The Street Department grades alleys and berms on a regularly scheduled basis. Since some berms and alleys do not hold up as well as others, in addition to grading on a regular basis we also address citizen's requests for grading.
Stone is added to the alleys or berms only when needed, not necessarily when requested. Many times adding more stone than is needed can cause drainage problems.
While some grading may take place during winter months if the weather is mild (above freezing), the primary months for this activity is April through October. Grading requirements and the length of time a particular job can take can vary greatly. Because of this it is difficult to say how many times a season grading will take place. Our goal is to keep the alleys and berms in as good of shape as possible.
Note: Berm areas for residential chip and seal streets only extend 18"-24" from edge of the pavement. If there is a parking area along the street, it is the responsibility of those who use it to maintain it.
The Fort Wayne Street Department utilizes its own asphalt plant to produce "hot mix" asphalt for routine road maintenance. This asphalt is used for patching potholes as well as other asphalt related projects. During the winter months when we are unable to run our plant, a product referred to as "cold mix" is used for patching.
The city is divided into two (2) sections North and South. A procedure is used to ensure all city streets are patched on a regular basis when needed. Potholes can also be reported by citizens to the 311 call center from 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. weekdays at either 311 or 427-8311.
The Street Department places barricades as requested by citizens when theycomply with the city's barricade, block party, or parade permits (permits can be obtained through the Right-of-Way department).
We also provide/place barricades for other traffic related incidences where necessary. Some examples are: accidents, large holes in the roadway, high water, etc.
Maintenance departments are under siege trying to keep up with pavement cracks and pothole repairs. Prevention is much cheaper than repair. Research shows that active crack sealing programs are cost effective in extending the life of pavement as opposed to the cost of extensive pavement repairs for streets left unsealed. Traditionally, crack sealing has been low on the priority list, both in terms of funding and time allotments. However, an effective crack sealing program is the single best weapon against pavement failure.
Cracking is caused either by thermal stresses or from fatigue due to repeated traffic loading (concrete streets have control joints or saw joints to allow for expansion and contraction). The vast majority of potholes and pavement failures can be traced to water entering the base and sub-grade through joints that have not been crack sealed in both concrete and asphalt. In most pavements, the base, sub-base or sub-grade consists of a material that loses its load-carrying capacity when wet. Water enters through the cracks and traffic works and overloads the weakened areas allowing more and more water to enter. This can cause potholes to develop rapidly and more severe pavement failures if left unsealed.
While ideal times to crack seal are in the spring and fall of the year, since the cooler temperatures cause the pavement cracks to be open wider, the department has been using a sealing process that allows us to crack seal throughout most of the summer.
We have been sealing with a band-aid method using a sealant that is a mixture of polypropylene fibers and liquid asphalt. As long as temperatures are not so hot that the material will not set up properly (approximately 85 degrees and up) and would cause tracking when traffic drives through it, we are able to seal. We have been using this process since 1998 at 10 miles a year; agressively completing 75 miles since 2001.


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QMIPRI members and visiting staff are regular speakers at international conferences and have acted as advisors for many international organisations such as WIPO, UNCTAD, the European Parliament, the European Patent Office and the European Commission as well as for non-governmental organisations.
Professor Duncan Matthews, Director of QMIPRI and Professor of Intellectual Property Law
Professor Uma Suthersanen, Deputy Director of QMIPRI and Professor of International Intellectual Property Law
Dr Apostolos Chronopoulos, Senior Lecturer in Intellectual Property Law
Dr Gaetano Dimita, Senior Lecturer in International Intellectual Property Law
Professor Peter Drahos, Professor of Intellectual Property Law
Dr Gail E Evans, Reader in International Trade and Intellectual Property Law
Dr Garry Gabison, Senior Lecturer in Law, Economics and Regulations
Professor Johanna Gibson, Herchel Smith Professor of Intellectual Property Law
Professor Jonathan Griffiths, Professor of Intellectual Property Law
Professor Lord Hoffmann, Honorary Professor of Intellectual Property
Dr Michaela MacDonald, Teaching Fellow
Professor David Musker, Professor of International Design Law
Dr Noam Shemtov, Reader in Intellectual Property and Technology Law
Dr Guan H. Tang, Senior Lecturer in Commercial Law Asia
Professor Guido Westkamp, Professor of Intellectual Property and Comparative Law
Georgia Jenkins, Research Associate
Myriam Christmann, Research Associate
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Dr Gillian Davies, Hogarth Chambers
Professor Graham Dutfield, University of Leeds
Professor Alison Firth, Ingenuity IP Chambers
John Hull, Queen Mary
Professor Phillip Johnson, Cardiff University
Florian Koempel, Copyright Consultant
Professor Spyros Maniatis, British Institute of International and Comparative Law
Dr Alexander von Mühlendahl
Gadi Oron, Director General of the International Confederation of Authors' Societies (CISAC)
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The researchers' new system could allow unmanned aerial vehicles to deliver packages to a specific spot on a consumer's back porch, enable collision avoidance technologies on cars and allow virtual reality (VR) headsets to be used outdoors. The researchers' new centimeter-accurate GPS coupled with a smartphone camera could be used to quickly build a globally referenced 3-D map of one's surroundings that would greatly expand the radius of a VR game. Currently, VR does not use GPS, which limits its use to indoors and usually a two- to three-foot radius.
"Imagine games where, rather than sit in front of a monitor and play, you are in your backyard actually running around with other players," said Todd Humphreys, assistant professor in the Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics and lead researcher. "To be able to do this type of outdoor, multiplayer virtual reality game, you need highly accurate position and orientation that is tied to a global reference frame."
Humphreys and his team in the Radionavigation Lab have built a low-cost system that reduces location errors from the size of a large car to the size of a nickel—a more than 100 times increase in accuracy. Humphreys collaborated with Professor Robert W. Heath from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and graduate students on the new technology, which they describe in a recent issue of GPS World.
Centimeter-accurate positioning systems are already used in geology, surveying and mapping, but the survey-grade antennas these systems employ are too large and costly for use in mobile devices. The breakthrough by Humphreys and his team is a powerful and sensitive software-defined GPS receiver that can extract centimeter accuracies from the inexpensive antennas found in mobile devices—such precise measurements were not previously possible. The researchers anticipate that their software's ability to leverage low-cost antennas will reduce the overall cost of centimeter accuracy, making it economically feasible for mobile devices.
Humphreys and his team have spent six years building a specialized receiver, called GRID, to extract so-called carrier phase measurements from low-cost antennas. GRID currently operates outside the phone, but it will eventually run on the phone's internal processor.
The researchers designed their system to deliver precise position and orientation information—how one's head rotates or tilts—to less than one degree of measurement accuracy. This level of accuracy could enhance VR environments that are based on real-world settings, as well as improve other applications, including visualization and 3-D mapping.
Additionally, the researchers believe their technology could make a significant difference in people's daily lives, including transportation, where centimeter-accurate GPS could lead to better vehicle-to-vehicle communication technology.
"If your car knows in real time the precise position and velocity of an approaching car that is blocked from view by other traffic, your car can plan ahead to avoid a collision," Humphreys said.
For bigger devices this seems neat, but for smartphones and their ilk, we'd need to have better battery capacity to handle all these juicy features that in turn sap up all the juice from the device they're plugged into.
Well, it might help me find a smart-phone that's gone down between cushions, or map a minor archaeological site.
With 1cm accuracy, we can know elevation well enough for indoor navigation between floors.
"Imagine games where, rather than sit in front of a monitor and play, you are in your backyard actually running around with other players,"
Kids can do that already. It's called "playing outside" (sounds crazy, I know).
But if you really want to have technology involved there's already a (global!) game called "Ingress".
GPS doesn't work indoors (or not reliably at any rate).
What I keep wondering is... why do we need such accuracy?
If you want autonomous vehicle traffic (which we're eventually bound to have) then I would prefer if it were cm accurate rather than meter accurate. A meter off can mean the difference between you standing at the curb or that autonomous truck running you over.
I doubt centimeter accuracy is good enough for VR.
Imagine games where, rather than sit in front of a monitor and play, you are in your backyard actually running around ..
Well ya, but it will be in 3D,...... oh wait,... never mind.
We already have that, ... it's called a 'train'.
The 'self driving car' idea originally came from Homer Simpson. It will never happen en masse; 1) too much liability involved, 2) people would rather feel in control of their driving,... otherwise buses would be more ubiquitous. There not.
Now they'll know, down to the centimeter, where that GPS took you off the cliff.
Wait - don't we already have that...?
The actual trouble with centimeter-accurate GPS is the long integration time necessary to get the result.
One measurement of the GPS signals doesn't give you anywhere near an accurate result because there's random delays and interference along the way and in the device itself. The devices take multiple measurements over time and calculate the average to arrive at the result. They home in on their location over time.
Getting to centimeter accuracy needs the GPS device to sit still for minutes or hours. Improvements on the hardware may be possible, but still it's going to take time to accumulate enough of the signal and it's not going to be fast enough tor VR tracking that needs to update position over 60 times a second or you will start to feel ill.


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Great news ! Finally BCCI announced Indian Cricket Team list for Zimbabwe Tour 2015. Middle order Batsman Ajinkya Rahane going to lead India's Cricket team first time. Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Suresh Raina, R.Ashwin and Dhawan were rested for Zimbabwe Series. (One Day and T-20 Cricket Match). Cricket legend Harbhajan Singh who made his test come back earlier, was picked to play for Zimbabwe series . Robin Uthappa, Monoj Tiwari also been recalled for Zimbabwe Cricket Series.
Ajinkya Rahane (Captain), Murli Vijay, Ambati Rayadu, Maoj Tiwari, Kedar Jadhav, Manish pandey, Robin Uthappa, Harbhajan Singh, Axar Patel, Karn Sharma, Dhawal Kulkarni, Stuart Binny, Bhuvaneswar Kumar, Mohit Sharma, Sandeep Sharma.
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Residents of Cañada Real, one of Europe's poorest neighbourhoods, living without electricity
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Cañada Real, a shantytown on the southern edge of Madrid, is one of Europe"s poorest neighbourhoods and it has been without electricity since October 2nd.
Saida Chadou is one of the town's 8,000 residents who are forced to use candles every night in the place of lights.
She has a 3-year-old daughter who has a serious lung disease, which requires medical assistance and, crucially, power.
Saida told Euronews how the power outage has affected her.
"It's a total disgrace for my daughter, a powerlessness, a rage because her life now is the electricity because she has a device that she has to use when she has trouble breathing," she said.
Saida, who has lived in Spain for 25 years, says the social services haven't helped her.
"The last time he told me: 'I know the case and you don't need to come anymore. If the girl gets sick, you go to the hospital,'" she said.
Like most shantytowns, Cañada Real is an illegal settlement, which means it tends to get overlooked by the authorities.
"There is a case of urban exclusion and it is a problem for the access to services, which is what this neighbourhood doesn't have," said Laura Gil, coordinator for the Cañada Real social intervention programme.
Since the beginning of the power outage, the police have been carrying out raids in the area.
Local authorities have said the indoor marijuana farms they have discovered can cause the electricity grid to overload.
Whatever the cause, inhabitants like Saida just want and electricity back.
In 2017, both the national and regional authorities signed an agreement to find solutions for the residents of Cañada Real, but three years later even the most basic needs of its residents have not been met.
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Chipmaker Intel is reportedly planning to unveil a new set-top box and accompanying cable service at the Consumer Electronics Show in early January.
Citing sources familiar with Intel's plans, TechCrunch reported on Monday that Intel's "virtual cable TV service" and hardware are in the works, and that the company also has a plan to secure the necessary licensing agreements to release such a product. Apple, which has been long rumored to be interested in building either a television set or a set-top box, is said to have been held back at least in part by media companies who are reluctant to offer necessary agreements.
Citing one source, Monday's report claimed that Intel has become tired of "everyone doing a half-assed Google TV." That's prompted the company to step in and "do it right" by building their own service and hardware.
"The plan is to create a set-top box and subscription TV service that would appeal to people who want streaming TV access but don't want to entirely cut the cable cord and lose key content like sports," author Josh Constine wrote. "The service would pipe in both traditional channels and streaming content such as Redbox's streaming service."
Intel reportedly plans to unveil the "first version" of what's called an "evolving set-top box" at its CES event on Jan. 7.
Rumors of a full-fledged Apple television set have persisted for years, but the possibility of the company instead releasing a greatly enhanced Apple TV set-top box as an accessory for third-party televisions was raised this August. A report from The Wall Street Journal revealed that Apple was considering building its own cable box that would include an iOS-like user interface and advanced cloud-based DVR functionality that would blur the line between live and on-demand content.
With Apple allegedly interested in expanding its current Apple TV accessory, and Intel reportedly planning to unveil a new platform in the immediate future, Google has signaled that it wishes to get out of the set-top box business. Earlier this month, one report claimed that Google was working on a deal to sell its Motorola Home Business, responsible for building boxes for cable providers.
Google's shift would sell off a major portion of the $12.5 billion acquisition of Motorola Mobility it bought a year ago. Some industry watchers had initially speculated that Motorola's set-top box business might have been a key part of the acquisition for Google, as the company offers its own Android-based Google TV business.


WTI, was at $56 a barrel, following a record 12 session slide through Nov. 13.
Then the Trump administration changed its mind, granting waivers that allowed eight countries to continue purchasing limited amounts of Iranian oil. Brent traded at $65.91 at 12:10 p.m.
American fingerprints are all over oil's record losing streak that's plunged prices into a bear market.
The State Department's zigzag on Iran sanctions, President Donald Trump's tweets about OPEC supply, the demand-sapping trade war with China and the explosion of shale oil production are all key factors leading to the collapse in crude prices since early October, Ed Morse, head of commodities research at Citigroup Inc., said in a phone interview.
Morse was among several commodity traders and experts who less than two months ago said global benchmark Brent crude could spike above $100 a barrel if the US followed through with its threat to use sanctions to drive Iranian oil exports to zero. The fear of a supply crunch helped drive the marker to as high as $86.74 a barrel in early October, the highest level since 2014.
Then the Trump administration changed its mind, granting waivers that allowed eight countries to continue purchasing limited amounts of Iranian oil. Brent traded at $65.91 at 12:10 p.m. Singapore time. West Texas Intermediate, the US benchmark, was at $56 a barrel, following a record 12 session slide through Nov. 13.
Even as the US was planning to grant the Iran waivers, Trump was badgering other members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries to boost production in order to make up for any loss of Iranian supply. He's kept at it even as prices have plunged, tweeting on Nov. 12 that he hoped Saudi Arabia and OPEC wouldn't cut output.
"The head fake on Iranian sanctions, which turned out to be misleading when US actions were limp, combined with putting more pressure on producers helped create the oversupply in the market," Morse said.
Supplies have also been boosted by surging output from US shale fields, which has lifted the US past Saudi Arabia and Russia as the world's largest crude producer, Morse said. Additionally, global oil demand growth has also been hurt by an escalating trade war between the US and China that was instigated by the Trump administration, he said.


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Hyatt to develop new hotel in Kuala Lumpur
Set to open in 2024, 450-key Hyatt Regency Kuala Lumpur will have 2,000sqm of event space, including a 1,000sqm ballroom
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Hyatt Regency Kuala Lumpur will be located just 8km northwest of Kuala Lumpur's city centre.
HONG KONG - Hyatt has announced that a Hyatt affiliate has entered into a management agreement to develop a new 450-room Hyatt Regency branded hotel in Kuala Lumpur.
Set to be completed in 2024, the new hotel will mark the return of the Hyatt Regency brand to Kuala Lumpur.
For leisure and business travellers visiting the Malaysian capital, Hyatt Regency Kuala Lumpur aims to provide guests with a seamless, intuitive service alongside refreshing food and beverage concepts and flexible spaces suited for work, collaboration or relaxation.
Located just north of the Malaysia International Trade and Exhibition Centre (MITEC), the third largest MICE venue in Southeast Asia and the largest trade and exhibition centre in Malaysia, Hyatt Regency Kuala Lumpur will be easily accessible for business travellers who are visiting the meeting venue.
The venue is located just 8km northwest of Kuala Lumpur's city centre, and 60km from Kuala Lumpur International Airport.
When completed, the hotel will have 2,000sqm of flexible space, including a 1,000sqm ballroom. It will also offer four food and beverage concepts including two bars, a market café, and a Japanese restaurant.
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Madras High Court reinstates conductor citing section 47 of Disabilities Act
It is little surprising that the corporations, government departments continue to disregard Section 47 of Indian Persons with Disabilities Act 1995 that provides as under:
"47. (1) No establishment shall dispense with or reduce in rank, an employee who acquires a disability during his service.
Provided that, if an employee, after acquiring disability is not suitable for the post he was holding, could be shifted to some other post with the same pay scale and service benefits.
Provided further that if it is not possible to adjust the employee against any post, he may be kept on a supernumerary post until a suitable post is available or he attains the age of superannuation, whichever
is earlier.
(2) No promotion shall be denied to a person merely on the ground of his disability:
Provided that the appropriate Government may, having regard to the type of work carried on in any establishment, by notification and subject to such conditions, if any, as may be specified in such notification, exempt any establishment from the provisions of this section. "
Despite the clear cut provisions in the Act, Ravichandran, a conductor with the Tamil Nadu State Express Transport Corporation was declared medically unfit to continue in service by a medical board in 2004 and removed from service, though with an assurance of an alternate employment which was refused later.
The Court reinstated the conductor with back wages from the date of his termination citing Section 47 ibid.
Here is the news coverage.
Conductor sacked over disability, gets back job
TNN | Jan 23, 2013, 06.24 AM IST
CHENNAI: About nine years after a government bus conductor was removed from service on the ground of an unidentified 'disability', the Madras HC has ordered his immediate reinstatement with all salary arrears and service seniority.
Justice D Hariparanthaman, ruling on a petition filed by T M Ravichandran, said: "Any employee who acquires disability during his service is given protection under Section 47 of the Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act, 1995. There is a mandate under the Act that no establishment shall dispense with a staff who acquires a disability during service."
Ravichandran, a conductor with the Tamil Nadu State Express Transport Corporation, was found 'medically unfit' to continue in service by a medical board of the Government General Hospital in Chennai on February 2, 2004. He was removed from service on August 16, 2004, with an assurance that he would be given an alternate employment based on the seniority list. On December 26, 2011, however, the corporation rejected his request for reinstatement, stating that no other suitable post was available.
Rejecting the transport authorities' stand, Justice Hariparanthaman said Section 47 contemplated that if there is no suitable post is available, the person should be kept on a supernumerary post till a vacancy arises or till his superannuation. "There cannot be any gap between the disqualification of an employee due to acquiring disability and adjustment in a suitable post," he said, setting aside the dismissal order. The judge then asked the authorities to reinstate Ravichandran in service within two weeks along with back wages from the date of his termination.
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File this one under "Crash and Burn". Located in Freehold New Jersey, this abandoned Acme opened on February 22, 2005 and was shut down just 21 months later on November 2, 2006. The Acme in Marlboro New Jersey, not far from this store, was closed for good the very same day. That location will be featured in a future post.
Acme released a statement explaining that this location was not meeting the sales numbers it needed to maintain a profit. Acme offered to sublease the property to any interested supermarket chains but did not give specifics as to Acme difficulties in attracting enough business. This store was part of a new, rather nice shopping center. It was built right next to an older shopping center that has a SuperFoodtown. I visited that store while I was in the area and was surprised Acme was not able to compete. The store was very busy as there are many large housing developments in the area. Very dark inside and loads of tacky decor. Perhaps the SuperFoodtown's prices were much lower than Acme's.
Sign by the street. Larger version posted below. Looks like they tried scrapping off the paint.
I have to say... this is one of the most attractive facades I have seen on an Acme. Matched the look of the rest of the shopping center. It's pretty rare these days to see a grocery store with so much decorative detail on the exterior.
Couldn't get any interior shots. There was construction going on inside. The store has been divided in about half with a Top Tomato Superstore taking over the left side. They had pictures in the windows of other Top Tomato stores to show what was coming. Extremely unimpressive. Produce and merchandise stacked to the ceilings. Looks more like a discount grocer. The right side of the store still has Acme decor. Looked like a realtor was giving a tour so I couldn't get pics of that side either.
This sign is at the entrance from Wemrock Road.
This sign is in the front of the shopping center on West Main Street.
Here's a look from Live Maps with the Acme/Sav-on signage on the front of the store.
Can you believe an Acme like this still exists? I genreally don't show stores that are still open on this blog but couldn't pass this one up. As far as I know, this is the last Acme to still have this sign. It's located in Manasquan New Jersey, very close to the shore. Just about a 15 minute ride down from the abandoned Acme in Belmar. Not sure when this store was built but this exact style of Acme was built in several locations including Belmar, New Providence and in the Philly suburbs.
Plenty of "No Loitering" signs. Clearly a problem at this store. When I was there on a sunny Saturday afternoon, there were all sorts of shady characters hanging out on the right side of the store.
It appears that some sort of restoration work has been done on this sign. The colors are too vibrant to have lasted all these years, especially in the salty shore air. Looks like the colored sections have been carefully repainted. Hopefully this summer I will get a picture after dark with the sign lit up.
Here's what the wall decor looks like. I believe this look was rolled out in the early 90's. It was commonly put up in stores that had the 80's remodel but needed a bit of refreshing. I think it was inspired by the 80's checkerboard floor which remained in stores that had these wall treatments put in. It was also similar to the 80's look with the arches on either side of the department name. I will be posting pics of the mid-80's look in a later entry. The other departments had different color combos of the painted tiles but were not nearly as striking as the blue and green combination seen here. I was in several Acmes in the 90's that had this blue and green look throughout the whole store rather than different colors for the various departments.
This store appears to have never had a full scale remodel. The 70's produce floor is still intact! Wasn't sure if I would ever see this again. (See below) The layout of the store has been virtually unaltered over the years. The Customer Service Dept and office are still intact. Most stores had these areas removed or closed in for the 80's remodel with a customer service stands added to the front of the stores. Funny thing about this store is that the bread is no longer located under the "Bakery" wall graphics in the last aisle. The dairy cases have been expanded into this section as well as shelving for other products, but no baked goods.
I refer to this as the "Faux blue and red slate tile floor" in other posts. The rest of the store has been re-tiled in all white. Gone are the red and brown Meat Dept tiles and the gold and brown Bakery aisle tiles. Thankfully they decided to leave the old produce floor. One of Acme's best design elements... ever.
The Acme clock... with "fish-eye" logo still intact! Cell phone pic so it's not a great one.
Live Maps snapped a pic of this are before the awning of the store was recovered in blue.
This is one of the best conversions of a former pitched-roof Acme that I have seen. This image comes to Acme Style courtesy of Josh's Photostream on Flickr. Josh has an extensive collection of photos of former Acmes as well as other grocery stores. He has kindly given his permission for me to share his pics here at Acme Style which I will be doing from time to time. No hope of me getting to all the locations Josh has already photographed. Click here to check out his collection on flickr!
I would love get to this store to see what Whole Foods has done to the inside. Certainly no expense was sparred for the conversion. I would guess that they put in some sort of drop ceiling but then again may have left it as is since Whole Foods embraces unique architectural elements in their stores. At the same time though, a space such as that is challenging to heat and cool and wouldn't fit well into Whole Foods "green" policies. It is nice to see that Whole Foods preserved the look of the front of the store rather than buiding some sort of awning that blocked the pitched-roof.
Here's a pic from Live Maps. Looks like Whole Foods expanded on 3 of the 4 sides of the store.
UPDATE 4.6.09: Josh has sent Acme Style a picture of the interior of the Whole Foods store... the pitched-roof is intact!
The pitched-roof store closed in 1997 and Acme relocated to this building which appears to be a former department store. Quite a unique location for a grocery store. Not sure if the Acme takes up the whole building or not. Looks like it would be worth a road trip there to check it out!
UPDATE 4.6.09: This building was originally a Bloomingdale's. It opened in 1971 and relocated to the Willow Grove Park Mall in 1982. Acme took over the space in 1997. Thanks to Josh for the additional information!
UPDATE 11.25.09: Several emails have come in saying that this site was a former Lord and Taylor.
Another abandoned Acme. But this one has a happy ending. It was replaced with a brand new Acme just down the road. Unfortunately I wasn't sure how to get to it when I was visiting this location. Not familiar with the area so I didn't try to venture to the new store. Turns out I could have practically walked to it.
Clearly this Acme was quite successful despite it's relatively small size by today's standards. I count only about 8 or 9 grocery isles. A large portion of the left side of the store was cleared out to create the "market" area with the produce, deli and bakery departments. The pharmacy was most likely on the front right side of the store where the bakery used to be before the 90's remodel. Looks like 7 registered lined the front of the store.
This is one of the most extensively remodeled stores I have seen of this size. Acme shut down most of the these types of locations with the 80's remodel package still in tact. Both the interior and exterior received extensive upgrades in the 90's. Painting the awning blue was a much better choice than the green color used to paint most old Acme awnings.
"ACME Sav-on" lablescar. The signs in the window list the address of the new store.
Unusual entrance. Shoppers entering and exiting through the same doors. There wasn't an exit door at the end of the registers.
The 70's Meat Department wall panels still intact after the meat cases were removed.
The "market" area over the to left. Not sure what that lit up service area was. Floral perhaps?
Customer Service Dept most likely there on the right. The Pharmacy Dept just beyond it.
This 33,000 square foot location closed on July 26, 2007 and the new 54,000 square foot store in Fieldsboro opened the very next next morning.
Just one click of the rotate tool on Live Maps and this Acme goes from being open to being closed.
A closed pitched-roof Acme on Sunnybrae Boulevard in Yardville NJ. Not sure when the location closed but it looks like it made it well into the 90's, if not the 2000's.
Here's a look from Live Maps. The right side of the store was being converted to a CVS while the left side was broken up into some smaller shops.
Here's the CVS after the conversion.
And finally the replacement Acme that was built just down the street from the old pitched roof Acme.
UPDATE 5.27.09: I visited this Acme a few weeks ago. It's hard to miss... signs all over the highways leading you to the store. Looks to be one of Acme's most successful stores. The interior is radically different than any other Acme I have been in. Classic 90's/American Stores building but has been drastically remodeled since it first opened. The arched windows in Produce (on the left side) have been covered over. The Deli and Cheese departments are where Produce used to be. The Bakery is in the back with the Produce cases facing the service departments. The layout of the rest of the store is similar to the 90's floor plan. But the decor? Very over the top. Not Acme's usual style at all. If I had only seen the interior I would swear Acme took over the building from another supermarket. The signage on the outside is now white instead of red... a very recent... and necessary change... that Acme has made recently The red lettering read very poorly on brick facades. The white lettering, although not attractive in it's own right, pops nicely on the brick. I snapped a couple of phone pics while I was inside but have lost them.
Check out this Acme in Ocean City NJ! It started out as a pitched roof building which had a huge addition added at some point. Looks like the addition swallowed the old store! So much to discover on Live Maps when researching old Acmes. What would I do without it?
Update 4.6.09: I found a picture of this store from street level. Turns out the pitched-roof is still intact on the inside of the store. No drop ceiling put in. You can see the lights lining the ceiling. Most pitched-roof stores that have been expanded have a ceiling put in that lines up with the ceiling in the addition. And the stores facades are usually built up to cover the the old half of the store. Thankfully that was not done at this store!
Update 7.15.09: Ocean City NJ is preparing for Acme to close the 34th Street store. The township is reconfiguring the entrance and exit to better accommodate future tenants. Zoning rules are also being changed to prevent a gas station... mainly Wawa... from moving in. Acme denies having any plans to close this store and is already in the process of remodeling this location. The township however, is certain the new ShopRite opening on the mainland will finish off this store for good.
This was the former location of the Acme on Rt. 46 in Clifton NJ. Opened sometime in the 60's or 70's. I would guess that Acme signed onto this location after plans for this shopping center were already developed. The store was lacking many of the physical characteristics common of Acmes of that era. Most unusual was that the dairy department ran across the back of the store. The Meat Department and Corner Deli were along the far right wall.
UPDATE 7.14.09: When this store first opened the aisles ran parallel to the front of the store. With this set up the Dairy, Meat and Deli departments were in there usual areas. The aisles were switched years later when the neighboring store left and the entrance to the Acme was reconfigured.
This store did have the red oval logo... right where the Big Lots logo is. However, it was passed over during the 80's remodel. The sign was probably changed due to the shopping center upgrading the facade. This Acme had it's 70's colonial decor until the late 90's when the walls were painted white and the blue and beige wall graphics were put up. You can see this "look" in the posts of the Newton and Belmar stores. I believe the floor tiles in the Meat and Deli department were replaced with white. The slate tile look of the Produce Department remained until the end.
The entrance was set up similiarly to other Acmes of this era. I believe the store had 10 aisles. It closed around 2004 or 2005 as it's replacement store was ready for it's Grand Opening!
UPDATE 7.14.09: The old Clifton Acme opened in 1959 and closed on February 2, 2004. The new Clifton Acme opened the next day on February 3, 2004.
The brand new Clifton Acme on Allwood Road just off of Rt. 3.
This location had a Starbucks when it opened. That round sign used to have the Starbucks logo. I believe it's some other coffee shop now. Not sure why Starbucks left Acmes... will have to research that topic for a later post.
This store has competition from two nearby Stop and Shops. The S&S to the West is currently being torn down and replaced with a Super Stop and Shop. It appears that Acme is benefiting from the temporary closure of that S&S. The parking lot always seems to be full these days.
An interesting aspect of this Acme is that it was customized for the community. Apparently Clifton has a large Jewish population and this store was set up clearly marked Kosher section. There is even a regular Deli and a Kosher Deli. I have seen reviews online that rave about the Kosher selections in this store.
This sign is right off of Rt. 3.
I have been passing this are on Rt. 3 regularly for years. I never saw this store being constructed... it just seemed to appear out of no where one day. Must have been a challenge to build in this tight space.


The Capital could be left with a "gaping hole" and a bill for hundreds of millions of pounds to provide enough school places for children amid a projected population explosion.
Education chiefs will bid for a share of £1 billion of additional funding from the Scottish Government to build or expand schools in preparation for rising roll numbers.
The new Boroughmuir High School under construction. Pic: Ian Georgeson.
Around £500 million would be needed to provide enough space for a growing population in Edinburgh, with house-builders footing part of the bill.
The Capital is expected to grow by around 40,000 people between 2016 and 2026 and see a further 36,000 increase by 2041. Currently, secondary schools have a capacity of 22,200 pupils – but pupil numbers are expected to rise from 19,812 next year to almost 25,000 by 2028.
At the new Boroughmuir High School, which only opened its doors in February this year, additional accommodation for rising rolls is already needed.
In the meantime, the school said it will accommodate all pupils through "more efficient timetabling", and changes to the catchment area may be considered.
The Royal High School will also experience rising rolls – but any new accommodation will not be in place until at least August 2021. Firhill High School may also require space for more pupils.
The council predicts extra capacity for up to 600 pupils at James Gillespie's High School over the next ten years, while primary Gaelic Medium Education places at Bun-sgoil Taobh na Pairce are expected to rocket from 376 this year to 721 by 2028 amid a current capacity of 434.
Projects to tackle rising rolls in high schools in west Edinburgh will also need to be considered, along with 14 primary schools across the Capital.
Education, children and families convener, councillor Ian Perry, said: "Edinburgh is growing and that comes with more families, more young people and therefore puts pressure on schools.
Last month, the Scottish Government announced it will invest an additional £1bn in rebuilding and refurbishing schools from 2021.
Green education spokeswoman Cllr Mary Campbell said: "Up to 20 schools either need to be built or to be extended to cope with rising pupil numbers. That is quite apart from the need to revamp or rebuild existing schools which have come to the end of their shelf-life. Add to that the commitment to almost double nursery provision by 2020 and the pressure is obvious.


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The HBHS 1st XI Football team have opened their 2015 Super 8 campaign with a 17 - 0 thumping of Rotorua Boys' High School. The score at halftime was 7 - 0 and the floodgates proceeded to open, with Logan Stewart scoring an incredible 7 goals. Other goal scorers were Kyle Wisnewski (2), Stafford Dowling (2), Reuben Henderson, Kalib Bouma-Tucker, Aaron Bayliss, Liam Hayes and Chris Goodwin (as well as an own goal). Congratulations to the team on this brilliant result and we will keep you posted as more come to hand.
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