crime cities. This means the big chains have long avoided it (though A&P had its headquarters in the city back in the 70s). Speaking of A&P, we also have a quick look at the former A&P in this very strip mall over on Grocery Archaeology today. Smaller, inde...