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This A&P FutureStore has been sitting abandoned since 1994, when the store closed. The windows were left uncovered for many years, and were boarded up only in the last few years as the interior has also been stripped and prepped for demolition. I was able to get this shot through a door window which was left uncovered. You can still see the stark white and black which were the trademarks of the Futurestore interior. There are better shots in my 2009 pictures, before the store windows were boarded-up:
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Update: This store has been demolished this week, December 26, 2016
From the 1983 A&P Annual Report comes this peek at the coming Futurestore.
The full text that accompanies this photo is as follows:
This coming fall the new prototype for the A&P "Futurestore" will be unveiled in Allendale, New Jersey. With its unique exterior treatment and interior decor and color scheme, the style is unlike any A&P store ever seen. Service departments are emphasized, and include meat and fish departments, bakery and delicatessen, gourmet cheese, bulk foods, nutrition center and floral departments. While totally modern in approach, the store design utilizes elements that express the longstanding association of A&P with food products.
Pakistan International Airlines - Boeing 707-430C (cn 20488 LN:849) - AP-AXG - FRA 14.06.1996 (scan from slide)
AP Tour 2010.
Fun night, minus the stupid fangirl who just HAD to get a photo pass for the show, who literally stalked me all night. And every single time I would point my lens at someone during the show, she would do the exact same thing. I generally get pretty into it when I'm shooting live, getting into weird positions to get my shot (whatever works), and of course she has to do the same thing. Ugh. Who needs originality when you can do every single thing Sam Link does? Nope.
Honestly, I was never like this. I never followed someone around trying to copy their style. I strived to achieve my own style, and continue to do so. Originality and Freedom are the only reasons I shoot. Thanks.
Promotional poster from one of A&P's many renewal campaigns...this one, launched in 1998, was called "The Great Renewal", and was CEO Christian Haub's newest plan to get the company back to profitability (again). The plan included closing unprofitable stores and divisions and upgrading the company's aging and outdated mainframe infrastructure, which was the backbone of its inefficient supply chain. The "Great Renewal" name was dropped mid-2000's, as the campaign sputtered and struggled, proving much more complex than initially planned, and people became demotivated.
As of early 2015, A&P was still struggling to implement a chainwide automated inventory replenishment system (commonly known as "CGO"--computer-generated ordering) which was implemented at most big chains (and even smaller regionals) since the late 90's.
Trying something a little different here with the colour, using a setting on the camera.
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